China’s environment ministry has given the go-ahead for the construction of what will become the country’s tallest...
A U.S. House of Representatives panel on Friday opens the first in a series of investigative hearings...
President Barack Obama said on Thursday he reserved the right to resort to both diplomatic and military...
NEW YORK: Anyone wanting to live longer and cut their risk of suffering from heart disease might...
ISLAMABAD: When a rock-band song mocking Pakistan’s army was mysteriously blocked on Internet sites recently, no one...
After 14 years out of power, Nawaz Sharif is a man in a hurry. As his motorcade...
SINGAPORE: Gold neared its highest level in more than two weeks on Monday, but gains may be...
KARACHI: The local capital market closed higher on Friday ahead of crucial elections that should mark the...
PARIS/DUBAI: Boeing has shown airlines a blueprint for the world’s longest-range passenger jet, adding spice to a...
ISLAMABAD: An Afghan border policeman was killed and two Pakistani soldiers were wounded in an exchange of fire...
AMSTERDAM: Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands abdicated on Tuesday, handing over to her eldest son, Willem-Alexander, who...
Iraq has suspended the licenses of satellite news network Al Jazeera and nine other channels, accusing them...
BAGHDAD: At least 11 people were killed when three car bombs exploded in public markets early on...
Yahoo Inc Chairman Fred Amoroso is resigning effective immediately, the struggling Internet company announced on Thursday. Amoroso will...
Japanese nationalists sailed a flotilla of boats today in waters near islands at the centre of a...
BOSTON: The surviving suspect in the Boston Marathon bombings remained in serious condition in the hospital on...
President Barack Obama was due to visitBoston on Thursday to attend a memorial service for victims of theBoston Marathon bombing amid...
Texas: Hundreds of people were likely injured in a fiery explosion on Wednesday night at a fertiliser...
KARACHI: Net foreign direct investment into Pakistan rose 3.8 per cent in the nine months that ended...
US authorities intercepted a letter sent to Mississippi Senator Roger Wicker yesterday that preliminary tests showed contained...
NEW YORK: Pakistani-American Ayad Akhtar’s play “Disgraced” has won the 2013 Pulitzer Prize for Drama. The play...
BOSTON: A large area of downtown Boston remained cordoned off by police on Tuesday as authorities pursued an investigation into...
BOSTON: At least three people have been killed and more than 100 injured, some seriously, in two...
KABUL: Hundreds of Afghan university students in the eastern city of Jalalabad took to the streets on...
WASHINGTON: President Barack Obama proposed on Wednesday increased spending to protect U.S. computer networks from Internet-based attacks...
BRUSSELS: Google was in the firing line again on Tuesday after a group of major companies, including...