TRIPOLI - Overnight clashes killed six people in the Lebanese port of Tripoli, a security source said Thursday, as a fifth day of violence sparked by the Syria conflict spread to previously quiet neighbourhoods."Very violent fighting took place last night until 5:00 am (0200 GMT) that killed six ...

LAS VEGASOne of the oddest moments for Todd Phillips, director of the “Hangover” movies, was meeting a Zach Galifianakis lookalike on the Vegas Strip who refused to have his picture taken if not paid.Galifianakis’ hilarious bearded misfit Alan - who takes center stage in the final ...

WASHINGTON/MOOREA huge tornado cut a devastating path in suburban Oklahoma City Monday, slamming schools, a hospital, businesses and homes, and killing at least 24 people.The Oklahoma chief medical examiner's office previously said there were at least 51 confirmed deaths, according to television ...

KARACHI (PR): Dr. Mirza Ikhtiar Baig, Chairman Pakistan Textile City along with CEO Zaheer Hussain and Textile Commissioner Farooq Khan met Chief Secretary Sindh Muhammad Ejaz Chaudhry, Secretary Planning & Development Govt of Sindh Naveed Ahmed and Mrs. Naheed Shah of Chief Secretariat Sindh ...

LOS ANGELES: Los Angeles has earned the dubious distinction for the second year in a row as the U.S. city with the most dog attacks on mail carriers, the U.S. Postal Service said. California’s biggest city accounted for 69 such attacks in fiscal 2012, which ended in September, compared with ...

VADODARA - The first death anniversary of late maharaja Ranjitsinh Gaekwad falls on May 10. A family across the border in Lahore will also pray for the late maharaja. Such is the attachment of the family with the city and its royals that its members have named a sporting equipment business of ...

Chief Minister Najam Sethi on Wednesday said that Lahore Walled City Project is of vital importance for conservation of the cultural heritage and historical buildings of the city and there is a need for furthering this project in a coordinated manner. He was presiding over a meeting at Chief ...

JAKARTA: US rock band Aerosmith has cancelled a concert scheduled this week in Jakarta on safety concerns, a concert promoter said Sunday, following threats to bomb the Myanmar embassy in the Indonesian capital."We received the official confirmation yesterday from the Aerosmith management ...

MOSCOW: There's spring cleaning, then there's this: More than 1 million Moscow residents took part in a mass cleanup event at city parks and squares, officials said.Moscow Deputy Mayor Pyotr Biryukov said 1.4 million city residents braved some terrible weather to pick up litter and beautify city ...

CANTERBURY: Orlando Bloom is campaigning for his hometown to be named the UK City of Culture.The ‘Lord of the Rings’ actor has decided to back east Kent, in South East England - where he was born and raised in Canterbury - in the bid to win the title and has praised the city for its ...

LAHOREThe 2nd Saif Sports Saga Open Women Powerlifting City Cup 2013 will be held on Sunday (April 28) here at the 664-G-St No 29 Near LUMS, Wateen Chowk Defence. The event will be organised under the auspices of Lahore District Powerlifting Association and sponsored by Defence Residents ...

Death toll due to measles in Lahore mounted to 54 as another innocent child died of the epidemic here on Monday.The 14-month child gave up to the outbreak at Children’s Hospital of the provincial capital. The deceased belonged to the Rana Town area of the city.The situation seems to have gone ...

LAHORE (PR) - Honda Atlas Cars (Pakistan) has launched new Honda City Aspire with a 1.5-liter engine at a press briefing held at their factory in Lahore on 17th of April.  The Aspire has always been the luxury model of the Honda City with add-ons for the savvy customers. With the introduction ...

While a stream of investigation reports, and revelations depicting Karachi’s real picture, earlier hushed up by the previous setup are now being uncovered, factors fuelling violence are becoming more evident. As Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry told the police officers during the ...

KARACHI  - Sindh Caretaker Health Minister Junaid Ali Shah inaugurated anti-polio campaign here on Monday. Speaking to media, he said police and rangers would provide security to the teams of anti-polio vaccinators across the City, while he would himself supervise the campaign in sensitive ...

