Ajmal Kasab hanged at Pune’s Yerawada Jail this morning

Nov. 21 | Ajmal Kasab, the only terrorist caught alive during the 26/11 attacks on Mumbai in 2008, was hanged at the Yerawada Jail in Pune at 7.30 am today. His mercy plea had been rejected by President Pranab...

Let Laloo Prasad Yadav run Pakistan Railways

Nov. 19 | A Member of National Assembly (MNA) surprised when his colleagues on Friday by suggesting that the country’s railways should be handed over to former Indian railway minister Laloo Prasad Yadav...

Israeli air strikes hit Hamas cabinet headquarters in Gaza

Nov. 17 | Israeli air strikes hit the cabinet headquarters of Gaza’s Hamas government, the group said early Saturday, with eyewitnesses reporting extensive damage to the building. “The cabinet...

PCB chief Ashraf prays for Thackerey’s recovery

Nov. 15 | Pakistan Cricket Board chairman, Zaka Ashraf today wished a speedy recovery for ailing Shiv Sena supremo Bal Thackeray sending a ‘get well soon’ message to the veteran politician. The...

Iranian fighter jet attacked US drone: Pentagon

Nov. 10 | Iranian fighter jet had attacked a US drone but missed it, the US Defense Department has confirmed. In an announcement, Pentagon press secretary George Little said the Iranian aircraft fired at...

Want to date my daughters? Good luck, says Barack Obama

Nov. 9 |   Dating will be a sensitive issue that re-elected US President Barack Obama will have to deal with as his young daughters stay on at the White House for four more years, with the possessive...

Barack Obama thanks supporters, says ‘This happened because of you’

Nov. 7 | Barack Obama has been re-elected President of the United States of America. He claimed victory with posts on his Twitter and Facebook pages, tweeting, “This happened because of you. Thank you.” And...

In Myanmar’s volatile west, sectarian violence worsens

Oct. 26 | Hundreds of homes burned and gunfire rang out as sectarian violence raged for a fifth day between Rohingya Muslims and Buddhists in western Myanmar on Thursday, pushing the death toll to nearly 60...

Romney erases Obama lead among women: Poll

Oct. 25 | Less than two weeks out from Election Day, Republican Mitt Romney has erased President Barack Obama’s 16-point advantage among women, a new Associated Press-GfK poll shows. And the President, in...

20,534 pilgrims without Haj permits turned away

Oct. 24 | A total of 20,534 pilgrims on their way to the holy sites without Haj permits were turned away at a number of checkpoints, said Brig. Ayed Al-Harbi, Commander of the Passports Department (Haj). The...