2 killed at Prophet Muhammad cartoon contest in US
Two gunmen have been shot dead after they opened fire outside a conference on cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad in a suburb of Dallas on Sunday, US police say. A…
UN to take up Lakhvi’s release issue
A committee of the United Nations Security Council, UNSC, has assured India that it will take up the issue of Mumbai terror attack mastermind Zaki-ur Rehman Lakhvi at its next…
Afghanistan, Taliban to hold two days of talks
A 20-member delegation from Afghanistan is headed to Qatar to hold two days of talks with Taliban representatives aimed at ending Afghanistan’s long war. Qatar’s Foreign Ministry yesterday said that…
Russia ballet legend Maya Plisetskaya is dead
Maya Plisetskaya, considered one of the greatest ballerinas of the 20th century, died in Germany yesterday at the age of 89. Born in Moscow on November 20th, 1925, Plisetskaya danced…
US-led airstrike kills more than 50 civilians in Syria
Media Reports from northern Syria say, more than 50 civilians have been killed in an air strike carried out by the US-led coalition. The coalition has not commented on the…
Fresh tremors rock quake-hit Nepal triggering landslides
Fresh tremors rocked parts of Nepal on Saturday triggering landslides. A 5.1-magnitude aftershock shook Barpak village in Gorkha district near the epicentre of last Saturday’s powerful temblor that had caused…
Armed men Kill at 3 policemen in Karachi
At least three policemen, including a Deputy Superintendent of Police were killed Friday when armed men opened fire on their vehicle in Karachi’s Gulshan-i-Hadeed area in Pakistan. Police sources say…
Opposition leader, workers arrested in Maldives
Police have arrested an opposition leader and 192 others after clashes erupted between police and protesters demanding the resignation of President Yameen Abdul Gayoom and the release of a jailed…
Power, communication restored in Kathmandu; Death toll crosses 6,600
A week after a devastating earth-quake rattled the Himalayan nation of Nepal, capital Kathmandu is slowly limping back to normalcy. Power supplies and communication networks have been restored in most…
Saudi King merges new heir’s administration with royal court
Saudi Arabia’s ageing King Salman merged the Royal Court with that of his new heir, further streamlining administration a day after a shake-up in the line of succession. The official…