Lahore (IANS) Four Anti-Corruption Bureau officials on Tuesday questioned for an hour Pakistan's former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif at the Kot Lakhpat Jail in connection with the Pakpatan land allotment case.
Showing him the land records,…
New Delhi (IANS) Sri Lanka is known to be unhappy with the funds allocated to it by India in its latest Budget, which when compared to that allocated for other close neighbours and even Indian Ocean Region countries, is small.
While Sri Lanka…
San Francisco (IANS) Using an email address and password mistakenly exposed on the Internet, a hacker gained access to the internal files of US-based cyber security company Comodo, bringing the credibility of the company under question.
The…
Manila (IANS) At least eight persons were killed and around 60 injured in the Philippines after a series of earthquakes struck the northern Batanes islands in the early hours of Saturday, authorities said.
Authorities warned the people to stay…
Washington (IANS) The US Supreme Court has ruled that President Donald Trump can use $2.5 billion in US Defense Department funds for the construction of a wall on the southern border with Mexico.
The justices on Friday voted 5-4 to overturn…
Washington (IANS) The US has approved $125 million worth of support for Pakistan's F-16 warplanes, days after Prime Minister Imran Khan's ice-breaking visit to Washington where he met President Donald Trump.
Approval to support US-built…
Colombo (IANS) A senior Sri Lankan investigating officer probing the Easter terror attacks which killed over 250 people and injured hundreds has said that the bombings were not directly linked to the Islamic State (IS) as earlier claimed.
Senior…
Seoul (IANS) North Korea has called the test of two short-range ballistic missiles, under its leader Kim Jong-un's guidance, a "solemn warning" to the South Korean "warmongers", the state media reported on Friday.
The…
Geneva (IANS) More than 100 people, including 26 children, have died in government attacks on hospitals, schools, markets and bakeries in Syria in the last 10 days, UN's human rights chief Michelle Bachelet said on Friday.
She said the…
Washington (IANS) A federal judge in the US has temporarily blocked asylum restrictions passed last week by President Donald Trump seeking to keep most Central American applicants out of the country.
The San Francisco court's injunction…