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Pakistan defers approval of tribal areas reforms 16 Dec 2016 - 08:53 pm

Islamabad: The federal cabinet has once again deferred approval of the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (Fata) reform committee report 2016 to remove concerns...

Pakistan to hold Census on March 15 Islamabad 16 Dec 2016 - 08:52 pm

The Council of Common Interests of Pakistan yesterday agreed on holding the national census on March 15 next year involving the House listing...

Pakistan's double-Oscar winner vows to tell untold stories 16 Dec 2016 - 08:52 pm

Karachi: Pakistan's double-Oscar winner Sharmeen Obaid Chinoy (pictured) has hailed new legislation outlawing the crime of "honour killings" as a turning point in...

China gifts solar plant to Islamabad 16 Dec 2016 - 08:52 pm

Islamabad: As a gift to the residents of Pakistani capital of Islamabad, the Chinese government has set up a solar power plant in...

One dead in Indian shelling on school van 16 Dec 2016 - 08:51 pm

Muzaffarabad: Pakistan yesterday accused India of hitting a school van in the disputed Kashmir region, killing the driver and wounding eight schoolchildren. The...

No common ground between Colombian president & opposition leader on peace accord with FARC rebels. Even with Vatican mediation 16 Dec 2016 - 08:03 pm

VATICAN CITY/BOGOTA: Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos and opposition leader Alvaro Uribe were unable to find common ground on a peace accord with...

Scrapped Indian currency notes sail to Dubai to end up as furniture 16 Dec 2016 - 07:43 pm

Dubai: After demonetisation, Indias invalid Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 currency notes are now on their way to Dubai and may end up...

Inmates take over prison wings in UK jail disturbance 16 Dec 2016 - 07:34 pm

LONDON: Rioting prisoners took control of two wings of an English jail on Friday, prison bosses said, in the latest serious incident of...

UN nuclear watchdog chief to visit Iran on Sunday 16 Dec 2016 - 07:19 pm

VIENNA: The head of the atomic energy watchdog agency of the United Nations will travel to Iran on Sunday for meetings about the...

China seizes US naval underwater probe in South China Sea: defense official 16 Dec 2016 - 07:19 pm

Washington: China has seized an unmanned US naval underwater testing vehicle in the South China Sea, a US defense official told AFP on...

Trump team: Too early for timing on US embassy move to Jerusalem 16 Dec 2016 - 07:11 pm

NEW YORK: Representatives for Donald Trump on Friday said it was too soon to say when the Republican U.S. president-elect would make good...

What we know about David Friedman, the Trump ambassador pick for Israel 16 Dec 2016 - 06:08 pm

Jerusalem: US President-elect Donald Trump has nominated hardliner David Friedman as the next ambassador to Israel, in a move welcomed by conservatives in...

Syrian official: Aleppo evacuation to resume once wounded leave villages 16 Dec 2016 - 05:54 pm

ALEPPO, Syria: The stalled evacuation of east Aleppo will resume once injured people are let out of the besieged Shi’ite villages of al-Foua...

Assad’s Aleppo victory dashes Syrians’ hopes of return 16 Dec 2016 - 05:47 pm

BEIRUT: They fled Aleppo from different districts and at different stages of Syria’s civil war, seeking refuge abroad. Now, for refugees who supported...

Hundreds protest against Russia & Iran in Ankara 15 Dec 2016 - 10:17 pm

Ankara: Hundreds marched through Ankara yesterday in protest at Russian and Iranian involvement in the siege of Aleppo, the latest in a series...

Aleppo evacuation under way after truce deal 15 Dec 2016 - 10:15 pm

Aleppo: An operation to evacuate thousands of civilians and fighters from the last rebel bastion in Aleppo began yesterday, part of a ceasefire...

Jewish Settlers reject relocation offer as eviction looms 15 Dec 2016 - 10:09 pm

Jerusalem: Residents of a wildcat Jewish settlement in the occupied West Bank yesterday rejected a proposal to leave voluntarily, raising fears of violence...

UK summons Russian & Iranian envoys 15 Dec 2016 - 10:08 pm

London: British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson summoned the Russian and Iranian ambassadors yesterday to convey what he said was his "profound disquiet" over...