Bullet-riddled body of journalist found in Turbat
QUETTA: The bullet-riddled body of a journalist was found dumped in a deserted area near Turbat city in Kech district on Saturday morning. At least 17 journalists have been killed in Balochistan during the last three years. Correspondent said that he had been kidnapped from near his house on Friday evening an more ...
US turns the screws on NATO, lauds its ally Australia
CHICAGO: Officially, NATO meetings in Chicago this weekend will focus on the alliance's withdrawal from Afghanistan, improved military co-operation between the allies and missile defence. Unofficially the crucial issue is cash. Speaking at a briefing in Washington earlier this week, Nicholas Burns, a f more ...
IPL fixing: Bookie bribes Rs 100 mln to Sri Lankan cricketer
MUMBAI: Bookie Sonu Yogendra Jalan alias Malad has made a shocking revelation that he paid Rs 100 million (Rs 10 crore) to a Sri Lankan cricket player for fixing a match, according to report published in an Indian newspaper. Devendra Kothari was arrested on Thursday by the crime branch for their alleged invo more ...
Historic Facebook debut falls short of expectations
Zuckerberg marked the debut of his company's shares at the company's Silicon Valley campus, symbolically ringing the opening bell for stock trading on Friday morning. SAN FRANCISCO, USA: The historic initial public offering (IPO) of Facebook Inc did not go as planned on Friday, as the social networking compan more ...
Pitbull wins pop songwriter prize
Pitbull performs during the Latin Billboard Awards in Coral Gables. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky) Cuban-American rapper Pitbull was named as one of three pop songwriters of the year at the BMI Pop Music Awards, handed out each year by US performing rights organization Broadcast Music Inc. Pitbull shared the honour more ...
Twitter agrees to adopt Do-Not-Track privacy option
SAN FRANCISCO: Twitter will honour requests from users who do not want their online behaviour tracked, the company said on Thursday, in contrast with web companies such Google Inc and Facebook Inc whose business models rely heavily on collecting user data. Twitter said it will officially support “Do Not Track more ...