A Russian submarine fired Kalibr sea-based cruise missiles on Friday from underwater in the Mediterranean at facilities belonging to Nursra Front militants in Syria, the Russian Defense Ministry said. The missiles launched…
Turkey made a direct appeal to the president of the Iraqi Kurdish region on Friday, urging him to cancel an independence referendum planned for Monday and saying that Ankara viewed the vote…
DUBAI: A Saudi cleric who said women should not drive because their brains shrink to a quarter the size of a man´s when they go shopping has been banned from preaching, state…
WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump’s contentious travel ban expires Sunday with little clarity over whether America´s door will reopen for travellers from six majority-Muslim countries. After the 90-day ban ends, travellers from Syria,…
YANGON/ DHAKA: The United States wants Myanmar to take urgent action to end violence in Rakhine state, where a military offensive has created a crisis that could jeopardise its economic and political…
Twenty homes caught fire and a bomb was detonated near a mosque in Myanmar’s Rakhine state, the government said on Friday, the latest unrest in a region that has seen hundreds of…
Responding to the approval of Electoral Reforms Bill 2017 in Senate, Railways Minister Saad Rafique on Friday said Nawaz Sharif will be reinstated as the president of the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N)…
CHICHAWATNI: Three criminals, who had earlier fled from police custody, were killed in a police encounter on Friday. Police said that three criminals, who were under custody and were being taken for recovery…
DHAKA: Bangladesh fast bowler Rubel Hossain flew out to join the tour of South Africa on Friday after his departure was delayed by a bizarre case of mistaken identity involving a look-a-like…
LAHORE: Punjab Law Minister Rana Sanaullah has ruled out the rumours that Nawaz Sharif fled to London to escape accountability and said that he (Nawaz) will return within few days and lead…
MIRANSHAH: Pakistan’s former all-rounder Shahid Afridi on Thursday said he wants to set up a cricket academy in Karachi but received no response from the Sindh government when he sought its…
QUETTA: Four people, including a woman, have died in various incidents in Balochistan on Friday. A woman later identified as Gulshan d/o Babul was killed in the firing of unidentified armed men…
KARACHI: Former Australian cricketer Tom Moody has been appointed as the head coach of Pakistan Super League’s (PSL) new team Multan Sultans. The announcement was made by Multan Sultans Director of Cricket…
ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Friday dismissed a plea seeking disqualification of Ayesha Gulalai as member of National Assembly. A single judge bench of Justice Aamir Farooq announced the reserved judgment…
LONDON: The England women’s new coach should be female, says the national team’s record goalscorer Kelly Smith. Mark Sampson, 34, was sacked on Wednesday after evidence emerged of “inappropriate and unacceptable” behaviour…
KARACHI: A drug peddler was killed in a police encounter in Skindarabad area of the metropolis in the wee hours of Friday. On a tip-off, a police team conducted a targeted raid…
Awami Muslim League (AML) Chief Sheikh Rasheed Ahmad has announced to move Supreme Court (SC) against the amendment in Political Parties Act, 2002. Talking to a private TV channel here on…
