ANKARA - Frustrated with the slow progress of its bid to join the EU, the rash of free trade pacts Brussels is negotiating that leave Turkey out in the cold has Ankara threatening to tear up its customs union agreement.Analysts warn that such free trade deals that exclude Turkey are getting to be a ...

SYDNEY : The Australian dollar slipped below parity with the greenback for the first time in 12 months on Saturday on fears that the mining-powered economy was slowing. The Aussie hit a low of 99.62 US cents in offshore trade overnight, dipping below the US$1 mark for the first time since May 14 ...

LOS ANGELES: Jennifer Garner is worried Ben Affleck will cheat on her. According to a new report, the actress doesn’t trust her hunky husband! “Jen really doesn’t trust Ben,” states the insider. “She’s going to Cleveland for two weeks this month to begin shooting ...

kuala lumpur - It has never been more lucrative to be a voter in Malaysia, where political rivals are showering the public with cash in a desperate electoral battle, stoking concerns over rising national debt.With May 5 elections expected to be Malaysia's closest ever, the long-ruling coalition has ...

BRUSSELS Fears resurfaced Tuesday of President Bashar al-Assad resorting to chemical weapons as rebels battled regime and Hezbollah forces in fierce fighting in Homs province, a watchdog said.In Brussels, US Secretary of State John Kerry told foreign ministers from the 28 Nato nations that the ...

LAHORE -  PIA management fears foreign airlines could assert a hold on certain international routes due to delay in procurement of A-320 planes, sources in the national flag carrier said on Sunday. According to the business plan prepared by the PIA chairman, five A-320 planes were to be ...

SLOS ANGELES: Gerard Butler is terrified of losing his mum. The 'Olympus Has Fallen' actor - who was brought up by his mother after his dad walked out when he was a child before later reuniting with him - says not knowing his father for 14 years had a big impact on his life and left him hugely ...

JAIPUR  - Indian security forces claimed on Monday they had found a dead falcon fitted with a small camera sparking alarm near the country’s highly militarised border with Pakistan. The carcass was discovered near the ancient fort city of Jaisalmer in the far west of the desert state of ...

Indian Defence Minister A. K. Anthony has said, while addressing the Indian Army Commanders Conference in New Delhi, that the alliance between Pakistan and China is a danger to India for which it is ready. Mr Anthony’s outburst must be seen in the context of the illegal occupation by India, ...

Senior PPP leader Aitzaz Ahsan fears a delay in elections due to printing of amended nomination papers.Speaking to reporters here in Islamabad on Wednesday, Aitzaz Ahsan said the Supreme Court could find an excuse to delay the general elections after this step of the Election ...

JERUSALEM - Two Palestinian prisoners on hunger strike in Israeli jails for 62 days are in danger of dying and are receiving inadequate medical care, the Physicians for Human Rights-Israel group warned on Monday.The warning, after a doctor from the group visited the men, came as Palestinian ...

NEW YORK — The effects of Sunday’s attack on Afghan civilians and the recent burning of the copies of the Holy Quran imperil President Barack Obama’s plan to hand control to the Afghan forces while drawing the Taliban to talks to end more than a decade of war, a US newspaper ...

LONDON - Most commodity markets rose this week, boosted by Greece’s second eurozone bailout and extra liquidity from central banks, while oil hit nine-month highs on rising tensions over crude producer Iran.“It could be argued that the Greek bailout has lifted a short-term cloud from ...

MULTAN - Keeping in view the swelling number of polio cases reported during 2011, the European countries have declared Pakistan a high-risk territory for the spread of this disease. A recent health report discloses that the European countries have warned Pakistan of outbreak of polio, if it failed ...

MONTREAL  - An editorial in a major Canadian medical journal Monday urges doctors to conceal the gender of a fetus from all pregnant women until 30 weeks to prevent sex-selective abortion by Asian immigrants.A separate article in the same issue of the Canadian Medical Association Journal warns ...