LONDON - Manchester City withstood a valiant fightback from Chelsea to win a gripping FA Cup semi-final 2-1 at Wembley Stadium on Sunday and knock the holders out of the competition. Goals in each half from Samir Nasri and Sergio Aguero put City in control, but Chelsea replied through Demba Ba, ...

KARACHI - More than 8000 candidates took part in the written test for recruitment on the posts of cop in Karachi police here Sunday.The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has given the police department permission to recruit more cops to cope with the law and order situation in the city. It was ...

KARACHI - Met Office has forecast hot and dry weather in City with maximum temperature range of 34 to 36 degrees centigrade on Sunday. Hot and dry weather has also been forecast for Mirpurkhas, Hyderabad, Sukkur and Larkana divisions. On Saturday, the highest maximum temperature of 40.5 degrees ...

KARACHI - The Met Office has forecast a fair/partly cloudy weather in the metropolis over the next 24 hours. It said rain/thunderstorm was likely to occur at isolated places in Northeast Balochistan, at one or two places in upper Sindh. Hot and dry weather is expected elsewhere in the region.It ...

KARACHI - Fair or partly cloudy weather is expected in the city over next 24 hours.  According to local Met Office report issued here on Thursday, mostly dry weather will prevail in Sindh and Balochistan region during the same period. Wednesday’s low lies over Balochistan and adjoining ...

KARACHI - The Administrator of Karachi Metropolitan Corporation, Hashim Raza Zaidi has said that the master plan for Karachi by 2030 has been finalised and every type of planning, implementation of development projects and allotment will be done so that the City requirements could be fulfilled by ...

KARACHI - At least eight people including two cops and three political activists were killed in various incidents of violence Wednesday.Unidentified gunmen sprayed bullets, leaving two cops dead at Paracha Chowk, within the remits of Site B Police Station.Police said that constables Muhammad Khalid ...

MANCHESTER  - Sergio Aguero tore through the Manchester United defence to score a dazzling winner as Manchester City beat the Premier League leaders 2-1 on Monday to remind them they are still champions for a few more weeks.Second-placed City's second successive league win at Old Trafford, ...

KARACHI  - As many as nine more new dengue fever cases have been reported in the city, taking the total number of cases to 64 during the ongoing year.  Provincial Dengue Surveillance Cell of Sindh Health Department on Tuesday confirmed that nine more new cases of dengue fever have been ...

KARACHI  - Election Commission Sindh has released the data of 4,501 polling stations here on Monday.  Polling stations will be established in five districts of Karachi for the general elections on 20 National and 42 Provincial Assembly seats. According to EC, 4,501 polling stations will ...

KARACHI – The City on Monday received heavy rainfall turning the weather pleasant.Rain brought temperature down, however, traffic jams in various areas, including MA Jinnah Road, Rashid Minhas Road, Shahrah-e-Quaideen, Saddar and other busy roads and roundabouts were witnessed.The manholes in ...

KARACHI - Met Office has forecast partly cloudy/ cloudy weather with chances of hunderstorm/rain in Karachi with minimum temperature of 20 to 22 and maximum 30-32 degrees centigrade.  Dust-thunderstorm/rain is forecast for Hyderabad and Mirpurkhas divisions.#, while dust-thunderstorm/rain at ...

KARACHI - At least four people were gunned down in separate acts of violence in the metropolis here on Sunday.According to details, a 50-year-old man namely Rasool Khan was shot dead while Abdul Samad was injured in an armed attack by Abdul Rehman who is the uncle of Samad, in Islamia Colony within ...

KARACHI – The selling of two big islands of Sindh including Bhandaar and Dingi Islands for construction of one of the biggest buildings of the world will create big environmental issues in the area, which may affect the Karachi city.This was stated by Arif Hassan, a noted architect and ...

LONDON - Alex Ferguson insists there is no chance Manchester United will allow Manchester City the satisfaction of slowing their title charge in Monday's derby at Old Trafford.Ferguson's team are on course to regain the Premier League crown from their bitter rivals after opening up a massive ...