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Kuala Lumpur, Sep 10 (ANI): An Indian woman, who is suspected of murdering her husband in Malaysia, was chased back into the arms of Malaysian law by relatives of the victim.

The suspect, a 30-year-old woman, had fled with her 8-year-old daughter late last month after the brutal murder of her husband, Khalid Abdullah, a [...]

London, September 8 (ANI): A new research has determined that up to 20 million people in low-lying Bangladesh are at risk from rising sea levels in the coming decades.

According to a report by BBC News, the predictions come from the Centre for Environmental and Geographic Information Services (Cegis) in Bangladesh.

Scientists predict that salty water could [...]

Lahore, Sep.4 (ANI): Another Pakistan batsman Imran Farhat has parted ways with the rebel Indian Cricket League (ICL).

Farhat has handed over a No Objection Certificate (NOC) to the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB), saying he longer is affiliated with the ICL.

“Imran Farhat came to me to give ICL’s NOC and the PCB will adopt the same [...]

Lahore, Aug.27 (ANI): After middle order batsman Mohammad Yousuf and bowling all-rounders Abdul Razzaq and Rana Nave-ul-Hassan parted ways from the Indian Cricket League (ICL) to represent their country once again, several other Pakistani cricketers are also thinking about ending their ties with the rebel league.

Hasan Raza, one of the 22 Pakistani players in [...]

Lahore, Aug 24 (ANI): The US and UK governments were key players in facilitating the escape of former President Pervez Musharraf, whereas the Pakistan People’s Party and the PML-N are consistently deceiving the nation by not acting to apprehend the national offender, Jamaat-e-Islami Ameer Punjab Waseem Akhtar has said.

He said the PPP Government’s attitude [...]

Lahore, Aug.22 (ANI): Pakistan Muslim League-Quaid (PML-Q) Secretary General Mushahid Hussain has said steps are being taken to initiate talks with the Taliban chief Mullah Omar.

In an interview to a private television channel, Husain said he had talks with an Afghan ‘intellectual’ last week, who told him that he wanted to convene a grand [...]

Karachi, Aug.18 (ANI): The Buddhist religion is virtually extinct in Pakistan, as there is not even a single monastery in the country which once remained a hub of Buddhism.

Pakistan, where the Gandhara civilization is believed to have flourished, holds an [...]

New York, July 2 (ANI): The goodwill the United States was hoping to garner from the thousands of displaced people in the North West Frontier Province (NWFP) of Pakistan, in return for aid being doled out by it, is being sabotaged by banned outfits such as the Jamaat-ud-Daawa (JuD) and other radical charities.

The United [...]

Lahore, June 26 (ANI): Sharing a surname with some famous personalities of the world would obviously make people proud, but in Pakistan, Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani’s name is being utilized by tricksters for fraudulent activities.

Pakistan police has registered a case [...]

Amman – Four Jordanian Islamists have been arrested for allegedly planning attacks on Israel in retaliation for the “massacres” it committed during its 22-day offensive on the Gaza Strip in January, judicial sources said Wednesday.
More than 1,300 Palestinians were killed and about 4,000 wounded in the Gaza attack.
The four people, who were detained in April, [...]

Tehran, May 27 (ANI): Iranian and English archeologists have discovered the Middle East’s oldest village that dates back to at least 9800 BC in western Iran.

According to Press TV, the unique archeological discovery reveals Iran was the main Neolithic center of the Middle East.

“The historical site dates back to 9800 BC and evidence suggest inhabitance [...]

Kuala Lumpur, May 19 (ANI): A couple, who is believed to have arranged a sex orgy party on Pulau Perhentian, have been fined 25,000RM under the Entertainment Act 2002 for organising a party without permit.

According to reports, the wild party was going on full swing before Besut District Council (MDB) enforcement officers moved in on [...]

New Delhi, May 19 (ANI): Janata Dal (Secular) Karnataka unit President H D Kumaraswamy on Tuesday agreed to support the Congress-led United Progressive Alliance (UPA) at the Centre.

Kumaraswamy, who won the Bangalore rural Lok Sabha seat by a huge margin of over one lakh votes, said, “The Congress has sought the JD (S)’ support [...]

Srinagar, May 18 (ANI): Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Monday said the National Conference (NC) would provide “unconditional support” to the UPA Government.

“The return of Ghulam Hassan Khan is something that we wanted, but it is not against the desires of the Congress Party. The high command of the Congress Party spoke [...]

Tehran, May 18 (ANI): Archeologists have discovered a mysterious burial ritual performed 9,000 years ago in Iran’s Sialk Mound located in the center of the country.

According to a report in Press TV, Iranian and Polish archeologists’ investigations have revealed a specific burial ritual in Sialk Mound.

“In this 9,000-year-old practice, four bodies were burned at [...]

New Delhi, May 16 (ANI): The Congress-led UPA is surging ahead of the BJP-led NDA in early trends as counting is underway for 543 Lok Sabha constituencies.

As per latest reports, the UPA is leading in 214 seats and the NDA in 135 seats. The Third Front [...]

Lahore, May 13 (ANI): The Chief selector of the Pakistan cricket team, Abdul Qadir, has rubbished media reports which claimed that he and captain Younis Khan are not on talking terms, as the latter is unhappy over the selection of the squad for the forthcoming ICC Twenty20 World Cup.

“These reports are not true. It is [...]

Srinagar, May 8 (ANI): After cracking civil services examinations, Jammu and Kashmir based Imtiyaz Ismail Parrey has become a celebrity in the backward village of Kulgam, 90 kilometers off Srinagar.

Parrey has been selected for the coveted Indian Police Services (IPS) cadre after passing the civil services examination conducted by the Union Public Services Commission for [...]

Hyderabad, May 6 (ANI): Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) Amir Syed Munawar Hassan has called for an immediate end to the ongoing Pakistani military operation against The Taliban in restive Swat valley.

Speaking to reporters at the Hyderabad Press Club here on Wednesday, Munawar Hassan said that he was against the military operation in Swat valley.

“Every action has a [...]

Lahore, May 5 (ANI): Taking the Kishanganga dam issue a step further, Pakistan has termed India’s initiative to build a dam on the Indus River as ‘Indian water terrorism’ and said the issue posed a bigger threat to country than the Taliban.

Chairman Indus Water Council Pakistan, Zahoorul Hassan Dahir said India is trying to [...]