Pakistan’s Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) is hunting a replacement for its chief Lt Gen Rizwan Akhtar within the next few weeks, a media report said on Saturday. Akhtar was appointed the director general of ISI in September 2014 and took office in November 2014, when he replaced the retiring Lt Gen[Read More…]
A video has surfaced that threatens to disrupt Donald Trump’s electoral campaign. The US Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump on Saturday had to apologise for making lewd and sexist comments about a married woman in a video from 2005. in the audio of the video, Trump talked about trying to[Read More…]
The president of Colombia has been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday. The Nobel committee has said that the prestigious award is given to him for pursuing a deal to end 52 years of conflict with a leftist rebel group. The President has dedicated the prize to his fellow[Read More…]
Hurricane Matthew closed in on Florida after killing at least 339 people in Haiti on its destructive march north through the Caribbean. Carrying extremely dangerous winds of 215 km per hour (kmph), the storm pounded the northwestern part of the Bahamas en route Florida’s Atlantic coast, the US National Hurricane[Read More…]
Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has warned the powerful military not to shield banned militant groups after facing international isolation. He has also directed authorities to conclude the investigation in both the recent Pathankot terror attack probe and the 2008 Mumbai attack. As reported by a leading Pakistani daily Dawn,[Read More…]
Mushahid Hussain Syed, special Kashmir envoy of Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif was quoted as saying, “The US is no longer a world power. It is a declining power. Forget about it.” He was speaking after the conclusion of an interaction at the Atlantic Council, one of the top American[Read More…]
A 7-year-old girl in McKeesport, Pannsylvania told her bus driver on Monday afternoon that she hadn’t been able to wake up her parents that morning. When police responded to the scene, they found both her parents dead of a suspected drug overdose. The girl had been trying to rouse her[Read More…]
A recent study has confirmed the link between hormonal contraceptives and depression. Published in the University of Copenhagen, this study was conducted on one million Danish women aged between the ages of 15 and 34 and spanned a period of 13 years. Extremely relevant for women who have faced the[Read More…]
Brooke Blair, a 5-year-old British girl’s video message for UK Prime Minister Theresa May has gone viral and the kid has already won millions for hearts. Brooke in a video message could be seen urging Theresa May to build houses and deliver biscuits and hot chocolate to the homeless people[Read More…]
A 4-year-old girl in rebel-held east Aleppo died from injuries inflicted by picking up an unexploded cluster munition she thought was a toy. Four-year-old Emam Muhammad was hurt on Monday when she was playing outside and taken to the children’s trauma ward at M2, one of east Aleppo’s last hospitals[Read More…]
Apple Inc. which was founded by Steve Jobs in partnership with Steve Wozniak, pioneered a series of revolutionary technologies, including the iPhone and iPad. Jobs experimented with different pursuits before starting Apple Computer with Steve Wozniak in 1976. After battling pancreatic cancer for nearly a decade, on October 5, 2011 Steve Jobs[Read More…]
The UN’s highest court has, on Wednesday, ruled to dismiss the case brought by the Marshall Islands against India, Pakistan and Britain for allegedly failing to halt the nuclear arms race, reports AFP. The country of 55,000 was taking on the trio in the International Court of Justice (ICJ), arguing[Read More…]
In what could be a breakthrough discovery, a 44-year-old British man is actually the first person in the history to be cured of HIV. Scientists told The Sunday Times that presently the virus is completely undetectable in the man’s blood and if it remains that way it will be the[Read More…]
Ten countries – which account for just 2.5% of the global economy – are hosting more than half the world’s refugees, a rights group has said, accusing wealthy countries of leaving poorer nations to bear the brunt of a worsening crisis. In a report published on Tuesday, Amnesty International said[Read More…]
According to the latest update, ISIS chief Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi’s condition is ‘critical’ after his food was poisoned by an assassin. Meals prepared for Baghdadi and three other commanders of the terrorist organisation were allegedly poisoned in Nineveh’s Be’aaj district, the Daily Mail reported on Monday. All four senior militants[Read More…]
A married couple from London have admitted providing funding for their nephew who was fighting in Syria with militants from the Islamic State. Mohammed and Nazimabee Golamaully pleaded guilty at the Old Bailey court to transferring 219 pounds to Zafirr Golamaully, who had travelled from his home in Mauritius to[Read More…]
In a horrifying incident a Chinese man killed his parents then massacred 17 neighbours in an attempt to cover up the crime. Yang Qingpei, aged in his 20s became involved in an argument with his parents over money on 28 September. The argument escalated and resulted in the murder of[Read More…]
The Nobel prize in medicine has been awarded to Yoshinori Ohsumi for his discoveries on how the body’s cells detoxify and repair themselves. The Japanese cell biologist will receive the prestigious 8m Swedish kronor (£718,000) award for “mechanisms for autophagy”. Autophagy is essentially the body’s internal recycling program – scrap[Read More…]
The Afghan city of Kunduz has come under attack from the Taliban. A coordinated assault has been launched from four directions and they have gained entry into the city, according to the latest update by Reuters. Sheer Ali Kamal, commander of the 808 Tandar police zone in Kunduz, said, “We[Read More…]
Apple is renowned for its stellar customer service, but not everyone gets what they want at the Apple store. One French customer was filmed smashing display iPhones and other products at a store in Dijon after being refused a refund. The disgruntled Apple customer does explain that Apple refused to[Read More…]
Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte appeared to liken himself to Nazi leader Adolf Hitler on Friday and said he would ‘be happy’ to exterminate three million drug users and peddlers in the country. “Hitler massacred three million Jews. Now there is three million, what is it, three million drug addicts (in[Read More…]
There have been number of stories of barbaric acts performed by ISIS terrorists in Iraq. The world has seen many of those viral videos where ISIS terrorists were seen beheading civilians. With every breaking news ISIS has been touching new heights of brutality. Now there is this Iraqi woman named[Read More…]
In yet another setback to Pakistan, Sri Lanka on Thursday pulled out of 19th SAARC Summit in Islamabad, becoming the fifth country to do so after India expressed its inability to participate in the summit. “Sri Lanka regrets that the prevailing environment in the region is not conducive for holding[Read More…]
Warning of “disastrous consequences” Saudi Arabia on Thursday reprimanded the US law allowing 9/11 victims to sue the kingdom. The bill is expected to escalate the tensions between the longstanding allies. On Wednesday, the US Congress voted in complete majority to override President Barack Obama’s veto of the Justice Against[Read More…]
Amid high tension between India and Pakistan in the backdrop of surgical strikes carried out by India at LoC on Wednesday, Pakistani comedian Shehzad Ghias Shaikh wrote a hilarious piece mind on why India and Pakistan should not go to war against each other. His post is a much needed[Read More…]