ISLAMABAD: The outbreak of a hitherto unknown strain of polio virus in Qilla Abdullah and Pishin areas has set alarm bells ringing and...
ISLAMABAD: The outbreak of a hitherto unknown strain of polio virus in Qilla Abdullah and Pishin areas has set alarm bells ringing and...
PESHAWAR: Many members of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly of Pakistan have switched their loyalties and joined other political parties in the hope of...
KANDAHAR: At least five people, including two women, were killed when a bomb targeting an army vehicle exploded in southern Afghanistan yesterday, officials...
ISLAMABAD: US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Foreign Minister Hina Rabbani Khar will meet in Brussels today on the sidelines of a...
South Korean members of an anti-Japan civic group step on a Japanese ‘rising sun flag’ during a protest near the Seoul High Court...
BEIJING: China yesterday branded a US-Japan security treaty “a product of the Cold War” after Washington reaffirmed its commitment to Japan in its...
TOKYO: Japan ordered inspections of ageing highway tunnels yesterday after a fiery collapse that killed nine people, as suspicion over the cause of...
DHAKA: Bangladeshi garment workers clashed with police yesterday as some 10,000 protested over the deaths of 110 people in the country’s worst clothing...
SEOUL: North Korea has installed the first stage of a long-range rocket it plans to launch this month in position, defying growing international...
MANILA: Philippine President Benigno Aquino called on legislators to finally vote on a controversial birth control bill after months of debate over what...
KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysian authorities have freed 105 mostly Indonesian maids who were forced to work without pay by day and held against their...
SINGAPORE: A mainland Chinese bus driver involved in Singapore’s first industrial strike in 26 years was jailed for six weeks yesterday after he...
ROME: Italy’s centre-left is on track to win 2013 elections after supporters picked Pier Luigi Bersani as their candidate for prime minister while...
MOSCOW: The Russian government yesterday admitted it had to improve road services after a 190km traffic jam involving more than 4,000 trucks paralysed...
WASHINGTON: US casino magnate Sheldon Adelson spent $150m, much more than previously thought, on funding Republican hopefuls in an unsuccessful bid to stop...
LONDON: Britain announced a campaign against “tax dodgers” and “cowboy advisers” yesterday to claw back £2bn a year, as lawmakers alleged that multinationals...
KIEV: Ukrainian Prime Minister Mykola Azarov and the entire government resigned yesterday in a surprise move after controversial elections as the economy teeters...
UNITED NATIONS: The United Nations on Monday suspended operations in Syria and began withdrawing non-essential staff as the brutal civil conflict raged and...