Every Bomb Matters, So Does Every Life!
It is the early hours of this battle named "Zarbe Azab", and I am sure that dust from the first round of bombs being dropped at terrorist camps would not…
Pakistan world’s largest refugee-hosting country: UNHCR
KARACHI: Pakistan currently hosts 1.6 million registered refugees, making it the world’s largest refugee-hosting country, said a recently released report by the United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR). Approximately 2.6 million Afghan…
India’s covert nuke plant to ‘assert regional leadership’
NEW DELHI: India is expanding a covert uranium enrichment plant that could potentially support the development of thermonuclear weapons, a defense research group said on Friday, raising the stakes in…
Zarb-i-Azb: 8 militants killed, bases destroyed in fresh air blitz
PESHAWAR: Eight militants were killed as jet fighters struck the militant hideouts in the Koshali Torikhel and Zakar Khel villages of the Mir Tehsil in North Waziristan Agency Saturday morning.…
Russia to Challenge US Sanctions at World Trade Organization
Moscow: Russia will contest US sanctions over the crisis in Ukraine at the World Trade Organisation, Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev said on Friday."The United States has introduced sanctions against Russia which…
Global oil prices shoot up
NEW YORK: Brent crude hit a nine-month high of more than $115 a barrel on Thursday as the United States said it would send up to 300 military advisers to…
Iran rejects big powers ‘excessive demands’ in nuclear talks
VIENNA: Iran told six big powers on Friday it would not accept their “excessive demands” after the latest talks on lifting sanctions against Tehran in exchange for curbs on its…
Global refugee numbers highest since WWII: UN
GENEVA: The number of people driven from their homes by conflict and crisis has topped 50 million for the first time since World War II, with Syrians hardest hit, the UN…
Afghanistan lurches into new political crisis after Abdullah’s fraud claims
ISLAMABAD: The worst fear of some Afghans may be coming true as the country seemingly descends into a political crisis with presidential hopeful Dr Abdullah Abdullah, who gained the majority of…
Number of Waziristan IDPs soars past 200k
PESHAWAR / BANNU:As the air blitz continues against the hideouts of militants in North Waziristan Agency, the number of tribesmen fleeing an impending ground offensive has soared past 200,000, officials…