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Boko Haram victims need $1bn aid in 2017: UN 02 Dec 2016 - 11:48 pm

Lagos: A billion dollars are needed to provide aid for victims of Boko Haram jihadists in Nigeria's restive northeast next year, the United...

250 Palestinians from Gaza travel to Al Aqsa for Friday prayers 02 Dec 2016 - 11:20 pm

Bethlehem: More than 200 Palestinians from the besieged Gaza Strip travelled to occupied East Jerusalem yesterday to attend prayers at the Al Aqsa...

Armed groups clash in Tripoli 02 Dec 2016 - 11:19 pm

Tripoli: Rival armed groups battled overnight and into yesterday in the worst outbreak of fighting in the Libyan capital Tripoli for more than...

International push aims to protect endangered heritage 02 Dec 2016 - 11:18 pm

Abu Dhabi: Representatives from dozens of countries began a meeting in Abu Dhabi yesterday to discuss the creation of a $100m fund to...

Rebels in fierce defence of key Aleppo district 02 Dec 2016 - 11:16 pm

Aleppo: Rebels put up fierce resistance yesterday in a key district of Syria's battered Aleppo, where a regime offensive has left bodies in...

International quality lab in two years 02 Dec 2016 - 10:46 pm

Within the next two years, Pakistan will have at least one laboratory that is up to international standards so that in case of...

Oil production reaches record high 02 Dec 2016 - 10:45 pm

Pakistan has produced a record high 100,000 barrels per day (bpd) of crude oil recently after oil and gas exploration companies expedited efforts...

EU offers €15m for conducting elections 02 Dec 2016 - 10:44 pm

European Union (EU) Ambassador Jean Francois Cautain said that European Union (EU) will be offering ¤15m to Pakistan for conducting the next general...

23 dead in Taliban attacks: Afghan official 02 Dec 2016 - 10:43 pm

Taliban militants have killed 23 civilians in Kandahar Province in the last 48 hours, an Afghan police official said. Gen. Abdul Raziq said...

Amarinder & Badal predict wins in polls 02 Dec 2016 - 10:40 pm

New Delhi: Punjab Congress chief Capt Amarinder Singh and state Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Singh Badal yesterday predicted result of the state polls,...

2 IAS officers suspended with 'black money' 02 Dec 2016 - 10:39 pm

Bengaluru: The Karnataka government yesterday suspended two senior IAS officers for allegedly hoarding unaccounted cash in crores and bullion and gold jewellery at...

Stephen Hawking hospitalised in Rome for checks 02 Dec 2016 - 09:21 pm

ROME: British physicist and cosmologist Stephen Hawking has been hospitalised in Rome for checks after not feeling well but his condition is not...

Gambia’s Jammeh dealt shock election loss after 22-year rule 02 Dec 2016 - 06:30 pm

BANJUL: Gambian leader Yahya Jammeh, who vowed to rule the tiny West African nation for “a billion years”, was handed a shock election...

Saudia jet from India lands in Karachi over pilot health 02 Dec 2016 - 05:46 pm

Riyadh:A Saudi Arabian Airlines jet made an unscheduled landing in Pakistan after its captain suffered health problems on a flight from India to...

New hacking attempt on Saudi government computers 02 Dec 2016 - 01:22 pm

Riyadh: Saudi authorities have detected fresh attempts by hackers to disrupt government computers, a report said Friday, after security firm Symantec warned of...

Pro-EU party wins British local election in Brexit ‘shockwave’ 02 Dec 2016 - 01:19 pm

LONDON: Britain’s pro-European Union Liberal Democrat party won a parliamentary seat previously held by the ruling Conservatives on Friday in a major upset...

International push aims to protect endangered heritage 02 Dec 2016 - 12:46 pm

Abu Dhabi: Representatives from dozens of countries meet in Abu Dhabi on Friday to discuss the creation of a $100-million fund to protect...

Bosnia's disabled children swim against indifference 02 Dec 2016 - 12:38 pm

Sarajevo: Born without arms, Ismail Zulfic happily paddles across an Olympic-sized pool in Sarajevo: the six-year-old learned to swim thanks to a coach...