LAHORE: Pakistanis began celebrating the holy month of Ramadan yesterday with police on alert and shopkeepers braced for a slump in trade after...
LAHORE: Pakistanis began celebrating the holy month of Ramadan yesterday with police on alert and shopkeepers braced for a slump in trade after...
Kabul: British defence officials announced that the number of UK troops will fall to about 600 by autumn in Afghanistan. Philip Hammon, British...
ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) has informed the government that before proceeding to Britain for treatment, party Chairman Imran Khan would take part...
ISLAMABAD: Concerns over Malala Yousufzai’s safety have inhibited her interaction with world media at the United Nations and her media advisers and the...
WASHINGTON: Open-air burn pits at a US Marine base in Afghanistan pose a health risk to the 13,500 military and civilian personnel there...
ISLAMABAD: The Leader of the Opposition in the National Assembly (the lower house), Syed Khursheed Ahmed Shah, expressed concerns yesterday over the government’s...
Hundreds of garment workers, activists and relatives staged a demonstration for compensation in front of the Bangladesh Garment Manufactures and Exporters Association yesterday.
TAIPEI: Taiwan evacuated more than 2,000 tourists yesterday as the island braced for super-typhoon Soulik while Japan’s Okinawa warned residents giant waves of...
UNITED NATIONS: Islamic nations have called on the UN Secretary-General, Ban Ki-moon, to do more to halt the “tyranny” they say Muslims are...
BEIJING: A Chinese mother threw her newborn girl out of an apartment building window to the ground, where she was run over by...
JAKARTA: An Indonesian court yesterday rejected a request for the extradition of an alleged people-smuggling “kingpin” to Australia, instead freeing the Afghan from...
SEOUL: North Korea yesterday retracted its proposal to hold talks with South Korea on restarting a family reunion programme, after separate discussions on...
HONG KONG: A former Hong Kong fortune teller has filed an appeal against his 12-year jail term for forging the will of late...
DOHA: Aspire Zone Foundation’s (AZF) last night launched Aspire Ramadan Festival with a range of community-inspired events designed to cater the whole family....
Autodesk official during the launching ceremony. DOHA: ProMedia Qatar, the Value Added Reseller (VAR) division of Omnix International, has announced the launch of...
Doha: The Da’wa Department at the Ministry of Awqaf (Endowments) and Islamic Affairs has distributed Ramadan bags which contain nearly 50,000 booklets, fliers...
Officials from the traffic department distributing iftar packs to motorists. DOHA: As part of its awareness programme to reduce speeding and encourage people...
DOHA: Hamad Medical Corporation (HMC) will host its first awareness programme on the ‘Organ donation campaign’ tomorrow at the City Centre. The campaign...