I have just finished rereading a book titled “Eats Shoots and Leaves”. This fascinating piece of writing was presented to me by a dear friend some years ago in the hope that I may understand the English language and the intricacies of its punctuation marks, a little better. The title of ...

CHICAGO : AnOhiohigh school student shot himself in front of his classmates in a failed suicide attempt Monday, officials said. “It was a very isolated incident,” said Greg Tankersley, a spokesman forLaSalleHigh School, a private all-boys academy inCincinnati. “There were no ...

TOKYO-Japan's 66-year-old Masashi "Jumbo" Ozaki has shot a nine-under-par 62 to put another feather in his cap as he became the first to finish a round with strokes less than his age on the regular domestic tour. "Shooting my age is not something I try to do, although I want to be able to do ...

NEW YORK (AFP) - A four-year-old American boy shot and wounded a six-year-old friend in the head Tuesday, police said, the second such accident involving children in a day. Police in the New Jersey town of Toms River said the young boy took a .22 caliber rifle and shot his friend at a distance of ...

A man gunned down his brother-in-law in the Sherakot area here on Sunday. The deceased, identified as Muhammad Waqas, was a resident of Sadiqia Colony. Police said Shahid Riaz visited the house of his in-laws and tried to woo his enraged wife. Infuriated his spouse refusal, Shahid fired ...

A US man mistakenly shot dead his 15-year-old son while investigating what appeared to be an attempted burglary next door, police say. Jeffrey Giuliano, from New Fairfield in Connecticut, opened fire on a masked teenager outside his sister’s house. Police later told him he had killed his ...

LAHORE – A man shot dead his wife, mother-in-law and a stepson over a domestic dispute in the Green Town area, police said on Tuesday.The killer fled away from the crime scene and is still at large. Police investigators said that one Ubaid Ullah Pathan, along with his accomplice, stormed into ...

CINCINNATI - Character actor Daniel von Bargen, who has appeared in dozens of movies and television shows including ‘Seinfeld’ and ‘Malcolm in the Middle,’ was hospitalised after shooting himself in the head at his Cincinnati-area condominium, authorities said Wednesday. Von ...

An unknown person fired at the car of Abkhazian President Alexander Ankvab on Wednesday morning, the Head of the republic was not injured, said a source in the enforcement agency of the republic, RIA Novosti reported."The car of the President was shot at near the town of Gudauta. Ankvab was going ...

A US hunter was rushed to hospital after being shot in the buttocks by his dog. The 46-year-old man was hit after his excited pet stepped on a shotgun in his boat, reports the Daily Telegraph. He escaped serious injury, receiving only minor wounds to his buttocks and probably a bigger one to his ...

Our Staff Reporter RAHIM YAR KHAN - A man shot at and critically wounded his fianc over a minor dispute here on Friday. Nazia Bibi was rushed to Sheikh Zayed Medical College Hospital. Nazia, a resident of Babur Colony was engaged with Ahmed. According to her neighbours, Ahmed is a drugs addict ...

LAHORE - The crime rate in the Punjab Capital has swelled to an alarming level which is evident from the fact that dacoits looted no less than 65 houses in just last seven days and snatched away cash, gold ornaments, and other valuables worth Rs 45.7 million after holding the families hostage at ...

MADRID (AFP) - An Afghan trainee policemen shot dead two Spanish paramilitary police and a Spanish interpreter in Afghanistan, Spains interior minister said Wednesday. The two police officers were training Afghan police in the northwestern province of Badghis when they come under fire, Alfredo ...

LAHORE - A young and newly married policeman, deployed at the main entrance of the Central Police Office, died in hospital in mysterious circumstances late Friday night with three bullet wounds in his chest. Constable of Punjab Constabulary Rashid Mahmood was on his duty at the Gate No 1 of CPO ...

KARACHI - Chakki owners in Karachi have rejected Russian wheat and refused to receive it from the government under the prescribed quota, The Nation learnt on Friday. The Sindh Food Department tried to offer 50 per cent white and 50 per cent red (Russian) wheat to the chakkies in the province, ...

LONDON (AFP) - Oil prices jumped beyond 142 dollars a barrel on Tuesday after the president of OPEC said there was uncertainty surrounding future investment in facilities to boost crude output. Brent North Sea oil for August delivery surged by 2.45 dollars to 142.28 dollars a barrel in ...