UNITED NATIONS: India abstained from voting on the Arab-backed, US supported resolution on Syria in the UN General Assembly, which called for a political transition.
VIENNA/ISTANBUL: The United Nations' nuclear agency failed to persuade Iran on Wednesday to let it resume an investigation into suspected atomic bomb research, leaving the high-stakes diplomacy in deadlock.
DHAKA: The cyclonic storm ‘Mahasen’ on Thursday hit Bangladesh’s southern Patuakhali coast with wind speed up to 90 kilometers per hour, killing one person, officials said.
ISLAMABAD: Six suspects, including two women, were arrested today during an operation to trace the kidnapped son of the former premier, Mr Yousuf Raza Gilani in Pakistan’s restive northwest, officials said.
MYANMAR: A boat carrying about 100 Rohingya Muslims capsized off western Myanmar with many feared drowned at the start of a mass evacuation from low-lying regions ahead of an approaching storm, a UN official said on Tuesday.
WASHINGTON: US police are looking for a 19-year-old man identified as a suspect in the Mother's Day parade shooting in New Orleans, the largest city in Indian-American Governor Bobby Jindal's state of Louisiana, that injured 19 people.
RAWALPINDI: A Pakistani anti-terrorism court on Tuesday extended former military ruler Pervez Musharraf's house arrest over the murder of Benazir Bhutto for 14 days, a prosecutor said.
ISLAMABAD: The Pakistani authorities did not succeed in ensuring level playing ground for all parties, their candidates, activists and voters, said the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan which recommended a serious initiative to revamp the Election Commission of Pakistan.
