KARACHI: Byco Oil Pakistan Ltd and Pakistan State Oil have signed a product sale & purchase agreement. The SPA between the two entities will ensure guaranteed sale of 65 percent of Byco’s production of various petroleum products from its new 120,000 bpd refinery to Pakistan State Oil. This sale of petroleum products from Byco to PSO will substitute equivalent volume of imports being presently made by PS ...

  TEHRAN: The head of the UN nuclear agency arrived Monday in Tehran on a key mission that could lead to the resumption of probes by the watchdog on whether Iran has secretly worked on an atomic weapon. It would also strength the Islamic Republic’s negotiating hand in crucial nuclear talks with six world powers later this week in Baghdad. International Atomic Energy Agency chief Yukiya Amano and his tw ...

  DAMASCUS: Syrian forces ambushed and killed nine army deserters in a north Damascus suburb on Monday, a human rights watchdog said, as Nato ruled out military action against the regime of President Bashar al-Assad. The bloodletting also appeared to spill over into neighbouring Lebanon where two people were killed overnight in street battles between pro- and anti-Syrian groups in Beirut, a security of ...

MUMBAI: Actress Shilpa Shetty, who was due to deliver next month, gave birth to a boy Monday morning, her businessman husband Raj Kundra announced. “God has blessed us with a beautiful baby boy. Both mother and baby are fine… Both mum and Baby K are resting. I am thrilled to bits!!!!!!” an ecstatic Kundra tweeted. “A big thank you to my wife @TheShilpaShetty for the bestest gift ever, Dr Kiran Cohelo and al ...

  SANA:  A suicide bomber dressed in a military uniform blew himself up during a military parade rehearsal in the Yemeni capital Sanaa, killing 96 soldiers. According to reports, the bomber was a soldier who was participating in the parade drill on Monday at a main square near the presidential palace in Sanaa. It was a rehearsal for the celebration of Yemen’s National Day on Tuesday. It was the deadlie ...

BAGHDAD: Iraqi officials say gunmen have killed three policemen in an attack on a security checkpoint north of Baghdad. Police officials say the attack early Monday took place when gunmen in two speeding car opened fire on a security checkpoint in Taji area, about 12 miles (20 kilometers) north of Baghdad. Three other policemen were wounded in the attack. A local medic confirmed the casualties. All official ...

Sunny Leone tweeted this picture from Jism 2 shoot, which started on April 1. The Pooja Bhatt's film also stars Arunoday Singh, Randeep Hooda and Imran Zahid. All that glitters is not gold and all porn stars are not bold, says Mahesh Bhatt while revealing that Sunny Leone was shy and uncomfortable during the lovemaking scenes with Randeep Hooda in her Bollywood debut Jism 2. "I always knew that she is a ver ...

A riot has left at least one prison guard dead and eight other people wounded at a private-run jail in the US state of Mississippi, American officials say. The incident happened at the Adams County Correctional Center in southwest Mississippi on Sunday when some officers were taken hostages, AP reported. Adams County Sheriff Chuck Mayfield said that 15 employees were freed at one time during the uprising by ...

In the latest scandal involving the Israeli military, soldiers stand by and refuse to intervene as extremist Jewish settlers open fire on Palestinians in the occupied West Bank. A video clip released by the Israeli human rights group B'Tselem shows armed settlers from Yitzhar settlements, near Nablus, attacked the nearby village of Asira al-Qibliya over the weekend and threw rocks at Palestinian homes, spar ...

Facebook profiles can be used by police Facebook may relax a ban on children under the age of 13 joining its site after finding that many kids, some with their parents' permission and help, were already using it. "There is reputable evidence that there are kids under 13 who are lying about their age to get on to Facebook," SundayTimes quoted Simon Milner, Facebook's head of policy in Britain as saying. "Som ...