WASHINGTON: The US military can not confirm reports that the Islamic State group leader may have been struck in an airstrike, but a Pentagon official suggested Monday that lower-level figures may have been hit. Speculation has swirled over the fate … read more
ISLAMABAD: Government and opposition finally reached consensus over Justice (retd) Tassaduq Hussain Jillani’s appointment as the next Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) but the latter chose not to accept the role of ECP chief. Sources said the consensus was reached as … read more
KOT RADHA KISHAN: Amir Jamat-e-Islami (JI), Sirajul Haq Monday said whatever happened in Kot Radha Kishan was in no way a reflection of Islamic society. “The responsibility of safeguarding the people and their property falls on government,” said the JI … read more
DUBAI: An Iranian copy of a U.S. reconnaissance drone captured in 2011 has taken its first flight, state news agency reported on Monday. In December 2011, Iran said it had captured a U.S. RQ-170 Sentinel reconnaissance drone in eastern Iran … read more
JERUSALEM: A Palestinian stabbed and critically wounded an Israeli soldier near a Tel Aviv train station on Monday, police said, as anti-Israel violence that has raised concern about a new Palestinian uprising in the making reached the country’s business capital. … read more