A woman visits a book stall during the opening ceremony of a book exhibition in Herat, Afghanistan, yesterday. President Ashraf Ghani called on...
A woman visits a book stall during the opening ceremony of a book exhibition in Herat, Afghanistan, yesterday. President Ashraf Ghani called on...
A man, who moved from a tribal area, reads the Holy Quran sitting on a rope bed in front of his mud house...
ISLAMABAD: With less than two weeks to go before Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf’s (PTI) promised landmark rally in the capital on November 30, the government...
LAHORE: A Pakistan court yesterday sentenced four men to death for murdering a pregnant woman bludgeoned to death in the centre of the...
LAHORE: The Pakistan People’s Party has finally decided not to go for a ‘big rally’ in Lahore to mark its Foundation Day on...
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s Supreme Court has ordered an investigation after a female prisoner serving a sentence for murder claimed her daughter had contracted polio...
ISLAMABAD: The Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Resources has sent a summary to the prime minister proposing an increase of 23 percent on...
KARACHI: Nearly 300 children have died this year in desert communities in southern Pakistan, officials said yesterday, as poor monsoon rains and livestock...
DOHA: The Cabinet yesterday set up an inter-ministerial committee to ensure implementation of the directives of the Emir H H Sheikh Tamim bin...
DOHA: Qatar Airways (QA) will expand its flights to Istanbul Sabiha Gِkçen Airport from March 29 next year with an additional daily service....
DUBAI: Gulf-based airlines have closed financing agreements for a total of 16 Boeing and Airbus aircraft, according to statements from the carriers and...
TEGUCIGALPA: A Honduran beauty queen has been found murdered just days before she was due to compete in the Miss World pageant in...
JERUSALEM: Israel on Wednesday approved the construction of 78 new homes in two settlements on West Bank land annexed to Jerusalem, likely to...
VATICAN CITY: Pope Francis on Wednesday slammed the deadly attack on a Jerusalem synagogue and urged Israelis and Palestinians to take the "courageous...
DOHA: HH the Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani received Wednesday a written message from President of Croatia Ivo Josipovic, pertaining to bilateral...
ARBIL, Iraq: A suicide bomber detonated an explosives-rigged vehicle in the heart of the usually secure Iraqi Kurdish regional capital Arbil on Wednesday,...
SUVA: Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday pledged a multi-million dollar line of credit for Fiji's struggling sugar industry, once worked by...
TOKYO: Tokyo's Nikkei 225 stock index closed down 0.32 percent on Wednesday, after the Bank of Japan wrapped up a meeting with policymakers...
