Gunmen kidnap four Indonesian sailors off Malaysia
KUALA LUMPUR: Gunmen have abducted four Indonesian sailors and shot and wounded one crew member on the high seas off the east coast of Malaysia’s Sabah state, waters where Abu Sayyaf militants are...
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Will and Kate end India trip with historic Taj Mahal visit
NEW DELHI: Prince William and his wife Kate will wrap up their trip to India and Bhutan Saturday with a visit to the Taj Mahal that carries poignant echoes for Britain’s royal family. Royal couple feed...
View ArticleKiwi pastafarians the first to legally tie noodly knot
WELLINGTON: The Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster held its first legally recognised marriage in New Zealand on Saturday, with the offbeat movement hailing it as a milestone toward acceptance as a...
View ArticleConsolation win: Pakistan rout lowly Japan 4-1
KARACHI: As Pakistan defeated Japan 4-1 in their final group match of the 25th Sultan Azlan Shah Cup yesterday to avoid finishing dead last, India crushed hosts Malaysia 6-1 and secured their place in...
View ArticleDisability discrimination: Gutierrez beats Magpies after beating cancer
LONDON: Former Newcastle United midfielder Jonas Gutierrez has won his disability discrimination claim against his former club. The Argentinian had alleged he was excluded from the Premier League...
View ArticleKarate: Naimatullah brings home bronze
KARACHI: Pakistan’s Naimatullah Habib bagged a bronze medal at the Dubai Open 2016. The 15-year-old athlete hails from Quetta and competed at the kata individual event. He won bronze, while Malaysia’s...
View ArticleBangladesh police arrest elderly editor for sedition
DHAKA: Bangladesh police on Saturday arrested a well-known magazine editor for sedition, officials said, the latest in a series of detentions of pro-opposition journalists that has sparked fears of a...
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Farhan Akhtar opens up about his relationship status
Actor-filmmaker Farhan Akhtar, who has been linked up to many of his co-stars post his divorce from wife Adhuna, has denied all dating rumours and says that such stories are “fabricated”. “There is so...
View ArticleInzamam requests time to decide on chief selector offer
Former captain Inzamamul Haq, who has been offered the chief selector’s position by the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB), has asked for some time to reach a decision. According to a PCB official quoted by...
View ArticleRajanpur operation: Army takes charge of Zarb-e-Aahan, says ISPR
A day after the Pakistan Army launched a full-fledged ground and aerial offensive in Rajanpur against the notorious Chottu gang, military’s media wing, ISPR, announced that the army has taken charge of...
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Toss up: Frieha Altaf
PR Guru, choreographer and A-lister Frieha Altaf takes up our challenge and answers our wildest questions 1. Which is the hardest thing you have ever had to do? The hardest thing I’ve ever done is to...
View ArticleIran unveils S-300 missile system parts at army parade
TEHRAN: Iran used its annual Army Day parade Sunday to showcase parts of a long-awaited air defence system ordered from Russia, a move likely to irk critics of the arms deal. The S-300 system has been...
View ArticleRosberg completes hat-trick at Chinese Grand Prix
SHANGHAI: Nico Rosberg continued his rampant start to the Formula One season when he completed a hat-trick of wins at Sunday’s Chinese Grand Prix. The Mercedes driver, triumphant at the opening two...
View ArticleSuicide bomber kills 4 Yemen troops near Aden airport
ADEN: Four Yemeni soldiers were killed in a Sunday suicide attack on a checkpoint near the international airport in second city Aden, home to a growing jihadist presence, a security official said. “A...
View ArticleDoha oil freeze talks face last-minute trouble
DOHA: A meeting between OPEC and non-OPEC oil producers on an agreement to freeze output ran into last-minute trouble in Qatar on Sunday due to a new request by OPEC’s de facto leader Saudi Arabia,...
View ArticleRaza Rabbani refuses to head Panama leaks inquiry committee
ISLAMABAD: Senate Chairman Raza Rabbani on Sunday refused to head a Panama leaks inquiry committee, a day after Leader of the Opposition in the National Assembly Syed Khursheed Shah suggested his name...
View ArticleHeavy fighting continues in Afghan city Kunduz
KUNDUZ: Afghan forces fought back a renewed series of attacks on Kunduz, killing dozens of Taliban fighters, officials said on Sunday as insurgent forces stepped up their bid to retake the northern...
View ArticleYemen police say foil two bomb attacks day before peace talks
Yemeni police said they foiled two bomb attacks near the airport in the southern port city of Aden early on Sunday, a day before peace talks were due to start. Police at a checkpoint opened fire at a...
View ArticleArmed men from South Sudan kill 140 in raid in Ethiopia
ADDIS ABABA: Armed men from South Sudan have killed around 140 people and kidnapped a number of others in a cross-border raid into Ethiopia, the Ethiopian government said Sunday. Ethnic Murle gunmen...
View ArticlePochettino urges Spurs to maintain title ‘dream’
STOKE-ON-TRENT: Mauricio Pochettino has told his Tottenham Hotspur side to hold their nerve when they play Stoke City on Monday — the day after Premier League leaders Leicester City face West Ham...
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