TAIPEI ): Taiwan Wednesday slapped sanctions on the Philippines, including a ban on the hiring of new workers, rejecting an apology by President Benigno Aquino for the killing of a Taiwanese fisherman. Philippine coastguards shot dead the 65-year-old last week after they said his vessel illegally ...

WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama has apologised to California’s Attorney General Kamala Devi Harris after praising her looks during remarks at a fundraiser this week, White House Press Secretary Jay Carney said.Harris, 48, is the daughter of an Indian mother, Dr Shyamala Gopalan - a breast ...

The Supreme Court on Monday discharged a show cause notice over a contempt against Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) chief Altaf Hussain after his counsel submitted a written unconditional apology regarding certain contents of his speech on December 12 last year.A three-Judge bench comprising Chief ...

This is with reference to Syed Nayyar Uddin Ahmed’s letter titled ‘Bangladesh PM demands apology’. Perhaps the author would read through the Hamoodur Rehmaan Commission report, published by some of our own judges. Even if we do not agree with Bangladesh’s figure of three ...

Bangladesh Prime Minister Hasina Wajid has refused to participate in the D-8 Conference about to be held in Pakistan. Though no official reason was given, a Bangali newspaper referred to some advisors of her government who had cautioned her against attending the meeting ...

ISLAMABAD - Senior leader of Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) and former federal law and justice minister Babar Awan on Tuesday submitted an unconditional apology before the Supreme Court in a contempt of court case against him for addressing a press conference about the court’s December ...

WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama has brushed aside criticism of his decision to issue a formal apology for the burning of holy Quran on a US military base in Afghanistan, saying the move helped "calmed things down" after the incident sparked off violence across the country. "I think the reason ...

WASHINGTON - Republican presidential hopeful Newt Gingrich, a hardliner, has sharply denounced President Barack Obama’s apology to Afghan President Hamid Karzai over the burning of holy Quran at a US military base.“It is an outrage that on the day an Afghan soldier murders two American ...

SIALKOT - The incumbent rulers have snatched Roti, Kapra Aur Makaan from the people through sky-rocketing price hike, instead of giving them any relief, PML-N MNA Ehsan Iqbal said. Talking to local notables near Narowal, he said that was the great failure of the PPP government’s ...

ISTANBUL (AFP) - Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Saturday it was "unthinkable" for Ankara to normalise relations with Israel until it apologised over its bloody raid on a Turkish ship heading for Gaza. "As long as Israel does not apologise to Turkey, pay compensation to the ...

PESHAWAR (INP) - A rally held here on Saturday demanded of the Britain to apologise to Hindkowan Peshawarians for killing 400 innocent people in Peshawar on April 23, 1930, when the British troops had opened fire on the unarmed citizens at Qissa Khwani Bazaar. The demand was made through a ...

SYDNEY (AFP) Australias triple Olympic gold medallist Stephanie Rice made a tearful public apology Wednesday for making a homophobic comment on Twitter, saying her words were thoughtless but not meant to offend. The Beijing Olympics star refused to speak about swimming or the recent shoulder ...

KARACHI - Federal Ports and Shipping Minister Babar Ghouri on Wednesday termed Sindh Home Minister Dr Zulfiqar Mirzas remarks against the MQM as incendiary which according to him had hurt the sentiments of people and asked Dr Mirza to render apology for his provocative remarks. Addressing a press ...

ISLAMABAD- Criticising the irresponsible attitude of the Political Agent of SWA and Secretary Ministry of Railways, the Senate Committee on Rules of Procedure and Privileges has observed that the civil bureaucracy and high ranking officials must work as public servants. Taking up the privilege ...

ISLAMABAD (Reuters) Army Chief General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani on Saturday apologised to a tribe for civilian casualties suffered in a military air strike in the northwest of the country. Residents and local government officials said 63 civilians were killed in the attack on suspected Taliban ...

ISLAMABAD - Supreme Court of Pakistan on Wednesday pardoned two senior officials of the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) after they tendered unconditional apology for manhandling and frisking away a citizen from the court premises a few days ago. The two NAB officials, Colonel (Retd) Tariq ...