Kashif Imran

RIYADH: Changes in Saudi Arabia's leadership have concentrated power in an inner circle of the Al Saud dynasty, removing constraints on the monarch and making the conservative kingdom's strategic positions less predictable.

ISLAMABAD: The upper house of the Pakistani Parliament better known as Senate was named as 'House of Federation' on Wednesday, while it also passed a resolution against publishing of blasphemous caricatures in the United States (U.S.), ARY News reported.

PARIS: The Germanwings co-pilot suspected of deliberately crashing a jet in the French Alps rehearsed the fatal maneuver on the morning of the disaster, and had twice been refused medical papers needed to fly, investigators said on Wednesday.

LAHORE: The election tribunal on Tuesday issued detailed verdict on NA-125 election consisting of 80 pages, ARY News reported.

KOHISTAN: Chairman of Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) Imran Khan on Tuesday said that we are laying the foundation of 'naya Pakistan' from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP), ARY News reported.

LAHORE: Love life of renowned singer Humaira Arshad and husband Ahmed Butt seems to come to an end as the singer held a press conference today elaborating the miseries of her life with Butt, ARY News reported.

KATHMANDU: Bad weather has cut links with a remote village in Nepal where dozens of villagers and trekkers are believed to be buried under an avalanche set off by last month's devastating earthquake, officials said on Tuesday.

LONDON: Syrian government forces are targeting civilians in barrel bomb attacks in Aleppo that have forced hospitals and schools to move underground, Amnesty International said on Tuesday, describing the bombings as "crimes against humanity".

KARACHI: Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) MNA Fehmida Mirza eventually broke her silence on Tuesday charging the chief minister with the responsibility of Badin situation and called the federation for appointing a powerful IG and chief secretary in Sindh, ARY News reported.

PESHAWAR: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) Assembly on Monday passed a resolution against Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) chief Altaf Hussain over his recent speech against the army, ARY News reported.