Iraq forces sweep Ramadi after landmark victory
RAMADI, IRAQ: Iraqi forces swept the devastated streets of Ramadi for bombs Monday, after recapturing the city they lost in May and clinching a major victory against the Islamic State (IS)...
View ArticleIndia’s state cotton purchases to plummet as Pakistan raises imports
MUMBAI: The Indian government’s purchases of cotton are set to plunge 89 percent in the 2015/16 marketing year as local prices have jumped after crop failures forced neighbouring Pakistan to raise...
View ArticleMalaysia Airlines probes off-course Christmas flight
KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia Airlines has said it is investigating a Christmas Day mix-up that sent a plane flying in the wrong direction after it left Auckland, in the latest incident to hit the...
View ArticleShifting gears: Senate session to focus on human rights
ISLAMABAD: Following a year of drafting critical legislations, the government now seems to be focusing on projecting a softer international image – at least in the sphere of human rights. With the...
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Rahat collaborates with AR Rahman, Vishal Bhardwaj for Bollywood film
Ace Pakistani singer Rahat Fateh Ali Khan has already worked his magic in tinsel town but his game just got stronger as he teamed up with maestros AR Rahman and Vishal Bhardwaj for upcoming Bollywood...
View ArticleFormer top Chinese official commits suicide after landslide disaster
BEIJING: A former senior official in China who was in charge of an agency responsible for regulating a waste heap that collapsed last week with the loss of more than 70 people has committed suicide,...
View ArticleIslamic State issues fatwa on when female slave ‘owners’ can have sex with them
WASHINGTON: Islamic State theologians have issued an extremely detailed ruling on when “owners” of women enslaved by the extremist group can have sex with them, in an apparent bid to curb what they...
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Year-end special: A look back at 2015
Follow this space as we review the highs and lows, hits and misses in the world of politics, sports, business and entertainment. Usually, Zimbabwe touring a fellow cricket-playing nation is hardly a...
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Can you find the panda among these heavy metal artists?
Find the panda is back! And this time it’s rocking among heavy metal artists!Everybody loved solving the snowman puzzle, however, one fan enjoyed it so much that he decided to make his own version of...
View ArticleEx-Israeli PM Olmert to serve jail time on bribery conviction
JERUSALEM: Israel’s top court on Tuesday upheld a bribery conviction against former premier Ehud Olmert, which will make him the country’s first ex-prime minister to serve jail time.The 70-year-old,...
View ArticlePochettino cautious about Tottenham title talk
WATFORD, UK: Mauricio Pochettino urged his Tottenham stars to keep their feet on the ground as they head into 2016 firmly in the Premier League title race.Pochettino’s side move into the new year...
View Article8 killed, 25 injured in blast at Nadra office in Mardan
At least eight people were killed as a blast rocked a NADRA office in Dohsera Chowk in Mardan on Tuesday.Rescue 1122 officials said at least eight people have been killed and 25 injured. According to...
View ArticleMaulana Sherani, Ashrafi fight it out over ‘Ahmadi issue’ at CII meeting
A meeting of the Council for Islamic Ideology (CII) turned violent on Tuesday as a scuffle broke out between council chairman Maulana Mohammad Khan Sherani and Maulana Tahir Ashrafi.According to...
View ArticleHundreds hospitalised in mass Vietnam food poisoning
HANOI: Hundreds of workers at a Hong Kong-owned garment factory in Vietnam which makes lingerie for labels like Victoria’s Secret and Wacoal have been hospitalised with food-poisoning, state media...
View ArticleLyon, Marsh bowl Aussies to big series win over Windies
MELBOURNE: Nathan Lyon and Mitchell Marsh bowled Australia to a 177-run victory over the West Indies in the second Test on Tuesday, to win the series and retain the Frank Worrell Trophy.The...
View ArticleSaudi shares dive after kingdom announces record deficit
RIYADH: Saudi shares dived at the start of trading Tuesday a day after the oil-rich kingdom announced a record $98 billion deficit this year and said it was drastically cutting fuel subsidies.The...
View ArticleIndia’s Modi wants to revamp cabinet, but can’t find the people
NEW DELHI,: After a drubbing in a state poll in November, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi wants to overhaul his cabinet to weed out underperformers and improve his government’s image. Problem is,...
View ArticleInjured McCullum may miss third Sri Lanka ODI
NELSON, NEW ZEALAND: New Zealand could get an earlier than expected taste of life without Brendon McCullum on Thursday with the swashbuckling captain likely to sit out the third one-day international...
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Top 10 facepalm moments of 2015
The year 2015 was all about brawls, accusations, hilarity, disappointments and internet memes. The Express Tribune counts down some of the ideal ‘facepalm’ moments from the past 12 months.10. Down in...
View ArticleOur most re-tweeted stories of 2015
There is no single measure of a news story’s success, but if we were to gauge how much our readers on Twitter liked certain stories, we’d have to settle on one metric – the number of retweets.Here are...
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