BAGHDAD  - Dozens of attacks across Iraq, including a brazen car bombing on the way to Baghdad airport, killed 50 people on Monday, just days before the country's first elections since US troops withdrew.The violence, which mostly struck during morning rush hour amid tightened security ahead ...

Dozens of attacks across Iraq on Monday, including a brazen car bombing en route to Baghdad airport, killed at least 24 people just days before the country's first elections since US troops withdrew.The violence, which struck during morning rush hour amid tightened security ahead of the polls, also ...

KIRKUK (AFP) - Attacks in Baghdad and northern Iraq killed 40 people on Wednesday as hundreds attended the funeral of an MP who died in a suicide attack a day earlier, amid a political crisis engulfing Iraq.The violence, which struck mostly in disputed territory in the north and which officials ...

BAGHDAD  - A wave of attacks targeting both Iraqi security forces and civilians killed 48 people on Monday, in a second day of deadly violence ahead of the first anniversary of the withdrawal of US forces.Monday was the deadliest day in Iraq since November 29, when 50 people were killed. The ...

WASHINGTON  - The US military’s current fleet of drones will soon be overtaken by a new wave of robots that will be faster, stealthier and smarter - operating virtually without human intervention, experts say.The Pentagon is investing heavily in ‘autonomy’ for robotic ...

QUETTA - Intense cold wave claimed the lives of two children in Khilji Colony of the provincial capital on Saturday. Khilji Colony resident Habibullah’s sons Abdul Karim, (4), and Manzoor, (6), found dead on Saturday morning. According to the colony residents, they have been living without ...

BUCHAREST (AFP) - A festival honouring the New Wave of Romanian filmmakers opens Friday in Bucharest with a focus on their 10-year presence at Cannes. The festivals second edition will highlight the stars of this generation such as Cristi Puiu, Cristian Mungiu, Corneliu Porumboiu, Cristian Nemescu, ...

LAHORE After giving rainfall in the coastal areas of Balochistan, the westerly wave is likely to cause light rain in parts of the province including the City on Wednesday night, the meteorological experts say. The prevailing rain giving system is likely to affect parts of the country during the ...

ISLAMABAD (Online) - Muslim Aid Country Director Khobaib A Vahedy has urged the IMF and the World Bank to ease or waive off the debts of Pakistan amid the worst devastation caused by the unprecedented floods in the living memory. He was speaking in the emergency meeting of relief organisations of ...

Devastations due to the flood continues along the length and breadth of the country. New wave of flood inundates the Gandakha area of Balochistan. Approximately, 60 feet of sand was swept away by the flood into the sea at Aqillo Bank. High level of flood is reported in Kotri barrage. According ...

GENEVA (AFP) - The World Health Organisation is urging the planet to brace for a second wave of the swine flu pandemic as the heavily populated northern hemisphere edges towards the cooler season when flu thrives. The WHO is still mobilised and worried, spokesman Gregory Hartl said as the global ...

BAGHDAD (AFP/Reuters) - A wave of bombs targeting namazis at mosques across Baghdad killed 29 people and wounded more than 136 on Friday a month after US troops withdrew from Iraqs main urban centres. Security officials said the six apparently coordinated blasts occurred outside mosques and prayer ...

The metrological office forecast hot and dry weather during next 24 hours in most parts of the country. According to met office, heat wave will continue during next few days. The maximum temperature recorded during last 24 hours was 50 degrees centigrade in Turbat, Larkana and Jaccobabad.Maximum ...

IMAGINE if all you had to do to charge your iPod or your BlackBerry was to wave your hand, or stretch your arm, or take a walk? You could say goodbye to batteries and never have to plug those devices into a power source again. In research presented at the American Chemical Society's 237th ...

A daredevil surfer is pictured tackling a giant 41 foot wave in a bid to win himself a prestigious award. Kerby Brown took on the monster during a session at a top secret reef, and nearly didn't live to tell the tale. Moments after these pictures were taken, he suffered a devastating wipeout ...

LAHORE - A hoax call about the presence of a bomb in the Fortress Stadium Saturday created wave of terror and fear among its management, visitors and the shopkeepers. Heavy contingent of the police followed by the bomb disposable squad officials and senior police officers rushed to the Stadium. ...

The Met office has forecast dry weather in most parts of country during next 24 hours. According to the meteorological department, the hottest temperature expected during next 24 hours is around 41 degree centigrade in Sukkur, Turbat and Nawabshah. Maximum temperature in Karachi is likely to be 33 ...

Ten people were found shot execution style, including three beheaded bodies, in 24 hours of drug-related warfare in northern Mexico, the Juarez prosecutor's office said. A local police officer's head was found inside a plastic bag with a note warning the Sinaloa drug cartel: "so you know we're ...

LONDON (AFP) - An arresting new artistic landmark is drawing crowds in London and New York, intrigued at being able to wave to each other through what is teasingly presented as a huge Trans Atlantic tunnel. From its London end next to City Hall on the south banks of the River Thames, tourists ...

Mexican police found six severed heads Friday, including four gruesomely left in coolers on a roadside, amid a wave of drug-related violence that has claimed hundreds of lives in recent months. "We found four human heads in as many coolers ... and the remains have not yet been ...