Lufthansa flight has near-miss with drone near Warsaw
NEW YORK: A Lufthansa plane with 108 passengers on board nearly collided with a drone as it approached Warsaw’s main airport on Monday afternoon, the airline said on Tuesday. The drone came within 100...
View ArticleExercise of five hours a week may cut breast cancer
Post-menopausal women, especially those who are obese, should exercise at least five hours a week to curb obesity and breast cancer risk, shows research. Read: Cancer on the rise in Pakistan, says...
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Music training sharpens teenagers’ brains
High school music training can improve the teenage brain’s responses to sound and sharpen hearing and language skills, a study says. Music classes help enhance skills that are critical for academic...
View ArticleUAE to scrap fuel subsidies from August
DUBAI: Leading oil producer the United Arab Emirates (UAE) will scrap subsidies on petrol and diesel from August to cut spending as low crude prices hit revenues, the energy ministry said Wednesday....
View ArticleGreece to vote on second bailout bill in test for Tsipras
ATHENS: Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras on Wednesday faced a new test of his authority in parliament, where lawmakers were to vote on a second batch of reforms to help unlock a bailout for Greece’s...
View ArticleImran welcomes dialogue with Taliban
PESHAWAR: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chief Imran Khan on Wednesday welcomed dialogue between Afghan Taliban and the government in Kabul saying such issues could only be resolved on the table. “If...
View ArticleSyria food crisis worsening, say UN agencies
ROME: Favourable rains have helped Syria’s 2015 wheat harvest but the country’s food insecurity is worsening overall because of war, two UN agencies said on Thursday. Food production “remains way below...
View ArticleElection tribunal disqualifies JI MPA in Upper Dir over ‘fake’ degree
PESHAWAR: An election tribunal on Thursday disqualified member of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa assembly Malik Behram Khan of Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) from PK-93 Upper Dir over ‘fake’ graduation degree and ordered...
View ArticleMore than 200 protesting teachers arrested in Iran: activists
PARIS: More than 200 teachers were arrested on Wednesday during a protest outside the parliament in Tehran demanding the release of their colleagues from jail, an activist group said. Authorities...
View ArticleJapan parents sue uni club over son’s binge-drink death
TOKYO: The parents of a 21-year-old who died during a drinking binge with his university tennis club in Japan are suing fellow student members over his death. The couple filed a lawsuit Wednesday...
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Election rigging probe: Inquiry commission rejects PTI’s allegations
ISLAMABAD: A three-judge inquiry commission probing into allegations of systematic rigging in the 2013 general elections has rejected the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf’s (PTI) allegations of organised...
View ArticleBangladesh post their highest total against S. Africa
CHITTAGONG: Bangladesh posted their highest total against South Africa in the first Test on Thursday, after Litton Das scored a maiden half-century and put on 82 with Shakib Al Hasan for the sixth...
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Punjab Food Authority seals Fatburger outlet in Lahore
LAHORE: The Punjab Food Authority on Wednesday claimed to have sealed one of the outlets of California-based fast food chain, Fatburger, in Lahore owing to “spoiled meat and vegetables” present in...
View ArticleDeath toll rises to 37 after blasts in Nigerian city of Gombe
ABUJA: The death toll from multiple bomb blasts at two bus stations in the northern Nigerian city of Gombe on Wednesday has risen to 37, with 105 others injured, a Red Cross official said on Thursday....
View ArticlePakistan building digital espionage capacity to rival the US
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s intelligence agency sought to tap worldwide Internet traffic via underwater cables that would have given the country a digital espionage capacity to rival the US, according to a...
View ArticleSaudi downplays Hamas pilgrimage visit
JEDDAH: Saudi Arabia on Thursday played down the significance of a visit by Hamas leaders, saying it was only a religious pilgrimage and Riyadh’s position on the Palestinian Islamist movement was...
View ArticleTransfer roundup: Cristiano Ronaldo rumored to be re-United with Manchester
According to the Manchester Evening News, Cristiano Ronaldo is once again being linked with a move back to Manchester United, as the club look to enhance its efforts in building a title-winning squad....
View ArticleJunaid Khan joins Middlesex for local ODI cup
Pakistan left-arm pacer Junaid Khan has joined the English county side Middlesex to represent them in the 2015 Royal London One-Day Cup, reported Radio Pakistan. Junaid is expected to join the side on...
View ArticleNADRA’s Peshawar office closed for security reasons
PESHAWAR: In the wake of recent threats, security personnel on Friday closed and vacated the National Database Registration Authority (NADRA) office in Hayatabad, Peshawar. “Around 50 personnel of the...
View ArticleIsraeli action against Iran would be ‘huge mistake’: Kerry
WASHINGTON: US Secretary of State John Kerry said on Friday it would be a huge mistake if Israel decided to take unilateral military action against Iran over its nuclear program in the future. Kerry...
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