Arts / EntertainmentIndia’s brides hire langurs to halt monkey business
NEW DELHI-Wedding rings -- check. Brass band -- check. Large, aggressive monkeys -- check. Anxious brides wanting the perfect wedding day are leaving nothing to chance in the In
Feb 3, 2015
Arts / EntertainmentThe Mao the merrier: China boom for leader lookalikes
He has little interest in politics and is no socialist fanatic, but Xu Ruilin spends every free moment practising how to speak, write, walk and think like Mao Zedong.The 58-year-old has
Feb 3, 2015
ForeignDubai overtakes Heathrow as top international airport
DUBAI-Dubai International has overtaken London's Heathrow Airport to become the world's top hub in international travel after handling 70.47 million passengers in 2014, its authority said on Tues
Jan 27, 2015
ForeignArrested Indian accused of passing secrets to ISI
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Jan 24, 2015
DNA NewsPakistan arrests 38 Indian fishermen: police
KARACHI-Pakistani marine forces have arrested 38 Indian fishermen for violating territorial waters in the Arabian Sea, police said on Thursday.Pakistan's Maritime Security Agency (MSA) detain
Jan 22, 2015
NATIONALPakistan’s cross-dressing men dance despite fear
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Jan 20, 2015
ForeignAfghan officials confirm five arrested for attack on Peshawar school
KABUL—Afghan officials say that security forces have arrested five people suspected of being involved in a massacre last month that saw extremists attack a military school in Pakistan, killing
Jan 17, 2015
Arts / EntertainmentStrictly unusual: offbeat stories from 2014
PARIS- Some of the stranger stories from the year just ending: - In February, a California couple out walking their dog struck it rich by unearthing a horde of buried gold coin
Dec 29, 2014
NATIONALAmir Khan to donate golden shorts worth £30,000 to help rebuild Peshawar school
British boxer Amir Khan plans to donate a £30,000 ($46,973) pair of shorts to help rebuild the Pakistan army-run school where 141 people were killed by the Taliban.Khan, who is of Pakis
Dec 19, 2014
ForeignMumbai police rescue dozens of boys from work
MUMBAI-Police in India's Mumbai placed nearly 70 poor boys in care on Tuesday after rescuing them from traffickers who were bringing them to the city to work.Twenty-four people were arrested for b
Dec 17, 2014
ForeignDrone strike in Afghanistan kills 4 Pakistani Taliban – official
JALALABAD -A U.S. drone strike in eastern Afghanistan killed four Pakistani Taliban members and seven other insurgents, a district government official said Wednesday.The drone's missiles kill
Dec 17, 2014
ForeignWomen still unsafe in India, says fatal gang-rape victim’s family
INDIA-Women's safety in India has not improved since the fatal gang-rape of a student in New Delhi, the victim's parents said Tuesday on the anniversary of the attack that sparked international outrag
Dec 16, 2014