KANDAHAR: Afghan officials scrambled Thursday to establish whether Taliban supremo Mullah Akhtar Mansour was still alive, after sources said he was "critically" wounded in a firefight following a bitter argument with commanders in the divided militant movement.
BEIRUT: The Islamic State group has beheaded the 82-year-old retired chief archaeologist of Palmyra, who refused to leave the ancient city when the jihadists captured it, Syria's antiquities chief said.
DUBAI: Al Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri, in an online audio message, pledged allegiance to the new head of the Afghan Taliban in a move that could bolster his accession after the death of Taliban founder Mullah Mohammad Omar.
KARACHI: In another dramatic development after Rangers raid at Nine Zero last week, a case was registered against MQM chief Altaf Hussain in Karachi, ARY News reported.
LILLE, France: Ex-IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn arrived in court Monday to stand trial for "pimping" as part of a prostitution ring, four years after a sex scandal cost him his job and a shot at the French presidency.
KABUL: Pakistan's intelligence chief met Afghanistan's new president to discuss ways to boost coordination in fighting militant attacks in the region, an official said Monday, in a sign of improving ties between the often uneasy neighbours.
KARACHI: A First Information Report (FIR) was registered against pro-Taliban cleric of Lal Masjid (Red Mosque) Maulana Abdul Aziz on behalf of Mutahidda Qaumi Movement (MQM) in Karachi, ARY News reported.
ISTANBUL: A Turkish court on Friday remanded in custody the head of a national TV network and three ex-police officers on terrorism charges, in a case linked with a top foe of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan that has strained EU ties.
QUETTA: Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Raheel Sharif has said elements who inflicted damage to the country will soon meet their fate, ARY News reported.
MUMBAI: Former International Cricket Council chief Jagmohan Dalmiya has called on the game's administrators to work on upgrading safety standards to ensure that incidents like the shock death of Australian batsman Phillip Hughes never happen again.
BEIRUT: Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah pledged "victory" for his movement against Sunni jihadists in Syria as tens of thousands of Shiite Muslims gathered Tuesday in Beirut to commemorate Ashura.
PARIS: International Monetary Fund (IMF) chief Christine Lagarde has been placed under formal investigation by French magistrates on Wednesday for her alleged role in a long-running political fraud case, a source close to the former French finance minister said.
KARACHI: Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) chief Altaf Hussain while expressing concern over the current political situation of Pakistan said that he is receiving information that Pakistan Awami Tehreek (PAT) chief Tahir-ul-Qadri and Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chief Imran Khan may be put under arrest.
ISLAMABAD: Acting chairman Pakistan Electronic Media & Regulatory Authority (Pemra) challenged his suspension at the Supreme Court on Thursday, ARY News reported.
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court on Friday nullified the PCB notification regarding enforcement of new constitution to run cricket board affairs and reinstated Najam Sethi on his erstwhile position, ARY News reported Friday.