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BEIRUT, Lebanon — Syria’s rebel fighters — who have long staked claim to the moral high ground for battling dictatorship — are losing crucial support from a public increasingly disgusted by the actions of some rebels, including poorly planned missions, senseless destruction, criminal behavior...

just got news it is successful ... Congrats to ISRO and all people who worked day and night for such a gr8 successful.. You made India proud once again .. RISAT-1 (short for Radar Imaging Satellite - 1) is the first of the RISAT series of Indian remote sensing satellites built by the Indian...

BBC News - Iran's banks to be blocked from global banking system Swift, the body that handles global banking transactions, says it will cut Iran's banks out of the system on Saturday to enforce sanctions. The move will isolate Iran financially by making it almost impossible for money to...

NEW DELHI: India has begun final preparations for the first test of its most-ambitious strategic missile, the 5,000-km Agni-V, which will prove to be both a technical as well as logistical challenge. The Agni-V, which will bring the whole of Asia, 70% of Europe and other regions under its...

This is big news now, they are going against wish of Iran. May be fear of street protest in Gaza .. People's power is best --------------------- GAZA — Marking the first public break with its longtime patron, a leader of Hamas spoke out against President Bashar al-Assad of Syria on...

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QUETTA: Unidentified armed men on Thursday looted around Rs 60 million from a Qatari minister in Balochistan province, DawnNews reported. According to levies sources, Qatar’s petroleum minister Sheikh Ali bin Abdullah Thani Al-Thani was on a hunting trip in Turbat when the armed miscreants...

KARACHI: A bomb attack on Frontier Corps (FC) vehicles late on Wednesday killed 14 frontier officials in Turbat, DawnNews reported. The attack in Balida arear of Turbat killed 14 and several officials got injured. Injured were taken to a nearby hospital immediately after the incident. Two...

The most common drone is the tiny Raven RC plane All branches of the U.S. military are moving more and more to drone aircraft to patrol the skies in their respective theaters. Drones are typically cheaper than normal aircraft and don’t put pilots in harm's way over hostile territory. Some...

Relations between the US and Pakistan are going through a fairly difficult period. American lawmakers have questioned the sincerity of their ally and Pakistanis express anger over the use of drone strikes. Now the US State Department is launching a new cultural initiative to try to win over...

Google has a camera on the annual Islamic ritual of the Hajj in Mecca, Saudi Arabia, and will broadcast the epic proceedings live starting Saturday! Google said the stream goes live on Saturday, November 5, at this URL: hajjlive's Channel - YouTube But it looks to me like it's...

An unnamed Pakistan cricketer was involved in arranging a spot-fixing plot with ex-team captain Salman Butt, a defence lawyer has told a court. The claims were made at the Southwark Crown Court sentencing of Butt and Mohammed Asif, who have been convicted of deliberately bowling no-balls...

ISLAMABAD: With the cost of 969MW Neelum-Jhelum Hydropower Project (NJHP) having increased several times owing mainly to inordinate delays, Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani gave a go-ahead on Tuesday for importing electricity from India and decided to take up the matter with his Indian...

MUMBAI: Bollywood star Shah Rukh Khan, Telugu hero Akkineni Nagarjuna and Dabur family scion Mohit Burman are among the celebrities and business honchos who will own a racing team in a motor sports league backed by Sachin Tendulkar, said sources directly briefed on the matter. The Indian...

Pakistan's dreaded spy agency, the ISI, is back in the spotlight, accused of murdering journalist Saleem Shahzad. The agency's engagement with the media has become progressively more virulent as the "war on terror" has progressed. BBC Urdu editor Aamer Ahmed Khan asks whether anyone can bring...

QUETTA: A security official says gunmen have attacked a camp for road construction workers in an area of Balochistan where rebels are active, killing 11 people. Azittalah said the attack late Monday took place close to the port town of Gwadar. Azittalah, who heads a tribal security force...

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PESHAWAR: At least 14 security officials were killed in a blast in the northwestern Pakistani town of Mardan on Thursday, DawnNews reported. The blast took place inside the Punjab Regiment Centre in the city’s cantonment area, police said. Rescue officials were heading toward the site of...

LAHORE – The country imports Indian goods of up to $3 billion through informal trade via Dubai and Singapore, and if this trade is allowed from India directly in a legal way the cost of trade will go down enormously, besides improving the government revenue, trade and industry experts...

Ustad Abdul Rab Rasul Sayyaf, Afghan President Hamid Karzai's [ Images ] first choice as speaker of the new Afghan parliament, is the perfect bridge the latter needs to reach out extensively in the Islamic world and Pakistan, says former diplomat M K Bhadrakumar, possibly the first and last...