—File Photo ISLAMABAD: The Sui Northern Gas Corporation (SNGC) announced on Tuesday a week-long closure of Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) filling stations in Punjab, DawnNews reported. CNG stations would shut down today [...]

In this photograph, Mount Everest is seen from The Kalapattar Plateau some 140kms (87 miles) northeast of Kathmandu.—AFP File Photo KATHMANDU: A climber from Bangladesh and another from South Korea have died on Mount [...]

A woman searches inside a room left standing at the back of her house destroyed after a powerful tornado ripped through the area. —AFP Photo Two girls stand in the rubble. —Reuters Photo A woman is pulled out from under tornado debris at [...]

This image of Imran Khan is from a video grab. ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tehrik-i-Insaaf (PTI) chief Imran Khan is to leave hospital on Wednesday, his party and medics said Tuesday, two weeks after breaking bones in his back in a [...]

Canadian pop star Justin Bieber.—Photo by AP BERLIN: Canadian pop musician Justin Bieber’s pet monkey is set to become the property of Germany. Mally the Monkey was seized by German customs March 28 when Bieber failed to produce required [...]

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A damaged police car is seen after a tornado struck Moore, Oklahoma, May 20, 2013. — Photo by Reuters WASHINGTON: Americans who survived the massive tornado that barrelled through an Oklahoma City suburb described racing [...]

CANNES: A blood-soaked vengeance tale from Japan drew the biggest boos in the race for the Cannes Film Festival’s top prize on Monday, with critics savaging a “risible” parade of cliches. Controversial Japanese director Takashi Miike [...]

A zoomed image of a computer screen showing the Amazon logo is seen in Vienna November 26, 2012. To match Special Report TAX-AMAZON/ REUTERS/Heinz-Peter Bader (AUSTRIA – Tags: POLITICS BUSINESS) SAN FRANCISCO, Tue May 21, 2013 – Amazon.com [...]

NEW DELHI: Chinese Premier Li Keqiang pledged on Monday to build trust with India and declared that ties between the Asian giants were key to world peace as he visited New Delhi only weeks after a border spat. Speaking alongside his counterpart [...]

AMMAN: Aid organisation Oxfam warned on Monday that the warmer weather will increase health-related risks for hundreds of thousands of Syrian refugees in Jordan and Lebanon, and appealed for urgent funds. With temperatures set to soar up to [...]

CANNES: Unashamedly escapist, with wafer-thin plots and cheesy dialogue, all punctuated by exuberant song and dance routines, Bollywood musicals are beloved by millions despite the critics’ reservations. But India’s biggest star [...]

—File Photo. MAZAR-I-SHARIF, Afghanistan: A suicide bomber struck outside government buildings in northern Afghanistan on Monday, killing at least 11 people including a senior local politician, police said. Emergency services rushed to the [...]

Iraqi armed tribesmen pose for a picture on the back of a truck in a road north of Ramadi, on May 18, 2013. — Photo by AFP RAMADI: Militants killed at least 10 Iraqi policemen in a series of attacks on checkpoints in [...]

CHANGSHA: The kidnap, rape and forced prostitution of her daughter set Tang Hui on a mission to seek justice. But it was Chinese authorities’ repeated obstructions, even detaining her, that made her a die-hard activist. For seven years [...]

PESHAWAR: An anti-polio vaccination team was attacked in northwestern Pakistan’s Bajaur tribal region, killing one Levies official, DawnNews reported. Unidentified men opened fire on the team in Bajaur’s Mamond tehsil killing the Levies [...]

Pop diva Madonna was honored at Sunday’s Billboard Music Awards as top touring artist for her “MDNA Tour”, 2012′s highest-grossing concert series. Madonna strode onstage at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas to accept the [...]

Election Commission of Pakistan.—File Photo       ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on Monday wrote to the provincial election commissions to issue details of the election expenses incurred by successful [...]

LOS ANGELES: ”Star Trek: Into Darkness” has warped its way to a $70.6 million domestic launch from Friday to Sunday, though it’s not setting any light-speed records with a debut that’s lower than the studio’s expectations. [...]

Posted on: 6:27 pm | May 19, 2013 Anguished relatives and friends react to the news that Zahra Shahid Hussain, a politician in the PTI party was gunned down by unknown assailants. Deborah Gembara (Reuters) reports. – Video and text [...]

Free Syrian Army fighters prepare to launch a rocket in Deir al-Zor. The text on the wall reads “Yes”.-Reuters Photo DAMASCUS: Syrian troops entered the centre of the rebel stronghold of Qusayr on Sunday, seizing the town’s main square [...]

Posted on: 7:09 pm | May 19, 2013 One week after a violence-plagued national election, some Pakistan districts are finally getting their chance to vote. Andrew Raven (Reuters) reports. – Video and text by Reuters For more, read: Re-polling [...]

Deputy Convener of MQM Dr Farooq Sattar speaks during a press conference at Nine Zero.-ONLINE File Photo KARACHI: The Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) has announced that they will hold protests in Pakistan and in other countries [...]

A view of the Balochistan Assembly. — Online/File Photo QUETTA: Future ruling party, the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) has failed to develop consensus regarding nomination of leader of the house in Balochistan Assembly. Former [...]

An army soldier (R) sits on a chair while a voter stamps his ballot papers inside a booth at a polling station during re-polling for the general elections in Karachi, May 19, 2013. Sunday’s voting took place at 43 polling stations across [...]

Karachi: Besides rich archaeological and cultural heritage, Sindh owns a diversity of fossils and well exposed geological layers. In a lecture at Alliance Francaise in Karachi, Dr Rafique Ahmed Lashari form University of Sindh shared his views [...]

The Jamaat-i-Islami said that the three coalition parties will have similar number of ministries in the province. -File Photo PESHAWAR: The Jamaat-i-Islami (JI) have announced names for three ministries in the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa [...]