(Saturday, 25 May 2013 11:05)
Islamabad, May 25: Seventeen children and a teacher were charred to death in Pakistan's Punjab province today when the bus taking them to school caught fire apparently due a leaking gas cylinder. Seven children were injured in the incident on
(Saturday, 25 May 2013 09:35)
New Delhi, May 25: The American teenage girl seems to have come of age. In the nation of liberal values of sex, live ins, and unwed mothers, the birth rate among American teenage girls has dropped considerably. A new report
(Friday, 24 May 2013 18:31)
London, May 25: Britain on May 24 scrambled its fighter jets to escort a Pakistan International Airlines flight bound for Manchester following a mid-air "security alert". Fighter jets have escorted the PIA aircraft from Manchester Airport to Stansted Airport, Sky
(Friday, 24 May 2013 11:24)
Washington, May 24: An 8.2-magnitude earthquake under the Sea of Okhotsk was recorded early Friday, the US Geological Survey said. The temblor was at a depth of 601.80 km, reported Xinhua. The epicentre was located nearly 360 km southwest
(Friday, 24 May 2013 11:13)
Riyadh, May 24: India will issue at least 27,000 more Emergency Certificates to enable its citizens to leave Saudi Arabia for home after a new labour policy came into force in the Gulf Kingdom. The Indian embassy here has released
(Friday, 24 May 2013 06:25)
Washington, May 24: Citing the Wisconsin Gurdwara shootout last year that killed six Sikh worshipers, US President Barack Obama has expressed concern over increasing instances of acts of violence inside the country by home grown terrorists. "We face a real
(Friday, 24 May 2013 06:18)
Mexico City, May 24: A Mexican woman received Latin America's first transplant of ovaries in a hospital in the western city of Guadalajara, the director of the Mexican Infertility Institute, Luis Arturo Ruvalcaba, announced.Ruvalcaba told EFE by telephone that the patient
(Friday, 24 May 2013 04:42)
Quito, May 24: Ecuador's first satellite avoided a direct collision with the remains of a Russian rocket, but whether the device is still operating remains unclear, the head of the country's EXA space agency told EFE.The US-based Joint Space Operations Center,
(Friday, 24 May 2013 03:36)
Moscow, May 24: The Taliban influence in Afghanistan may grow after international coalition forces pull out, while rising radicalism in Syria could lead to the country's disintegration, Russian military intelligence agency GRU has said.GRU chief Lt. Gen. Igor Sergun said the
(Friday, 24 May 2013 02:54)
Vatican City, May 24: Pope Francis hopes Chinese Catholics would be able to practise their faith freely and without fear, inviting them to stay loyal to the Vatican, whose authority is challenged by China's Communist rulers."Let them live daily lives practising
(Friday, 24 May 2013 01:48)
Washington, May 24: Researchers in the US have captured rare images of the creation of a massive galaxy about 10 times the size of the Milky Way that was formed when two young galaxies collided 11 billion years ago, a study
(Thursday, 23 May 2013 23:24)
Tel Aviv, May 24: The sale of S-300 air defence systems by Russia to Syria would be "destabilising" for the region, US Secretary of State John Kerry said."S-300 missiles coming from Russia, or other countries, Iranian missiles, are destabilising to the
(Thursday, 23 May 2013 22:35)
Washington, May 24: US President Barack Obama has defended the use of drones as a "just war" of self-defence against terrorist as he outlined the future of his counter-terrorism policies. Obama justified the use of unmanned armed aircrafts, popularly known
(Thursday, 23 May 2013 22:00)
Moscow, May 24: Russia's first light-class modification Angara 1.2PP carrier rocket is ready for its maiden launch, its manufacturer Khrunichev Center said.The first Angara will be sent to the Plesetsk space centre in northern Russia later this month, the manufacturer said
(Thursday, 23 May 2013 21:35)
Washington, May 24: Describing him as a "trailblazer" who personifies the best of America, the US President Barack Obama has said that Indian-American Srikanth Srinivasan will serve as a judge of America's second highest court "with distinction". Chandigarh-born Srinivasan's nomination
(Thursday, 23 May 2013 18:45)
London, May 24: The Scotland Yard on Thursday arrested two more people, including a woman, in connection with the murder of a soldier on a busy London street by two suspected Islamist extremists, as Prime Minister David Cameron vowed the country
(Thursday, 23 May 2013 15:04)
London, May 23: One of the terrorists caught on camera with bloodied hands holding a meat cleaver he had used to hack a British Army soldier to death on the streets of London on Wednesday has been named as Michael Adebolajo.
(Thursday, 23 May 2013 08:06)
Sydney, May 23: Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard has said that she would look into the issue of allowing Sikhs in her country to wear the turban while at work and also while riding motorcycles."We will work with your community to
(Thursday, 23 May 2013 06:24)
London, May 23: Rapper Boya Dee live tweeted in horror as he saw the London terror attack unfold. The aspiring English rapper would never have imagined that a regular errand run - buying fruits and vegetables - would turn so
(Thursday, 23 May 2013 06:15)
Islamabad, May 23: Prime Minister-designate Nawaz Sharif today sought civil nuclear technology to overcome Pakistan's energy crisis during a meeting with Chinese Premier Li Keqiang. Sharif called on Li at a hotel here this morning and discussed ways to strengthen
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