LAHORE: The Islamabad High Court on Saturday granted medical bail to jailed former Pakistan prime minister Nawaz Sharif, who is serving a seven-year prison sentence after being convicted on corruption charges last year. Sharif was taken to a Lahore hospital on Monday where he was diagnosed with an immune system disorder. “The court has granted interim bail…
ALMATY, Kazakhstan: Police detained more than two dozen people on Saturday in Kazakhstan’s main cities for participating in protests called by a banned opposition group where they criticized the government and Chinese expansion. Officers detained around a dozen people and manhandled them into police vans in the center of Kazakhstan’s largest city Almaty, AFP correspondents…
New Delhi: IAS officer Girish Chandra Murmu has been appointed the first lieutenant governor of the Union Territory (UT) of Jammu and Kashmir, an official statement released on Friday said.On Aug. 5, New Delhi abrogated Article 370 of the Indian constitution that gave a special autonomous status to Jammu and Kashmir. The move also bifurcated…
ZURICH: Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan should be investigated and indicted for war crimes over his country’s military offensive in Syria, former prosecutor and UN investigator Carla del Ponte said in an interview published on Saturday.Del Ponte, a former member of the UN Commission of Inquiry on Syria, said Turkey’s intervention had broken international law and…
BAGHDAD: Several hundred demonstrators gathered in central Baghdad on Saturday, brandishing Iraqi flags and calling Prime Minister Adel Abdul Mahdi a "worm", after a day of violent protests in which at least 46 people were killed. Some 200 of the protesters had camped out overnight in the capital's central Tahrir Square, and were cleaning up the area.…
BAGHDAD: At least 63 people have died in two days of anti-government protests in Iraq's capital and across its south, a national rights watchdog said Saturday. The Iraqi Human Rights Commission said the highest tolls from clashes since Friday were in the southern provinces of Dhi Qar and Missan. Protests in the south have taken a…
RIYADH: The Space Discovery event was inaugurated in Riyadh on Thursday as part of the most significant entertainment season in the Kingdom. Visitors will have a unique space experience, and discover many high-resolution space models of astronauts, spacesuits, and spacecraft, as well as more than 300 historical pieces from NASA.It is scheduled to continue for…
RIYADH: Renowned Pakistani singers Atif Aslam and Rahat Fateh Ali Khan brought an audience of 20,000 Pakistani and Indian music lovers together on Friday night as part of Riyadh Season. Fans were united in their praise for Saudi Arabia’s General Entertainment Authority (GEA) for organizing the concert. Aslam performed a string of hits before telling the crowd:…
RIYADH: Renowned Pakistani singers Atif Aslam and Rahat Fateh Ali Khan brought an audience of 20,000 Pakistani and Indian music lovers together on Friday night as part of Riyadh Season. Fans were united in their praise for Saudi Arabia’s General Entertainment Authority (GEA) for organizing the concert. Aslam performed a string of hits before telling the crowd:…
KUWAIT: In 2012, Beirut-based alternative-rockers Lazzy Lung — a four-piece led by Lebanese-Canadian frontman Allan Chaaraoui — were living the dream. They’d released debut album “Strange Places” to critical acclaim; won a bunch of regional awards; and, in September that year, embarked on a regional tour (something few indie artists manage) as support to US garage-rockers Black…
William Mullally runs through the box-office blockbusters coming your way in the next few months. ‘Doctor Sleep’ (November 7) Since Jack Nicholson’s scene-stealing performance in 1980’s “The Shining,” horror fans have never truly checked out of the Overlook Hotel. Derided even by the book’s author Stephen King at the time, Stanley Kubrick’s masterpiece is now…
William Mullally runs through the box-office blockbusters coming your way in the next few months. ‘Doctor Sleep’ (November 7) Since Jack Nicholson’s scene-stealing performance in 1980’s “The Shining,” horror fans have never truly checked out of the Overlook Hotel. Derided even by the book’s author Stephen King at the time, Stanley Kubrick’s masterpiece is now…
INZAI, Japan: Tiger Woods was in strong early-season form after a slow start with a 6-under 64 and was tied for the first-round lead at the Zozo Championship, the PGA Tour’s first tournament in Japan. Woods was tied with Gary Woodland, with local favorite Hideki Matsuyama one stroke behind. Teeing off the from the 10th…
LOS ANGELES: The New England Patriots will aim to set aside fresh speculation about Tom Brady’s future on Sunday as they look to extend their unbeaten start to the season against the struggling Cleveland Browns.The defending Super Bowl champions have built an ominous head of steam as the regular season reaches its halfway stage this…
LOS ANGELES: The New England Patriots will aim to set aside fresh speculation about Tom Brady’s future on Sunday as they look to extend their unbeaten start to the season against the struggling Cleveland Browns.The defending Super Bowl champions have built an ominous head of steam as the regular season reaches its halfway stage this…
TOKYO: Japanese technology giant SoftBank has committed billions of dollars to bailing out office-space sharing startup WeWork in a daring vote of confidence from its intrepid founder Masayoshi Son. WeWork’s woes are substantial enough that some analysts say they could derail the investment ambitions of SoftBank’s mammoth Vision Fund. But, as one of the most…
OSLO: The value of Norway’s sovereign wealth fund, the world’s largest, grew to a record 10 trillion Norwegian crowns ($1.09 trillion) on Friday, boosted by rising global stocks and the strength of the euro and dollar.The fund reached the milestone as its government regulators grapple with strategy changes, including how to handle climate risk and…
OSLO: The value of Norway’s sovereign wealth fund, the world’s largest, grew to a record 10 trillion Norwegian crowns ($1.09 trillion) on Friday, boosted by rising global stocks and the strength of the euro and dollar.The fund reached the milestone as its government regulators grapple with strategy changes, including how to handle climate risk and…
LA PAZ: Bolivians blocked streets in La Paz on Friday demanding an audit of a controversial election count that handed President Evo Morales a outright win and with it a fourth consecutive term that would extend his rule to nearly two decades.Morales, 59, who swept to power in 2006 as the country’s first indigenous leader,…
MOSCOW: A Russian soldier on Friday opened fire on troops at a Siberian military base, killing eight and injuring two, officials said, blaming the attack on a possible “nervous breakdown.”The incident took place at an army base in the Chita region in eastern Siberia during a change of guard.“The serviceman who opened fire has been…
