Pakistan on June 15 launched a military operation against militants in the troubled North Waziristan agency of Federally Administered Tribal Areas (Fata). Get all the updates of the operation, code-named Zarb-e-Azb, here. All stories relating to Zarb-e-Azb can be found … read more
SINGAPORE: Crude prices fell in Asia Tuesday but losses were curbed as dealers took a breather after days of sharp sell-offs following OPEC´s decision to hold output levels despite global oversupply. US benchmark West Texas Intermediate (WTI) for January delivery … read more
TOKYO: Tokyo stocks opened 0.62 percent lower on Tuesday on early profit-taking following a decline in US bourses and a stronger yen. Moody´s Investors Service downgraded Japan´s sovereign debt rating by one notch to A1 from Aa3 on Monday, but … read more
JERUSALEM: A Nazi war criminal who topped most wanted lists over the Holocaust is “almost certain” to have died in Syria four years ago, a Nazi-hunting group said Monday. “I am almost certain that he´s no longer alive,” Efraim Zuroff, … read more
KARACHI: Unidentified armed men on Sunday shot and killed a doctor in Korangi area of Karachi. According to police, unidentified outlaws opened a volley of bullets on a private clinic, killing a doctor, identified as Shamim Raza, in Unit 1 … read more