Efforts to improve ties with India not reciprocated: PM Nawaz
MANAMA: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif said Thursday that his government made sincere efforts to improve relations with the new government in India, but the efforts were not reciprocated, said a…
U.N. okays Palestine joining ICC, U.S. objects
U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon confirmed Wednesday that the Palestinians would officially become a member of the International Criminal Court (ICC) on April 1, in a move the United States voiced…
Pakistan condemns deadly Paris shooting: FO
ISLAMABAD: The Foreign Office (FO) on Thursday condemned the deadly Jan 7 shooting at a French satirical paper Charlie Hebdo that left 12 people dead, said areport published on Radio…
Hunt continues for two in French shooting, 1 surrenders
PARIS: One man sought in the deadly shooting at a French satirical paper has turned himself in, and police hunted Thursday for two heavily armed men with possible links to…
‘Ten killed’ in Charlie Hebdo shooting in France
At least 10 people were killed in a shooting at the Paris offices of Charlie Hebdo, a satirical newspaper firebombed in the past after publishing cartoons in 2011 joking about…
In Memory of East Pakistan:
United in the name of religion, the Muslims of subcontinent wanted just one thing -Independence. Together they fought for their rights, faced the harsh circumstances, sacrificed whatever was required…
Anti-migrant protest: Top German figures take to streets
BERLIN: German political leaders, entertainers and sports stars threw their weight on Tuesday into the growing backlash against a new anti-immigration movement, leading calls to defend the country’s hard-won image for…
Khaleda Zia faces murder charge threat
DHAKA: Bangladesh authorities on Tuesday threatened to bring murder charges against besieged opposition leader Khaleda Zia and arrested her deputy over accusations that they incited a nationwide wave of deadly…
Radical Marxist group claims Istanbul suicide attack
ISTANBUL: An outlawed Turkish Marxist group on Wednesday said one of its members carried out the deadly suicide bombing at the heart of Istanbul's tourist district that killed the female…
India, Pakistan exchange fire along Working Boundary
ISLAMABAD: Intermittent exchange of fire between Pakistani Rangers personnel and those from the Indian Border Security Force (BSF) took place along the Working Boundary in the Shakargarh sector on Wednesday,…