ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has warned of strict action against any official found involved in pre-poll rigging or other irregularities.
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RAMALLAH: Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has been hospitalized in the West Bank due to complications after minor surgery last week, a Palestinian official said...
JAKARTA: A Facebook official apologised to Indonesian members of parliament on Tuesday during a five-hour grilling at a public hearing on issues ranging from...
BAGHDAD: Iraq has ordered the seizure of assets that belonged to executed dictator Saddam Hussein and more than 4,200 officials from his former regime,...
WASHINGTON: The United States on Tuesday announced sanctions on two North Korean officials for their roles in developing the country’s ballistic missiles, the latest...
MANILA: A tropical storm in the southern Philippines triggered mudslides and flash floods that killed more than 100 people, while dozens are missing, police...
NAIROBI: Seven people, six of them children, were killed in northern Kenya on Saturday when unknown assailants attacked a school, officials said.
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PESHAWAR: A bomb resembling a toy killed at least six children Sunday in South Waziristan tribal area bordering Afghanistan, officials said.
The bomb exploded while...
RAWALPINDI: Anti-Narcotics Force (ANF) has arrested 14 suspects including former Pakistan International Airline (PIA) and Airport Security Force (ASF) officials involved in drug-smuggling through...
JEDDAH: Saudi Arabia wants German companies Siemens and SAP to play an important role in furthering the kingdom's "digital transformation", company officials said on...
ISTANBUL: Turkish prosecutors have launched a criminal investigation into 17 US-based individuals, including New York Senator Chuck Schumer, ex-attorney Preet Bharara and leading Turkey...
TEHRAN: Iran's auditors said Sunday that around 400 public sector officials face prosecution over their exorbitant salaries -- a scandal used by hardliners to...
ISLAMABAD: Director Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) Islamabad Dr. Mazhar-ul-Haq Kakakhel has filed a case against five FIA officials involved in human trafficking and issued order to arrest them.
WASHINGTON: President Barack Obama and some administration officials have hailed recent military gains against Islamic State in Iraq and Syria, but other U.S. officials and outside experts warn that the U.S.-backed air and ground campaign is far from eradicating the radical Islamic group, and could even backfire.
KARACHI: Intelligence agencies on Wednesday issued an alert hinting at threats to the life of officials of the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) Sindh probing high-profile corruption cases, ARY News reported.
BAGHDAD: Islamic State will struggle to recover from the death of a top aide, reported this week in a U.S. air strike, whose overview of the group's finances, politics and administration was unmatched, Iraqi and U.S. sources said.