MOSUL: A car bomb exploded in a village in northern Iraq mainly populated by members of the Shabak minority on Wednesday, killing seven people, police and a morgue employee said. The blast in Baybukh, a village north of the city … read more
ZURICH: FIFA on Wednesday suspended a ban on Barcelona signing players while the club makes an appeal against a 14-month transfer ban. World football´s governing body, which imposed the sanction this month for breaching rules on the registration of minors, … read more
ISLAMABAD: A meeting between the government and the Taliban negotiation committees has begun with Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan in the chair at Punjab House. According to sources, Maulana Samiul Haq and Maulana Yousuf Shah are attending the meeting … read more
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has completed eight phase of next-generation cell phone spectrum license auction with no increase in offers after the fourth bid. Four mobile phone companies offered 903, 920,000 dollars in the bidding process. Zong offered 306,920,000 dollars, the highest … read more
MADRID: Chelsea´s defensive game plan worked perfectly as it held Atletico Madrid to a 0-0 draw in the first leg of their Champions League semifinal on Tuesday. Jose Mourinho´s ultra-defensive tactics succeeded at the Vicente Calderon Stadium despite the exit … read more