China investigates executives at party newspaper’s website
BEIJING: Two executives of the company that runs the website of the Chinese Communist Party’s top newspaper are being investigated for corruption, the state prosecutor said on Friday, the latest...
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Woman tries selling college diploma on eBay to pay off $50,000 student loan
In order to pay off a $50,000 student loan, a 2011 graduate of Florida State University’s School of Theater is set to sell her diploma and “college experience” on eBay. Frustrated Stephanie Ritter,...
View ArticleBritish Library rejects Taliban trove fearing terror laws
PARIS: Academics have criticised the British government for creating a “climate of fear” after the national library declined to store the world’s biggest collection of Taliban-related documents over...
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A friendship that transcends borders
Humans of Bombay, a Facebook page patterned along the lines of Humans of New York, recently shared a story of two friends separated by the border between Pakistan and India. Their friendship started...
View ArticleQatar Airways ‘shamed’ into altering marriage, pregnancy policies
Qatar airways, following concerns from the International Labour Organisation (ILO), have altered its policy of sacking crew members for getting married or pregnant within the first five years of their...
View ArticleTwo British journalists detained in southeast Turkey
DIYARBAKIR: Turkish police have detained two British journalists from Vice News for reporting from the predominantly Kurdish southeast without government accreditation, security sources said on Friday....
View ArticleSui Southern Gas Company’s deputy managing director remanded in Rangers...
KARACHI: Pakistan Rangers on Saturday informed an anti-terrorism court (ATC-I) that three top officials of the Sui Southern Gas Company (SSGC) were under preventive detention for 90 days over ‘credible...
View ArticleUS Republican says Iran deal makes world ‘less safe’
WASHINGTON: A top Republican from the US Congress on Saturday blasted the Iran nuclear deal as “deeply flawed” and said the agreement would make the world “less safe.” Congress is due to vote next...
View ArticleSky Sports bag broadcasting rights for England Pakistan series
Sky Sports have emerged victorious in the battle for broadcasting rights against BT Sport for the upcoming tour of England against Pakistan in UAE in October. This series will be the first that...
View ArticlePakistan’s concerns over Indian ceasefire violations are legitimate, says...
Former US ambassador to Pakistan Cameron Munter has said Pakistan’s concerns over India’s ceasefire violations are legitimate. Speaking at a seminar held in Karachi, titled “one belt one road”, Munter...
View ArticleUN observers visit Sialkot Working Boundary
A day after cross-border firing killed at least nine people across the Line of Control, a three-member observer team of the United Nations (UN) visited Kundanpur village on the Working Boundary near...
View ArticleEgypt court hands Al Jazeera reporters three years in jail
CAIRO: An Egyptian court sentenced three Al Jazeera reporters to three years in prison on Saturday, in a shock ruling following global demands for their acquittal. Canadian Muhammad Fahmy and Egyptian...
View ArticleFresh air strikes kill 14 militants in Shawal Valley: ISPR
Precise aerial strikes in Shawal Valley killed 14 suspected militants on Saturday, a statement by the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) confirmed. “In precise aerial strikes in Shawal, 14...
View ArticleControlled explosions shake Kabul
KABUL: Two large explosions heard in Afghanistan’s capital Kabul on Saturday were controlled blasts by deminers, the city’s deputy police chief said. Sayed Gul Agha Rohani told Reuters that police were...
View ArticleI’m protective about Shahid Kapoor: Alia Bhatt
At a recent event, B-Town actress Alia Bhatt came to the rescue of her Shaandaar co-star Shahid Kapoor when reporters started hurling personal questions at him. When the Bollywood heartthrob was asked...
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Underage children tie the knot in Iran
A teenage boy and girl, although under the marriageable age, got married in Iran, with their wedding photo-shoot sparking interest across social media. Although under the legal marriageable age in...
View ArticleProtest leader vows India-wide movement over caste
NEW DELHI: A firebrand protest leader vowed Sunday to spread agitation over caste preferences nationwide, just days after the worst violence in more than a decade in western India left nine people...
View ArticlePeople refused to work with me when I fell ill: Kader Khan
Versatile actor-writer Kader Khan has said that after his illness, producers and directors were unwilling to take him in their films. Kader Khan, who was present at the trailer launch of his upcoming...
View ArticleSaudi Arabia executes Pakistani for drug trafficking
RIYADH: Saudi authorities executed a Pakistani man on Sunday for attempting to smuggle drugs into the ultra-conservative kingdom, the interior ministry said. Up to 129 people have been executed in...
View ArticleUS considered nuking Afghanistan after 9/11: report
The George W Bush-led US government considered using nuclear weapons against Afghanistan following the 9/11 attacks, according to a report published by a leading German news magazine. An aide to former...
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