PARIS: A crippling French strike against a planned reform of the rail sector will roll into next week, union leaders said yesterday, with...
PARIS: A crippling French strike against a planned reform of the rail sector will roll into next week, union leaders said yesterday, with...
WASHINGTON: US Secretary of State John Kerry will launch an unprecedented global effort today to save the world’s oceans under siege from over-fishing,...
LONDON: Extremism is flourishing in Britain because the country has been too bashful in promoting its values, Prime Minister David Cameron said yesterday....
EDINBURGH: The campaign for Scottish independence continues to gain ground against its pro-union rival, two surveys showed yesterday, as pollsters near consensus that...
A Pakistani tribesman in a shuttered market in Miranshah in North Waziristan, a stronghold of Taliban and Al Qaeda-linked militants near the border...
A man shears a sheep for its wool by a roadside in Karachi yesterday. Wool from sheep are traditionally used as warm clothing...
PESHAWAR: Pakistan’s northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s first ever trial via video link concluded on the other day with an anti-terrorism court (ATC) sentencing a...
KABUL: Rival camps in Afghanistan’s presidential race each proclaimed to be leading the contest yesterday, a day after the run-off was held and...
MAZAR-I-SHARIF: A roadside bomb killed 11 people in northern Afghanistan, including election workers, officials said yesterday, as reports of violence during the presidential...
LAHORE: The Punjab government anticipates Rs3bn of revenue from the tax imposed on luxury houses in the province in the budget 2014-15. Addressing...
LAHORE: Lahore City police announced yesterday that it has established eight special security desks around the city for Chinese citizens in Lahore. The...
Prime Minister Narendra Modi inspects the guard of honour during his ceremonial reception at Tashichhodzong Palace in Thimphu, yesterday. Thimphu: Setting out on...
An acitivist of Congress party throws an earthen pot next to the burning effigies representing Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Delhi’s former chief...
Thimphu: With visiting Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi being a strict vegetarian, the Bhutanese government and the hotel he is staying in here...
Kolkata: Expressing concern over political violence in West Bengal, the BJP yesterday attacked the Trinamool Congress government over the issue and said it...
Mandi, Himachal Pradesh: Rescue agencies yesterday continued their massive operation to search for the missing Hyderabad students and a tour operator by using...
Srinagar: Defence Minister Arun Jaitley yesterday said the central government is ready for dialogue with anyone who wants to talk, but within the...
