International

Diving at a speed faster than the sound, Austrian skydiver Felix Baumgartner has become the first man in history to make the highest jump ever - from a whopping altitude of 128,000 feet. ‘Fearless Felix’, as he is known,...

Iran has rubbished a recent UN report on human rights situation in the country as “politically motivated,” “biased” and without any legal basis, Xinhua reported. On Thursday, Ahmed Shaheed, the UN special rapporteur on human rights situation in Iran,...

Around 120 suspects, including three Taliban militants, have been detained in Pakistan’s northwest tribal region for their involvement in the attack in which Malala Yousufzai and two of her friends were injured, a media report said. Police in Nowshera...

Mauritanian President Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz is being flown to French capital, Paris, a report said, after he was shot at on Sunday. The further medical treatment of the wounded president will take place in Paris. The president of the...

At least 15 people were killed and several were injured in a bomb blast at the main market of Darra Adamkhel on Saturday, security officials said. Rescue efforts were initiated and the injured were shifted to Lady Reading Hospital...

The United States has denounced Russia’s policy of aiding the Syrian regime as “morally bankrupt” after a plane intercepted by Turkey was said to have been caught carrying suspect cargo. US State Department spokeswoman Victoria Nuland said Washington had been...

After a series of fierce protests worldwide over the controversial anti-Islam movie “Innocence of Muslims”, al Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri has now planned to wage a ‘holy’ war over the insult of Prophet Mohhamed. He has reportedly appealed all...

Supporters of Egypt’s President, Mohammed Mursi, have clashed with opponents in Cairo’s Tahrir Square, leaving more than 100 injured in the worst violence over the Islamists’ leadership. Mr Mursi’s Muslim Brotherhood movement and a coalition of secular-leaning groups held separate...