NEW YORK: - A former New York City employee of Indian origin has been sentenced to 15 years in prison by a court for stealing government money to the tune of $9 million, most of which was intended to help identify victims of 9/11 terror attacks, and stashing it away in India. Natarajan ...

BEIJING  - North Korea agreed on Saturday to completely disable its main nuclear facilities by the end of October and to allow thorough site inspections to verify that all necessary steps had been taken. The deal was announced as the latest round of six-nation disarmament talks concluded in ...

HARARE  - Zimbabwe's government rejoiced Saturday at the failure of a UN bid to impose fresh sanctions on President Robert Mugabe and his inner circle, but there was exasperation in London and Washington. Particular praise from the Harare regime was bestowed upon South African President ...

ASTRONOMERS have uncovered an extreme stellar machine " a galaxy in the very remote universe pumping out stars at a surprising rate of up to 4,000 per year. In comparison, our own Milky Way galaxy turns out an average of just 10 stars per year. The discovery, made possible by several telescopes ...

KARACHI - The Karachi Chambers of Commerce and Industry has given the 48 hours deadline to the government for withdrawal of recent increase in the gas tariff and threatened to close all the textile industrial units under protest. The Business community of the metropolis at a meeting hosted by ...