Indian troops violate ceasefire in Battal sector along LoC
KOTLI: India’s Border Security Force (BSF) resorted on Wednesday to ‘unprovoked’ firing and mortar shelling near Battal sector along the the Line of Control (LoC). According to forces, Pakistani troops...
View ArticleMalays march in support of Malaysian government
KUALA LUMPUR: Thousands of ruling-party supporters marched through Malaysia’s capital on Wednesday to support the embattled government and assert the political dominance of the Malay majority, in a...
View ArticleFrench air strikes on Islamic State in Syria ‘in coming weeks’: defence minister
PARIS: France will carry out its first air strikes on the Islamic State (IS) terrorist group in Syria “in the coming weeks,” Defence Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian said Wednesday. The French air force has...
View ArticleWahab makes comeback, Ajmal misses cut in all formats
The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) on Wednesday announced Twenty20 and ODI squads for Pakistan’s upcoming tour of Zimbabwe starting from September 27, Express News reported. Shahid Afridi will lead the...
View ArticleApple faces hurdles as it positions iPad Pro for business use
SAN FRANCISCO: Apple Inc faces significant challenges selling its larger and more powerful iPad Pro to businesses because companies are reluctant to switch software vendors and use an expensive device...
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Iranian husband forbids footballer wife from international tournaments
An Iranian female football player was reportedly forbidden to attend an international tournament as her husband refused her permission to have her passport renewed. Niloufar Ardalan was due to travel...
View ArticleTrump targeted, Fiorina shines in US Republican debate
SIMI VALLEY, UNITED STATES: Republican presidential frontrunner Donald Trump stepped into a hornet’s nest in Wednesday’s debate as rivals turned their sights on the billionaire, while Carly Fiorina...
View ArticleSaudi diplomat accused of rape withdrawn from India
NEW DELHI: Saudi Arabia has withdrawn the diplomat accused of repeatedly raping and torturing two Nepali maids working at his home near New Delhi, ending an awkward diplomatic incident for India. The...
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#IStandWithAhmed: Fighting Islamophobia one tweet at a time
Many, including some incredibly high-profile supporters such as US President Barack Obama and Facebook CEO, are rallying behind a 14-year-old Muslim student who was detained in Texas for bringing a...
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Powerful quake off Chile slams waves into coastal towns; five killed
SANTIAGO: A magnitude 8.3 earthquake struck off the coast of Chile on Wednesday, killing at least five people and slamming powerful waves into coastal towns. More than a million people were forced from...
View ArticleAmerican woman says raped in northern India
NEW DELHI,: An American tourist has accused two men of raping her in the popular Himalayan hill station of Dharamsala in northern India, police said Thursday, the latest sex attack on a foreigner. The...
View ArticlePeruvian man held in Japan over suspected serial killings
TOKYO: A Peruvian man was being held in custody in Japan over a suspected killing spree after six people were found stabbed to death in a residential neighbourhood near Tokyo, police said Thursday. The...
View ArticleBritain says killed 330 Islamic State fighters in air strikes
LONDON: About 330 Islamic State fighters have been killed in British air strikes since the Royal Air Force began carrying out raids against the group in September last year, Britain’s Defence Secretary...
View ArticlePCB rejoinder: ‘Hafeez has been going through remedial work since nine months’
KARACHI: The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) was alarmed by certain media reports wrongly suggesting that Mohammad Hafeez has been allowed to bowl in the T20 Cup without necessary remedial work on his...
View ArticleSaudi king seeks ‘urgent’ UN action on Al-Aqsa
RIYADH: Saudi King Salman has appealed to UN chief Ban Ki-moon and members of the Security Council for “urgent measures” after clashes at Jerusalem’s Al-Aqsa mosque compound, state media reported late...
View ArticleIslamic State claims killing of Egypt police general
CAIRO: Gunmen have shot dead a police general in Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula, the interior ministry said, in the latest attack claimed by Islamic State (IS) group militants. Assailants in a car gunned down...
View ArticleFed rate decision lifts Asia markets, emerging currencies
HONG KONG: The US central bank’s decision to hold off hiking interest rates sent emerging market currencies and most Asian markets advancing Friday, as concerns eased over an outflow of cash as the...
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Thai temple fights drug addiction with horses and boxing
THAILAND: Every morning in Thailand’s far north, a convoy of orange-robed Buddhist monks and novices riding on horseback leave their mountain-top temple in the kingdom’s notorious Golden Triangle...
View ArticleJapan set to pass security bills despite widespread anger
TOKYO: Japan is expected to pass security bills on Friday that would allow troops to fight on foreign soil for the first time since World War II, despite fierce criticism it will reshape the proudly...
View ArticleJason Gillespie rules out England whitewash by Pakistan
Former Australian right-arm fast-bowler Jason Gillespie believes England’s squad is strong enough to avoid a repeat of 3-0 drubbing by Pakistan. England, the then number one Test team, were whitewashed...
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