ISLAMABAD: In a surprising development, the lawyer who had filed a petition in the judges’ detention case has withdrawn his complaint against former...
ISLAMABAD: In a surprising development, the lawyer who had filed a petition in the judges’ detention case has withdrawn his complaint against former...
KABUL: The Afghan parliament yesterday cut short a debate on a bill to protect women from violence after complaints from some traditionalist MPs...
KARACHI: They are 48. It has been three months since they arrived in Karachi, and this big, bad metropolis they have been flung...
BEIJING: Pakistan is set to become the fifth Asian country to use China’s domestic satellite navigation system which was launched as a rival...
MUZAFFARABAD, Pakistan: A Chinese man working on an energy project in Pakistan-administered Kashmir was held yesterday after hundreds of protesters attacked his offices...
A Freeport Indonesia rescue team works from the right side of the collapsed tunnel in Big Gossan in Tembagapura, Papua, Indonesia. JAKARTA: Freeport...
SEOUL: North Korea yesterday launched three short-range missiles into the Sea of Japan, apparently as part of a military drill, South Korea’s defence...
MANILA: The Philippines yesterday rejected Taiwan’s allegations that Filipino coastguards had intentionally murdered a Taiwanese fisherman whose death has triggered a major diplomatic...
COLOMBO: Sri Lanka’s main opposition Tamil party yesterday defied a military ban and staged a commemoration of their war dead as the government...
JAKARTA: A British woman could face the death penalty in Indonesia after being arrested for allegedly smuggling crystal methamphetamine into the country from...
BEIJING: Chinese police have arrested a man who allegedly made bomb threats which caused flight delays or diversions to Shanghai, reports said yesterday....
Pope Francis gestures with German Chancellor Angela Merkel during a 45-minute private audience at the Vatican yesterday. They discussed the state of Europe...
TIMBUKTU: A senior Mali army officer accused France yesterday of picking favourites among the country’s warring militias after its troops attacked Arab rebels...
LAGOS: Nigeria’s military said yesterday it had killed 10 insurgents and arrested 65 more as part of an offensive meant to wrest back...
ROME: Thousands of people protested in Rome yesterday against austerity policies and high unemployment, urging new Prime Minister Enrico Letta to focus on...
KIEV: Supporters and opponents of Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovich scuffled as both sides held large rallies in the capital Kiev yesterday, police and...
CHICAGO: Texas has joined the crowd of Gulf of Mexico states to file suit against BP Plc, Halliburton Co and others for their...
PARIS: France yesterday became the 14th country to legalise same-sex marriage after President Francois Hollande signed the measure into law following months of...
