BANGUI, Central African Republic: A group of Christian youth destroyed one of the last mosques in Central African Republic's capital on Thursday, hours after Muslim rebels launched a grenade and gunfire attack on a Catholic church, officials and residents ...

BANGUI, Central African Republic: A group of Christian youth destroyed one of the last mosques in Central African Republic's capital on Thursday, hours after Muslim rebels launched a grenade and gunfire attack on a Catholic church, officials and residents ...

WASHINGTON: On Tuesday, Farzana Iqbal, a 25-year-old pregnant woman, was confronted by a mob of 20 or so of her family members near the steps of the top court in Lahore, Pakistan's second-biggest city. They proceeded to beat her to death with sticks ...

WASHINGTON: The Thai military´s declaration of martial law must be temporary and not undermine democracy, the United States said late Monday. The United States is concerned about the political crisis in Thailand and urges "all parties to respect ...

BUENOS AIRES: Paleontologists in Argentina's remote Patagonia region have discovered fossils of what may be the largest dinosaur ever, amid a vast cache of fossils that could shed light on prehistoric life. The creature is believed to be a new species of ...

VIENNA: -A fourth round of talks between Iran and six world powers aimed at defusing the face-off over Tehran´s nuclear programme ended Friday after the US had voiced concern about lack of progress. "This round of E3/EU+3 talks with Iran has now ended," ...

VIENNA: -A fourth round of talks between Iran and six world powers aimed at defusing the face-off over Tehran´s nuclear programme ended Friday after the US had voiced concern about lack of progress. "This round of E3/EU+3 talks with Iran has now ended," ...

LAGOS: Manned US aircraft were flying over Nigeria on Tuesday, searching for over 200 schoolgirls abducted by Boko Haram after Abuja dismissed a prisoner-swap offer from the militants. "We have shared commercial satellite imagery with the Nigerians ...

It is celebrated all across the world on 1st of May which has been declared as the traditional spring holiday in the Europe and Pakistan. The Day is marked by different rallies and seminars to highlight the fundamental and basic rights of the working class.

WASHINGTON: Microsoft was scrambling Sunday to repair a security hole in its widely used Internet Explorer web browser, saying it had detected attempts to exploit the flaw. The US software giant said that the coding problem affected versions six through 11 ...

CHARSADDA: In yet another attack on the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Police, two persons, including a police constable, were killed when a police van was targeted with an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) near the Farooq Azam Chowk here on Tuesday, officials ...

DAMASCUS: Syria has announced it will hold a June 3 presidential election, expected to return Bashar al-Assad to office, as fresh claims emerged of his regime´s use of chemical weapons. Syria´s first presidential election -- after constitutional amendments ...

PARIS: The discovery of an Earth-sized planet in the "habitable" zone of a distant star, even though thrilling, is nonetheless a extended way from pointing to the existence of extraterrestrial life, professionals said Friday. The planet, dubbed Kepler-186f, is the ...

BHAKKAR: Police Tuesday arrested a second man suspected along with his brother of eating a newborn baby whose head was found at their home, officials said. Farman Ali was detained a day after police arrested his brother Mohammad Arif following the ...

ABUJA: An explosion blasted through a busy commuter bus station on the outskirts of Nigeria's capital, Abuja, before 7 a.m. (0600 GMT) Monday as hundreds of people were traveling to work. Many are feared dead. Reporters saw rescue workers and police ...

PERTH: Two fresh signals have been picked up in the search for missing Malaysian flight MH370, raising hopes Wednesday that wreckage will be found within days even as black box batteries start to expire. Australian ship Ocean Shield detected the signals ...

WASHINGTON: US President Barack Obama welcomed the completion of Afghanistan's presidential vote, set to usher in the country's first democratic transfer of power, saying it was critical to ensure more international support. Afghan voters lined up outside ...

PERTH: China´s official news agency says a Chinese ship that is part of the multinational search effort looking for the missing Malaysia Airlines plane has detected a "pulse signal" in southern Indian Ocean waters. The report says a black box detector ...

ISLAMABAD: Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan has convened a joint meeting of the government and Taliban committees here today (Saturday). According to the interior ministry, the meeting will consider matters relating to next phase of direct talks ...

SAN FRANCISCO: Samsung Electronics will add two safeguards to its latest smartphone in an effort to deter rampant theft of the mobile devices nationwide, the company said Friday. The world's largest mobile-phone maker said users will be able to activate ...