Islamabad, April 5 (IANS) Three Pakistani Rangers were killed and 36 others were injured, 13 critically, Saturday when their speeding truck overturned in Pakistan’s Punjab province. The truck was carrying troopers to Rahim Yar Khan when it overturned, a Punjab Rangers officer said. The injured personnel have been shifted to Sheikh Zaid Hospital in Lahore, […]
Islamabad, April 5 (IANS) The Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) has sacked around 300 employees, including pilots, cabin crew and engineers, for producing fake degrees, media reported Saturday. The Supreme Court has directed that necessary action be taken against some 300 fake degree holders, including pilots, engineers, air-hostesses and other departmental staff, PIA spokesman Mashhood Tajwar told […]
London, April 4 (IANS) This discovery may leave many artworks showing the crucifixion of Jesus Christ inaccurate. According to researchers, the Shroud of Turin that shows a crucified man suggests that the victim was suspended from a cross in a Y-shape position- arms above head and not outstretched horizontally on a cross or ‘T’ shape. The […]
Beirut, April 4 (IANS/WAM) The Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan Foundation (KF), in cooperation with the United Arab Emirates embassy in Lebanon, is working to provide relief for displaced Syrians in various Lebanese areas. The new initiative, which comes within the continuous UAE support for Syrian refugees, includes material assistance such as dates, blankets, clothing and […]
Seoul, April 4 A Mongolian-flagged cargo ship carrying 16 North Korean crew members sank off the coast of South Korea Friday killing two crew members on board, reported Xinhua. The ship ran aground off the coast of South Korea’s southern city of Yeosu. Three crew members were rescued, while the remaining are missing, Yonhap quoted […]
Washington, April 4 President Barack Obama is nominating Sunil Sabharwal, an independent Indian American investor in the payments sector, to a key job as US Alternate Executive Director at International Monetary Fund. “I am grateful these accomplished men and women have agreed to join this Administration, and I’m confident they will serve ably in these […]
Damascus, April 4 (IANS) The Syrian government troops killed 20 rebels Thursday in a wide-scale offensive against rebel-held areas in the eastern countryside of the capital Damascus, the media reported. The troops killed 20 rebels and injured tens of others near the Big Mosque of Damascus’ eastern suburb of Jobar, a hotbed of insurgency against the […]
Vilnius, April 4 Lithuania’s ministers of foreign affairs and national defence Thursday expressed the country’s support to NATO’s open door policy. “We will try to strengthen the opportunities for the current candidate countries to join the alliance until the NATO Summit which will be taking place in September in the UK,” Xinhua quoted Foreign Minister […]
Abuja, April 4 More than 30 insurgents were killed in an early morning raid by military operatives in Nigeria’s north central Nasarawa state, witnesses said Thursday. Ten bodies of suspected insurgents littered Mararaban Giza, a community in Keana local government area of the northern state, after an invasion by security operatives deployed to restore normalcy […]
San Juan, April 4 A Dominican citizen was arrested Thursday after 1,400 kg of cocaine he was transporting in a 40-foot boat was seized from him, police said. Leonardo Perez Meson was arrested after his boat ran aground on the seashore in the southern town of Patillas, the police said in a statement. An anonymous […]