Dubai Food Carnival Underway
The 23-day Dubai Food Festival is underway at the Dubai Food Carnival at the Festival City in Dubai. The event is organized by Dubai Festivals and Retail Establishment (DFRE) and will give the gourmets an opportunity to indulge in a variety of cuisines, interact with celebrity chefs and attend culinary classes and workshops. Family themed […]
Musharraf Survives Assassination Attempt
Rawalpindi: Former military ruler of Pakistan, Pervez Musharraf survived an assassination attempt late on Wednesday night as the bomb blew up twenty minutes before he was suppose to cross the spot. “Four kilograms of explosive device planted in a pipeline under a bridge exploded around 20 minutes before the former president was supposed to cross […]
Indian Mango Imports Banned
The European Commission has banned Indian mango imports from Thursday for fear of plant pests threatening European salad crops. The UK reportedly imports nearly 16 million mangoes each year, worth £6m, from India. Monica Bhandari, from wholesalers Fruity Fresh, called for an “urgent” reversal of the ban and also filed an e-petition on the UK […]
More Than 1,100 Asylum Seekers Rescued Off Italian Coast
More than thousand one hundred migrants were rescued by Italian Navy from inflatable boats last Wednesday, February 5, during their attempts to reach the Italian coast from the north of Africa. The asylum seekers in nine overcrowded rafts and dinghies were rescued by the navy near Lampedusa, Italy. They are believed to be from sub-Saharan […]
All Mt Everest Climbers to Bring Down Garbage
Those ascending Mount Everest will have to descend with at least eight kilograms of trash besides their own waste. The new list of measures were mooted by the Nepal government to clear the world’s highest peak of the tons of rubbish accumulated over the years since Tenzing Norgay and Edmund Hillary scaled the peak in […]
Israeli Troops Kill Jordanian Judge at West Bank Crossing
Israeli soldiers shot and killed a Jordanian judge of Palestinian origin, after he seized a gun from a border guard and threatened two soldiers with a metal bar. The thirty eight year old Raed Zeiter was shot on Monday by the Israeli troops near the Allenby Bridge terminal. He lived with his family in Amman, […]
Islamabad Blast: Religious Leaders Point to Enemy Hands
Religious leaders on Monday said that Taliban’s denial of having any hand in Monday’s terrorist attacks in Islamabad and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KPK) once again proved that other enemy agencies had been committing such terrorist activities in the name of Taliban. They accused the state institutions and the media of too much attention given to the […]
Ukraine Face-off: Tension Scales Up in the Border
Tension and fear of war surges up amidst the deteriorating relations between Ukraine and Russia after Russian president, Vladimir Putin ordered the military troops near the Ukrainian border to be on high alert. Ukraine has also called up the Defence Ministry to mobilize the reserves. According to reports, Moscow has put 150, 000 troops near […]
Brotherhood Ban: Setting the Gulf course.
The latest news story in the Middle East, hotly discussed all across the media, is the ban imposed by the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, with ensuing stringent punishment, on activities of and for Muslim Brotherhood. The ban is overtly aimed at curbing Islamist politics in the kingdom, which the establishment fears would destabilize the country. […]
United States to Cede Its Oversight of Addresses on Internet
The United States will hand over its responsibility of overseeing the system of Web addresses and domain names that form the basis of internet, to an international group in 2015. The structure and administration of the body will be determined over the next year, the government officials said on Friday. Since the dawn of the […]
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