­LOS ANGELES(RS): Chart-topping English indie folk rock band Mumford and Sons postponed three sell-out shows on their US tour Tuesday while bassist Ted Dwane undergoes surgery for a blood clot.Writing on its website, the group -- winners of this year's Grammy for best album -- said scans had ...

NORTHAMPTONSHIRE: Work on part of a £45m regeneration scheme in Northamptonshire has stopped while council bosses wait for a brood of ducklings to hatch.A nesting mallard duck was spotted near a wall earmarked for demolition at the Moat Lane site in Towcester. Two birds’ nests ...

islamabad - The work on under-construction Darawat Dam has been halted due to shortage of funds. According to a document presented by the Ministry of Water and Power to the relevant Senate Standing Committee, the Planning Commission had released Rs 910 million against the PSDP allocation (2012-13) ...

KABUL : The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) on Thursday halted all work across Afghanistan, the day after its offices in Jalalabad were hit by a suicide and gun attack.The ICRC maintains strict neutrality in the Afghan conflict and was thought to be protected from attack by its ...

BEIJING : A section of a cross-country gas pipeline in China exploded on Sunday, injuring at least two people and halting gas supplies, local media said.The second west-east natural gas pipeline, which transports gas from central Asia to south China, exploded in an industrial zone in China's ...

KARACHI - For the second time in a week, City and other parts of Sindh came to a standstill on Friday as all business and educational institutions were shutdown, a day after six people were killed and 12 others injured in a blast targeting the MQM election office.Schools, businesses, shops and ...

SEOUL (AFP) - North Korea said Monday it was withdrawing all workers and suspending operations at a lucrative joint industrial zone with South Korea, blaming foreign “warmongers” at a time of acute tensions.The announcement came amid reports of heightened activity at the North’s ...

THE HAGUE (AFP) - A Dutch court on Friday halted the extradition of a Dutch-Pakistani Al-Qaeda suspect to the United States, saying he would not be handed over until Washington guaranteed the same treatment for his post-traumatic stress disorder as in the Netherlands.The Hague judge ...

KARACHI - Water supply to Karachi from Dhabeji Pumping Station was disrupted due to long electricity break down from 12:30-5:00pm by Karachi Electric Supply Corporation. KW&SB spokesperson said that due to electricity breakdown 81 million gallons of water was not supplied to the citizens. ...

 Pakistan State Oil (PSO) has halted fuel supply to Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) over non-payment of dues, media reports said.According to PSO, the national airline is to pay dues of Rs1.20 billion rupees, adding due to this non-payment, fuel supply to PIA planes has been suspended.

The Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) and traders of Karachi Saturday observed “Black Day” across Sindh against money extortion ‘mafia’, with business activities and educational institutions closed in Karachi.In few incidents of violence, miscreant set on fire three busses in ...

NAPIER  -Torrential rain dashed New Zealand's hopes of building an imposing first-innings lead in the one-off Test against Zimbabwe on Friday, with an injury to captain Ross Taylor further frustrating the home side.The New Zealanders began the day at 331 for five and looked to be comfortably ...

ISLAMABAD - The promotion of around 20 top bureaucrats is in limbo as meeting of Central Selection Board (CSB) lingers on due to different reasons   including the pending ACRs of senior officers.The board was to meet in mid of the ongoing month but is still to convene. Around 20 seats of ...

KARACHI - The governmental and non- governmental rescue organisations having or claiming the responsibility for working in volatile situations stopped working in the restive city causing increased number of losses. Ethnic and political violence erupted in various parts of the metropolitan city ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The US Air Force has stopped flying Lockheed Martin's F-22 Raptor fighter jets indefinitely due to concerns about faults in the system that supplies oxygen to pilots, the military said on Thursday. The Air Force said it issued an order on Tuesday to stop flying the jets ...

NEW DELHI (Agencies) - Indian Navy has failed to sustain its nuclear submarines development plan due to prevalent corruption and grafts that has seeped into Indian Defence Establishment. According to details the Indian Navy has begun construction of its second and third nuclear submarines. The work ...

SHANGHAI (AFP) - China has ordered banks to stop new lending to companies that pollute excessively or consume too much energy, as part of a drive to make its economy more energy efficient, state media said. Shao Fujun, director of the Peoples Bank of Chinas credit department, said the central bank ...

KARACHI - The closure of Iran-Pak border after the recent suicide attack in Iran has resulted in a conflict between both the countries, halting the iron ore import for Pakistan Steel Mills. The Nation learnt that Iran has closed its borders for Pakistan, forcing the PSM to look out for other ...

KARACHI - The fuel supply to the International Airlines was halted at the airport on Wednesday. Through a circular, the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) had asked the Airlines to come with sufficient fuel, said the spokesman of CAA. The Oil Marketing Companies (OMCs) like Shell, Caltex and PSO have ...

NEW DELHI (AFP) - India's Supreme Court on Friday stopped criminal proceedings against the country's top cricket officials on perjury charges, the Press Trust of India (PTI) reported. The Calcutta High Court had last month ordered police to file the charges against six officials of the Board of ...

SEOUL (AFP) - North Korea said Tuesday it has stopped disabling its nuclear plants and will consider restoring them because the United States has failed to remove it from a terrorism blacklist. The White House, however, said Pyongyang would stay on a US terrorism blacklist until all sides agree ...

LONDON  - Crude prices rose on Monday, briefly closing on 117 dollars a barrel after fighting between Georgia and Russia halted oil exports through Georgian ports at the weekend. Gains were capped later as profit-taking set in, traders said. New York's main contract, light sweet crude ...