FAISALABAD - Pakistani textile exporters attracted lukewarm response at Heimtextil exhibition in Germany wherein foreign buyers were seen reluctant to place export orders because of delays on time materialisation of previous commitments. This was stated by Pakistan Textile Exporters Association ...

NEW DELHI  - Former captain Sourav Ganguly fears India may have lost the ability to win overseas as the team has struggled on its current tour of Australia, dropping its sixth straight Test away from home."It's not the loss but the manner in which they have been outplayed that will be of ...

LOS ANGELES  - Actress Demi Moore, who recently ended her six-year marriage to Ashton Kutcher, says her worst fear is finding she is “not worthy of being loved”.In an interview conducted just one week after Moore filed for divorce in November, the “Ghost” star opened up ...

LONDON - Husain Haqqani, former ambassador to Washington, fears he will be murdered if he leaves his sanctuary in the Prime Minster’s House.In an exclusive interview with The Daily Telegraph on Tuesday, he said he has been branded a ‘traitor’ and a ‘Washington lackey’ ...

OUR STAFF REPORTER KARACHI - Panic selling was witnessed in stocks across the board at KSE on Tuesday after reports that leaders of US Senate agreed to freeze $700m in aid to Pakistan. The KSE 100-share index fell by 199.10 points or 1.73 per cent and closed at 11,278.02 points. The same index had ...

LONDON (AFP) - Record-breaking gold topped $1,900 per ounce on Tuesday as investors sheltered from stubborn concern over a new global recession and the eurozone sovereign debt crisis, analysts said. In early Asian trading hours, the precious metal which is widely regarded as a safe haven in times ...

HONG KONG (AFP) - Japan led Asian governments in seeking to calm fears over the American debt downgrade on Saturday, saying Tokyo's trust in US Treasuries remained unchanged. Standard & Poor's has cut the US rating a notch from the top flight triple-A to AA+, saying its politicians were becoming ...

LAHORE Former TV and film actress Farzeen Malik has urged the Punjab Government and Chief Justice of Pakistan to give her protection as her step-sister actress Shadra and her husband wanted to kill her. Addressing a press conference on Monday, Ms Malik alleged that the couple had arleady occupied ...

LAHORE Federal government is not willing to restore the former Additional Director General (ADG) FIA Zafar Ahmad Qureshi to his office fearing that after taking charge he would summon the female members of Warraich family whose names were in the FIR as beneficiaries of NICL scam. Wife of Mohsin ...

LAHORE - The PML-Q ministers, who are awaiting new portfolios after the devolution of their ministries to provinces, fear they could be given less important departments and hotchpotch ministries with the expected return of MQM to the coalition. Sources in the PML-Q privy to the developments ...

Fresh fears over a nuclear leak at the tsunami-ravaged Fukushima plant have re-ignited after a rabbit born close to the facility was discovered with no ears. Locals have been left wondering whether this earless bunny, which was reportedly found near the facility at the end of last month, is the ...

WASHINGTON - Texas Congressman and prospective 2012 presidential candidate Ron Paul has strongly criticized President Barack Obamas policies towards Pakistan and he predicted that American troops will be sent there soon, according to media reports. We keep bombing them, we kill innocent people ...

LONDON (AFP) - Commodity markets experienced another volatile week, with New York oil prices diving again, as traders eyed stubborn demand fears in consumer nations and tracked sharp fluctuations in the dollar. Most raw materials had already slumped in value the previous week on the back of ...

LAHORE-The Opposition in Punjab Assembly fears that farmers may suffer a loss of upto Rs 70 billion due to ill-conceived wheat procurement policy of Punjab government. Pointing out flaws in the policy, the Opposition members said that government had devised a cumbersome process of getting bardana ...

PALESTINIAN negotiator Saeb Erekat has accused al-Jazeera TV of putting his life in danger by leaking secret papers on the peace talks with Israel, reported BBC on Wednesday. The documents suggest the Palestinians were ready to make big concessions, despite public claims to the contrary. But in an ...