Italian-Chinese medical team to perform first head transplant
BEIJING: An Italian-Chinese medical team plan to perform the world’s first head transplant in China, one of the surgeons said Friday, amid concerns over medical ethics in the country. Ren Xiaoping, who...
View ArticleAnti-Nazi song tops German charts after appeal against refugee hate
BERLIN: A German punk song rocketed to the top of the charts 22 years after its release, according to official charts Friday, following a social media campaign against anti-refugee hate. “Schrei nach...
View ArticleTV station of camerawoman who kicked migrants goes offline
BUDAPEST: A Hungarian TV station that employed a camerawoman who kicked and tripped migrants fleeing from police this week was offline on Friday, with its website blaming hackers for the outage....
View ArticleDenmark rejects EU refugee quotas
COPENHAGEN: Denmark said Friday it would not take part in the European Union’s plan to distribute 160,000 refugees around the continent. “We will not take part in the distribution of the 160,000...
View ArticlePakistan, India border chiefs agree to lower tensions in Kashmir
NEW DELHI: Pakistani and Indian border forces agreed on Friday to maintain restraint along the Line of Control (LoC) and the Working Boundary, as they sought to defuse tensions that have been...
View ArticleUS drone strike kills 15 TTP men in Afghanistan
DERA ISMAIL KHAN: A US drone strike had killed at least 15 Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan members in Afghanistan’s Gomal district on Wednesday, intelligence officials disclosed on Friday. Three Pakistani...
View ArticleMihajlovic challenges Mancini to a wager he can’t refuse
AC Milan boss Sinisa Mihajlovic has challenged his Inter counterpart Roberto Mancini to a derby wager, and it’s all for a good cause. Mihajlovic proposed that the winner of the upcoming Milan derby,...
View ArticleBelgium ‘ready’ to send troops to Syria after order restored
BRUSSELS: Belgium is ready to send ground troops to Syria as part of an international coalition but “we must first re-establish order,” the country’s defence minister, Steven Vandeput, said on...
View ArticleIndia promoting terrorism in Pakistan: Sartaj Aziz
Adviser to the Prime Minister on National Security Sartaj Aziz on Saturday said India is interfering and promoting terrorism in Pakistan, Radio Pakistan reported. While talking to the media at a...
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Thousands rally in Britain for more refugee help
LONDON: Thousands of Britons rallied in London on Saturday, urging their government to do more to help Syrian refugees at a demonstration due to be attended by newly elected Labour leader Jeremy...
View ArticlePakistan, India agree to stop ceasefire violations at working boundary
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan, India agreed on Saturday to restore ceasefire at the working boundary to save lives of innocent civilians, said military officials. The breakthrough came at the bi-annual meeting...
View ArticleTimeline: Saudi crane collapse latest in string of Hajj tragedies
MAKKAH: The deadly crane collapse at the Grand Mosque in Makkah is just the latest tragedy to strike the Hajj pilgrimage. Here is a timeline of significant incidents in the Saudi holy city during Hajj,...
View ArticleSenior PPP leader Amin Fahim, 11 others indicted in NICL scam
KARACHI: An accountability court in Karachi indicted former commerce minister and senior leader of Pakistan People’s Party, Makhdoom Amin Fahim and 11 others in the National Insurance Company Limited...
View ArticleThai police seek ‘Uighur’ man over Bangkok bomb
BANGKOK: Thai police on Saturday said an arrest warrant had been issued for an ethnic “Uighur” man over last month’s deadly Bangkok blast, for the first time identifying a suspect as a member of the...
View ArticleCM Punjab suspends officials over anti-dengue spray negligence
LAHORE: Punjab Chief Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Saturday suspended the district officials of Jhelum and Attock after hundreds of students fall unconscious following dengue spray in two schools in these...
View ArticleLG polls: Political parties agree to ‘impractical’ campaign expense limit
ISLAMABAD: Mainstream political parties and election authorities have agreed to an ‘unrealistic’ maximum limit of election campaign expenditures for the upcoming local government polls. In a recently...
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Slow death: Piracy drawing the life out of Pashto music
KARACHI: They say constraints are not always bad. They give birth to ingenuity and provide the opportunity to take the creative leap. Pashto music has thrived for decades within its own frontiers. Be...
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Dripping wisdom
ISLAMABAD: With its star-studded cast and glamorous sets, the 2014 crime-caper Jalaibee had audiences eagerly waiting to devour it prior to its release. But as it hit the screens last year, it opened...
View ArticleDon’t bully your B-town crush
MUMBAI: Actors Sonam Kapoor, Sonakshi Sinha and Priyanka Chopra have spoken against social media users who mock celebrities for their views and ideas on socio-political issues. Sonam, who earlier this...
View ArticleRocking back into action
MUMBAI: Actor Prachi Desai says she has diverse roles to play in her new films Rock on 2!! and Azhar. The former is a sequel of the 2008 Indian rock music drama which marked Prachi’s film debut, while...
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