Boeing plane skids into Florida river in crash-landing, no fatalities
AFP | A Boeing 737 slid off a runway into a river after crash-landing at a Florida naval air station Friday, officials said, with no...
Coronation begins for Thailand’s King Maha
AFP | The coronation ceremony for King Maha Vajiralongkorn, Rama X of Thailand, began Saturday in an elaborate show of pageantry, laced with Hindu and...
Child Marriage debate: Twitteratis slam the Council of Islamic Ideology
News Analysis | In the latest development, the Council of Islamic Ideology (CII) said on Friday that a "better way" to tackle the prevalent practice...
‘Surprise package’ — Pakistan’s 150kph teen with World Cup in his sights
AFP | Four years ago, two-time World Cup winner Steve Waugh predicted young fast bowler Mohammad Hasnain would one day make a name for himself...
Is Shahbaz Sharif seeking political asylum in UK?
News Analysis | Shah Mahmood Qureshi, vice chairman of Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) and Foreign Minister of Pakistan said on Friday he expected the PML-N to...
Alaska’s thaw threatens prehistoric sites once frozen in time
AFP | The first artefact -- a wooden mask -- was discovered in 2007 by a child who stumbled upon it while playing on the...
North Korea fires short-range ‘projectiles’ into sea: Seoul
AFP | North Korea launched unidentified projectiles into the sea Saturday, the South Korean military said, in what could be Pyongyang's first short-range missile launch...
How to fix Nature and avoid human misery: UN report
AFP | Revamping global food production, retooling the financial sector, moving beyond GDP as a measure of progress and other "transformative changes" are needed to...
Trump hails ‘very positive’ Venezuela talks with Putin
AFP | President Donald Trump said he held "very positive" talks Friday with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin on the crisis in oil-rich Venezuela, where...
Pakistan demands Facebook remove polio vaccine misinformation
AFP | Pakistan urged Facebook to remove harmful polio-related content from the social networking site on Friday, saying it was jeopardising eradication initiatives and putting...
More Sri Lanka attacks feared as Muslims condemn Easter bombs
AFP | Sri Lanka bolstered security Friday with fears of attacks against bridges in the capital as the prime minister vowed to hunt down any...
Manmohan Singh criticizes Modi for politicizing Indian Army & touting nuclear capabilities
News Desk | In an exclusive interview given to the Hindustan Times, former Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh accused the BJP-led Indian government of compromising...