20 People Murdered At Pakistan Shrine
Twenty people were murdered and four others wounded at a Pakistani Sufi shrine early Sunday by men wielding batons and knives, police said. Four women were among those killed at the Shrine of...
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Are We In the Era of “honourable Knaves”?
It gives me no pleasure to have to quote the Scottish philosopher, David Hume, knowing, as I do, that Hume was a racist and did not scruple to slander non-white people when he discussed civilization....
Pakistan 137-8 In Third T20 Against Windies
Pakistan frittered away a promising position but still managed to post a competitive 137 for eight in the third T20 International against the West Indies at the Queen´s Park Oval in Trinidad on...
Stranded In Serbia, Migrants Endure An Odyssey of Violence
Driven back by police batons and snarling dogs, or beaten and robbed by the smugglers they relied on, migrants caught in Serbia have regularly been victims of violence as they struggle to reach...
Pakistan Blast: At Least 22 Dead In Border City Parachinar
At least 22 people have been killed and more than 70 injured in a blast outside a mosque in northwest Pakistan. The explosion happened in the city of Parachinar, a mainly Shia Muslim area on the...
Pakistan’s Khalid Latif To Contest Fixing Charges
Pakistan batsman Khalid Latif will contest spot-fixing charges against him, his lawyer said Friday, in an ongoing scandal which has tainted Pakistani cricket and threatened years of work to clean up...
At Least 22 Dead In Border City Parachinar
At least 22 people have been killed and more than 70 injured in a blast outside a mosque in northwest Pakistan. The explosion happened in the city of Parachinar, a mainly Shia Muslim area on the...
At Least Six Dead, 50 Wounded In Pakistan Market Blast
At least six people were killed and 50 wounded on Friday when a bomb tore through a market in a mainly Shiite area of Pakistan's northwestern tribal belt, local officials told AFP. Doctors said they...
Shadab Shines Again As Pakistan Cricket Deny Windies
Shadab Khan gave another match-winning bowling performance and Hasan Ali held his nerve for Pakistan to sneak a three-run victory over the West Indies in the second T20 International on Thursday. Set...
Oil Workers Seized By S.Sudan Rebels Freed
Three foreign petroleum engineers abducted by South Sudanese rebels have been released after negotiations brokered by Sudan and Ethiopia, a Sudanese security agency said on Thursday. Indians Midhun...
Pakistan Defends Irfan Cricket Sentence In Fixing Case
A top Pakistan cricket official on Thursday defended a one-year ban for fast bowler Mohammad Irfan, saying there will be zero tolerance on corruption in the sport. Irfan, 34, is the first casualty of...
Pakistan Fast Bowler Suspended For A Year By PCB
Irfan last appeared for Pakistan in an ODI against England at Headingley in September 2016 Pakistan fast bowler Mohammad Irfan has been banned for a year by the Pakistan Cricket Board for twice...
Pakistan Ban Bowler Irfan For One Year
Pakistan have suspended fast bowler Mohammad Irfan for one year and fined him $1,000 after he admitted failing to report approaches by bookmakers linked to spot-fixing, cricket authorities said...
Pakistan Extends Secret Military Courts
An expired Pakistani law allowing secret military courts to try civilians on terror charges was extended by the Senate for another two years Tuesday, despite stringent criticism from rights groups....
Williamson Hits 176 As New Zealand Lead Grows
Kane Williamson's mammoth knock came to an end at 176 but not before he had cemented New Zealand's strong position on day four of the deciding Test against South Africa in Hamilton on Tuesday....
Nuclear Ban ‘not Realistic’
A worldwide nuclear ban is simply not "realistic", the US ambassador to the UN has said, as nearly 40 countries stayed away from talks on the subject. The US, Britain and France were among the...
AMERI Deal: $150m ‘fraud’ Uncovered
The New Patriotic Party (NPP) government is on the heels of Middle East Resources Investment Group LLC – otherwise known as AMERI Group or AMERI Energy – which had signed an agreement with Ghana...
Pakistan Building Border Fence With Afghanistan
Pakistan has begun building a fence along its border with Afghanistan to curtail the movement of militants, its army said, in a move criticised by its eastern neighbour for dividing communities. The...
$510m Ameri Deal In Danger
The New Patriotic Party (NPP) government is on the heels of Middle East Resources Investment Group LLC – otherwise known as AMERI Group or AMERI Energy – which had signed an agreement with Ghana...
UN To Kick Off Talks On Global Nuclear Weapons Ban
More than 100 countries are set to launch the first UN talks on a global nuclear weapons ban on Monday over objections from the major nuclear powers. Some 123 UN members announced in October that...