RIYADH: Armed forces from around 20 countries were gathering in northern Saudi Arabia Sunday for “the most important” military manoeuvre ever staged in the region, the official news agency SPA reported. The “Thunder of the North” exercise involving ground, air, … read more
RANCHO MIRAGE: US President Barack Obama has urged his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin to end air strikes against Syrian opposition forces, the White House said Sunday. In a phone call with Putin Saturday, Obama stressed the need to quickly get … read more
M. Sameer KARACHI: The Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) initiatives of Samsung Electronics (Pakistan) Ltd. won two prestigious accolades at the ‘5th Annual CSR Summit and CSR Gallery’, organized by ‘The Professionals Network’ (TPN) and ‘Ethical Business Update’ (EBU) in Karachi, … read more
NEW DELHI: India has expressed disappointment with US decision to sell F-16 fighter jets to Pakistan and summoned US ambassador to New Delhi on Saturday to convey its ‘displeasure’. The US government said on Friday it had approved the sale … read more
SULTANPUR: A senior journalist was shot dead in Indian state of Uttar Pradesh by unknown assailants on Saturday. Karun Misra, the Ambedkarnagar bureau chief of Hindi daily Jan Sandesh Times, was returning to his home district when two motorbike-borne assailants … read more