Qatar Airways ‘shamed’ into altering marriage, pregnancy policies
Qatar airways, following concerns from the International Labour Organisation (ILO), have altered its policy of sacking crew members for getting married or pregnant within the first five years of their...
View ArticleTwo British journalists detained in southeast Turkey
DIYARBAKIR: Turkish police have detained two British journalists from Vice News for reporting from the predominantly Kurdish southeast without government accreditation, security sources said on Friday....
View ArticlePunjab Assembly adopts resolution against ex-envoy’s comments on Ahmadis
LAHORE: Punjab Assembly unanimously adopted on Friday a resolution condemning former High Commissioner to UK Wajid Shamsul Hasan’s statement allegedly declaring members of the Ahmadi community as...
View ArticleMedical charity MSF takes legal action against makers of Bollywood film...
NEW DELHI, INDIA: International charity Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is taking legal action against the producers of Bollywood film ‘Phantom’, saying its misrepresentation of the medical group could...
View ArticleResham’s Swaarangi banned by Pakistan’s central censor board
KARACHI: Pakistani film Swaarangi which was all set to release on September 11 has been banned by Pakistan’s Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC). “A panel decided that the film can’t be screened...
View ArticleProtestor’s death fuels fresh tension in Modi’s home state
AHMEDABAD: A court in Gujarat ordered an inquiry on Friday into the death of a protestor in police custody, in a case that could further exacerbate tensions in the Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s...
View ArticleSky Sports bag broadcasting rights for England Pakistan series
Sky Sports have emerged victorious in the battle for broadcasting rights against BT Sport for the upcoming tour of England against Pakistan in UAE in October. This series will be the first that...
View ArticlePakistan’s concerns over Indian ceasefire violations are legitimate, says...
Former US ambassador to Pakistan Cameron Munter has said Pakistan’s concerns over India’s ceasefire violations are legitimate. Speaking at a seminar held in Karachi, titled “one belt one road”, Munter...
View ArticleUN observers visit Sialkot Working Boundary
A day after cross-border firing killed at least nine people across the Line of Control, a three-member observer team of the United Nations (UN) visited Kundanpur village on the Working Boundary near...
View ArticleEgypt court hands Al Jazeera reporters three years in jail
CAIRO: An Egyptian court sentenced three Al Jazeera reporters to three years in prison on Saturday, in a shock ruling following global demands for their acquittal. Canadian Muhammad Fahmy and Egyptian...
View ArticleFresh air strikes kill 14 militants in Shawal Valley: ISPR
Precise aerial strikes in Shawal Valley killed 14 suspected militants on Saturday, a statement by the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) confirmed. “In precise aerial strikes in Shawal, 14...
View ArticleControlled explosions shake Kabul
KABUL: Two large explosions heard in Afghanistan’s capital Kabul on Saturday were controlled blasts by deminers, the city’s deputy police chief said. Sayed Gul Agha Rohani told Reuters that police were...
View ArticleI’m protective about Shahid Kapoor: Alia Bhatt
At a recent event, B-Town actress Alia Bhatt came to the rescue of her Shaandaar co-star Shahid Kapoor when reporters started hurling personal questions at him. When the Bollywood heartthrob was asked...
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Underage children tie the knot in Iran
A teenage boy and girl, although under the marriageable age, got married in Iran, with their wedding photo-shoot sparking interest across social media. Although under the legal marriageable age in...
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Shah Rukh Khan gets a new vanity van worth INR 4-crore
Paying INR 4 crores for a custom designed vehicle is like squandering money for most of us. But it goes without saying that everything he buys has to be regal. This time King Khan has invested INR 4...
View ArticleFarah defends world double with 5000m gold
BEIJING: Mo Farah retained his world distance double on Saturday when he stormed to victory in the 5000 metres in Beijing. The Briton, who won 10,000m gold on the opening weekend of action, was in...
View ArticleNever write me off, warns king Bolt
BEIJING: Usain Bolt has warned that people write him off at their peril after the imperious Jamaican sealed another world treble gold despite an injury-hit season. Bolt anchored Jamaica to victory in...
View ArticleWhy men find thin women attractive?
Men do find thinner women more attractive – and it’s because males associate slender bodies with youth and fertility. Researchers from the University of Aberdeen found that ‘evolutionary fitness’...
View ArticleWomen register to run for election in Saudi first
JEDDAH: Saudi women for the first time began to register as candidates Sunday for municipal polls in the ultra-conservative Muslim kingdom where they face a host of restrictions, including a driving...
View ArticleQueen Elizabeth II to become UK’s longest-serving monarch
LONDON: Queen Elizabeth II is set to become Britain’s longest-reigning monarch next month, surpassing the record of her great-great-grandmother Queen Victoria around 5:30 pm on September 9 after 23,226...
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