GUANTANAMO: The United States has sent five detainees from the prison at Guantanamo Bay to Kazakhstan, marking a renewed push by President Barack Obama to close the controversial jail.
RIYADH: Saudi Arabia's ailing King Abdullah was admitted to hospital on Wednesday for "medical checks," the royal court said, with the country's stock market falling sharply following the news.
KARACHI: The whispers going rounds whether Imran Khan has started the second innings of his married life is talk of the town fuelled by a British daily, ARY News reported.
CHENNAI: All-rounder Mohammad Hafeez on Wednesday has done with his unofficial bowling action test at accredited lab of International Cricket Council (ICC) in Chennai, ARY News reported.
NEW DELHI: India's government on Wednesday announced a nationwide scheme to check whether people are using toilets as part of a cleanliness drive championed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
ISLAMABAD/KARACHI: In view of the deadly Peshawar massacre, New Year will be observed in Pakistan with simplicity. Authorities have imposed section-144 in Islamabad, while in Karachi a ban is in place on New Year night ceremonies, ARY News reported.
LOS ANGELES: Jennifer Lawrence says she'd be fine if she got Ebola, in a video that encourages Americans to focus more on West Africans far more likely to die from the dreaded virus.
LAHORE: The election tribunal of Lahore on Wednesday conducted the hearing of a case pertaining to electoral rigging in NA-118, constituency of Lahore, and ordered verification of record of another 99 voting bags in the constituency, ARY News reported.
Karachi: Although celebrated as a swashbuckling batsman, Shahid Afridi has a lowly average of just over 23, and has far better bowling stats with 391 wickets in 389 matches.
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Wednesday said the government adopted extraordinary measures to stamp out terrorism from the country, ARY News reported.
HEBRON: Israeli settlers firebombed the home of a Palestinian family in the southern West Bank overnight, causing extensive damage but no casualties, the village mayor and witnesses said.
KABUL: No one ever claimed responsibility after a suicide bomber rammed into the vehicle of celebrated female parliamentarian Shukria Barakzai. She walked away from the wreckage after the Nov. 16 blast that killed three civilians and wounded 20.
BRUSSELS: The number of journalists who died in targeted killings, bomb attacks or shootings around the world rose to 118 in 2014 from 105 the year before, the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ)said on Tuesday.
The upcoming installment of the "Star Wars" franchise tops moviegoers' lists of most anticipated films of 2015, ticket seller Fandango said on Tuesday in what Hollywood watchers expect to be a banner box office year for studios.