The Arctic, which is melting and thereby creating new shipping routes and access to minerals, poses a foreign policy challenge for the United States and other nations - particularly in the warmer months when once-impassable seas become open. But it’s easy to put off dealing with it. The ...

LONDON - World oil prices rose further Friday on talk of a potential scaling back of US stimulus measures and despite a stronger dollar making crude more expensive for holders of rival currencies, analysts said. Brent North Sea crude for delivery in July grew 69 cents to $104.47 a barrel in London ...

LAHORE- Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) Thursday announced the squad and management for the upcoming ICC Global Twenty20 qualifiers to be hosted byIreland. The PCB women wing announced 14 women players, four reserves and five officials. They will be part of the squad for the ICC Global T20 qualifiers ...

KARACHI - PPP central leader Senator Raza Rabbani, unveiling a seven-point agenda to monitor the performance of the next PML-N government, has announced that the party will play an effective and constructive role as opposition in and out of the parliament.Addressing a press conference at the ...

Energy frequencies from wireless communication heats up our atmosphere very rapidly just as those from the sun, with no built in cooling periods. Research needs to include the heating as well as the cooling restrictions from gases. Our atmosphere is continuously disturbed and filled with our ...

PARIS  - Global economies are on the mend, but growth is likely to remain below trend in India. An OECD statement said that "growth is returning to trend" in China, while in the US the OECD's composite leading indicator (CLI) "continues to point to economic growth firming." In  eurozone, ...

  HIGASHIYAMA      In the shadow of a giant Chinese character for "tea" written in live cypress trees, enthusiasts gather once every three years in Japan to talk about one of the world's favourite drinks. The World Tea Festival this month celebrated the liquid in all its forms, ...

CAMBRIDGE: South Korean rapper Psy said he “partied hard” when his dance number drew its first 10 million views on YouTube last summer. Little did he know “Gangnam Style” would become the most-viewed video in the online service’s history, with a global following and ...

ISLAMABAD - Khan Research Laboratories (KRL) Football Club inflicted a 2-0 defeat on host country Global FC in the AFC President’s Cup group B match played on Friday. Talking to The Nation from Philippine, KRL manager media Ali Zaidi said: “Mahmood Khan scored the first goal for the ...

ISLAMABAD - KRL FC will play its second match with Global FC Philippines today (Friday) at Cebu City. Talking to The Nation on Thursday, Media manager KRL FC Ali Zaidi said: “Although Global FC has been playing for the first time against KRL FC but it has an advantage of home ground. But KRL ...

      A recent report by Freedom House, a Washington-based organisation, has painted Pakistan ‘red’ on the global map labelling it as ‘not free’ for the journalists to report on domestic issues. The report, which coincided with the World Press Freedom Day on ...

london - Global commodity markets were hit this week by weaker-than-expected manufacturing data in key consumers China and the United States, and news of record high unemployment in the eurozone, but many prices rebounded following the ECB interest rate cut and upbeat US non-farm payrolls ...

  madrid   Tens of thousands of angry protesters staged traditional May Day rallies in several countries of the crisis-wracked eurozone on Wednesday, as fury erupted at demonstrations inBangladeshafter a deadly building collapse. Thousands took to the street in Spain, some brandishing ...

LAHORE : The international standard high quality Pak “fire and heat proof” garments, especially manufactured for car racers and motorbike riders attracted 20 foreign markets. Abdul Ghafoor Butt, CEO of BFW, told APP here Friday that Pak-made fire and heat proof garments meet ...

LONDON - The internet around the world has been slowed down in what security experts are describing as the biggest cyber-attack in history, reported BBC on Wednesday.A row between a spam-fighting group and hosting firm has sparked retaliation attacks flooding core infrastructure. It is having an ...

Probable next US secretary of state John Kerry called for "fresh thinking" Thursday as he outlined his foreign policy agenda and plans for relations with Iran, China and the Middle East."American foreign policy is not defined by drones and deployments alone," he told the Senate Foreign Relations ...

Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi and US Deputy Secretary of State John Negroponte reaffirmed their commitment to increase a wide-ranging and long-term strategic partnership between the two countries. In a joint statement issued from Camp Office in New York on Tuesday, during the third round of ...

Advancing the hope for an early Indo-US nuclear accord, the Senate Foreign Relations Committee voted to approve the Bill by 19 to 2, sending it to the full Senate. The two law makers who voted against the deal were Senators Barbara Boxer (by proxy) and Russel Feingold, both Democrats. Democratic ...