Karachi to have ‘Dinner in the Sky’ restaurant from August
KARACHI: After being available in around 62 countries, it is now Pakistan’s turn to have ‘Dinner in the Sky’ in August this year that will have a dining table up in the…
40,000 litres petrol spill after overturning oil tanker in Hyderabad
HYDERABAD: At least 40,000 litres petrol spilled on the Super Highway near Nooriabad Chowki No-7 Hyderabad on Friday when an oil tanker turned turtle. Eye-witnesses said that the accident occurred when the…
Mexico minister backs marijuana legalisation in two tourist spots
MEXICO CITY: Marijuana should be legalised in two of Mexico’s main tourist hot spots, Cancun and Los Cabos, in order to reduce criminal violence, Mexico’s minister for tourism said on Thursday. Minister…
Three dead, over 100 injured in Milan train derail
MILAN: At least three people have been killed and over a hundred injured as a commuter train derailed near Milan in northern Italy at the start of the workday, Carabinieri police said.…
Abducted boy raised by US Islamic State woman in Raqqa
DOHUK: Eight-year-old Ayham Azad loves America, insists on speaking only in English and says he wants to be “an American man” when he grows up. But this Iraqi child’s love for the…
Reports of executions in Libya’s Benghazi alarm United Nations
TUNIS: The United Nations Libya mission said it was alarmed by reports of “brutal and outrageous summary executions” in the eastern city of Benghazi on Wednesday after pictures emerged appearing to show…
Kabul hotel attack killed 40 people: Afghan authorities
KABUL: At least 40 people were killed in the attack on Kabul’s luxury Intercontinental Hotel at the weekend, official figures showed Thursday — almost double the earlier toll released by Afghan authorities.…
‘Daesh landlord’ charged with harbouring terrorists in first Paris attacks trial
PARIS: The first trial stemming from the November 2015 Paris terror attacks opens Wednesday when Jawad Bendaoud appears in court, charged with harbouring two of the jihadists in the aftermath of the…
Gunmen attack Save the Children office in Afghanistan
NANGARHAR: Gunmen blasted their way into Save the Children’s office in Afghanistan’s restive east on Wednesday, witnesses and officials said, in an ongoing attack that has wounded at least 11 people. After…
Female journalists protest being ‘penned in’ during Pence Western Wall visit
JERUSALEM: Women journalists covering US Vice President Mike Pence’s visit Tuesday to the Western Wall criticised what they called discrimination after being forced to stand behind men under rules enforced by Jewish…
20 outlaws held with arms, drugs in separate operations
KHANEWAL: At least 20 outlaws including proclaimed offenders (POs) were arrested with arms and drugs during separate operations in different of Khanewal on Sunday. Cases were registered against eight brick kiln owners…
UK minister says Britain could join new EU model in future
LONDON: Britain could take part in a new model of European cooperation after Brexit but is unlikely to rejoin the EU in its current form, a senior minister has said. Cabinet Office…
11 people killed, 44 injured in central Turkey bus accident
ESKISEHIR: At least eleven people were killed and 44 others wounded in a bus crash in central Eskisehir province early Saturday, according to a provincial governor. The accident occurred in Eskisehir when…
Five injured as jeep falls into gorge in Balakot
BALAKOT: At least five people were seriously injured when a jeep fell into a gorge after it skidded off road at Shogran Road on late Friday. Police said that a jeep with registration…
Tribal clashes spread fear in Basra
BASRA: Daud Salman and his family stayed put in their Iraqi village despite years of regular clashes between tribes, but when a stray bullet wounded his son, it was time to move.…
Cambodia PM appointed his son-in-law as police chief
PHNOM PENH: Cambodia’s Prime Minister Hun Sen has appointed his son-in-law as deputy national police chief, in a move apparently aimed at consolidating his power ahead of an election this year. Dy…
Woman dead, four injured in Peshawar roof collapse
PESHAWAR: A woman died while four people were injured when a house roof collapse on Thursday morning. Rescue sources said that dilapidated roof of a house located in suburbs of the provincial…