Gunmen kill 13 civilians on a minibus in north Afghanistan
MAZAR-I-SHARIF: At least 13 people were killed by gunmen who attacked a minibus in north Afghanistan on Saturday, local officials said. All victims belonged to the largely Shia Hazara ethnic minority...
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Iran photographer to share prize money with Syria refugees
TEHRAN: Iranian photographer Newsha Tavakolian has said she will donate part of a Dutch award of a 100,000-euro ($112,000) to charity, including Syrian and Iraqi refugees. “It is hard for me to enjoy...
View ArticleGermany to turn down 75,000 asylum requests as speeds procedures
BERLIN: Germany is expected to reject up to 75,000 asylum requests this year by migrants mainly from southeastern Europe, as it speeds up asylum and extradition procedures for those from countries it...
View ArticleTwo involved in attacks on FWO workers killed in FC raid
QUETTA: At least two terrorists of a banned outfit involved in the killing of Frontier Works Organization (FWO) workers were killed during a raid by the Frontier Corps (FC) in the surrounding area of...
View ArticleKarachi operation: Sleeper cells still exist, says AIG Maher
As many as 232 policemen and 27 Rangers have been killed in the line of duty since the beginning of the Karachi operation on September 5, 2013, Karachi Police AIG Mushtaq Maher told media on Saturday....
View ArticleReplica of most powerful nuclear bomb ever goes on display in Moscow
MOSCOW: Eight metres long and weighing 25 tonnes, a replica of the so-called Tsar Bomb, the most powerful nuclear bomb ever detonated, has gone on display for the first time in Russia, in the midst of...
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Robin Williams’ daughter pens emotional letter
More than a year after Robin Williams’ untimely death, his daughter Zelda has penned an emotional letter that provides hope to others grieving the loss of a loved one. In an emotional Instagram image...
View ArticleIndia must reward Pakistan for supporting ‘Big Three’: PCB
Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) chairman Shahryar Khan said on Sunday India should stay true to its word of ‘rewarding’ Pakistan for its support for the ‘Big Three’ governance system introduced by the...
View ArticleIsrael’s Netanyahu rejects call to take in Syrian refugees
JERUSALEM: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday rejected a call by Israel’s opposition leader to provide refuge to Syrian refugees, saying the country is too small to take them in. Images in...
View ArticlePope calls on every European parish to host one migrant family each
VATICAN CITY: Pope Francis called on Sunday on every European parish and religious community to take in one migrant family each in a gesture of solidarity he said would start in the tiny Vatican state...
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Turkish policeman who found Aylan says: ‘I thought of my own son’
ISTANBUL: A Turkish police officer who was pictured picking up the lifeless body of three-year-old Syrian refugee Aylan Kurdi — whose death pricked the world’s conscience — said he thought of his own...
View ArticleIn rich Gulf Arab states, some feel shamed by refugee response
DUBAI: When Iraq invaded Kuwait in 1990, fellow Gulf states raced to shelter thousands of displaced Kuwaitis. Fast forward 25 years, and the homeless from Syria’s nearby war have found scant refuge in...
View ArticleIsraeli Christians protest state funding cuts
JERUSALEM: Thousands of people rallied on Sunday in Jerusalem to demand more funds for Christian schools which they say receive a third of what the Israeli government allocates to Jewish ones. Israel’s...
View ArticleAfghanistan asks Pakistan to act against militants after talks
Afghanistan asked Pakistan to act against Afghan Taliban militants operating on its territory during weekend talks in Kabul, while Pakistan said the South Asian neighbours needed to build trust,...
View ArticleStop running after BCCI, Javed Miandad tells PCB
Former Pakistan captain and coach Javed Miandad urged on Sunday the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) to stop pleading the Board of Control for Cricket (BCCI) in India to resume bilateral ties. Miandad said...
View ArticleSyria arrests ‘Al-Qaeda suspect in Druze bombing’
DAMASCUS: Syrian authorities have detained a member of Al-Qaeda affiliate Al-Nusra Front who admitted the group’s responsibility for a double bomb attack in the country’s Druze heartland, state media...
View ArticleAmir Khan pledges support to Syrian Refugees
British boxer Amir Khan pledged on Monday to support the Syrian refugees in the hour of need. The father of a single daughter, Lamaisah Khan, said that being responsible for his child has helped him...
View ArticleAir strike kills 11 Afghan police: officials
KANDAHAR, AFGHANISTAN: An air attack has killed at least 11 Afghan police officers in the volatile and opium-rich southern province of Helmand, officials said on Monday. An interior ministry...
View ArticleOnly 71 of over 1,100 lawmakers have submitted statements of assets so far
ISLAMABAD: With less than three weeks till the deadline on annual statements of assets expires, only 71 of about 1,174 lawmakers across the country have so far filed details of their assets to the...
View ArticleThai authorities question Indian nationals as bomb probe expands
BANGKOK: Thai authorities issued more arrest warrants on Monday and questioned two Indian men seen at an apartment block where explosives were seized, expanding a complex investigation into a deadly...
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