An armed group has carried out another bombing attack in the western part of the Syrian capital, wounding at least two security personnel. An explosive device was detonated on the main southern highway in Damascus in the early hours of Sunday morning. The blast came two days after 92 people, including more than 30 children, were killed in the village of Houla near the western city of Homs. The Syrian Arab N ...

She is a socialite, heiress, actress, model, singer, writer, designer and a businesswoman. Paris Hilton tops at the perfume counter despite loosing reality TV airtime to the likes of Kim Kardashian. According to Women’s Wear Daily, the blonde heiress has sold $1.5 billion worth of perfume since 2004, the New York Daily News reported. The 31 year-old socialite and former reality TV star is set to launch Dazz ...

Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Nayef bin Abdul Aziz has left the country for medical tests for the second time in the past three months, the kingdom’s news agency says. "Crown Prince Nayef went abroad for a personal vacation during which some medical tests have been scheduled," Saudi Press Agency reported on Saturday, without naming his destination. In April, the 78-year-old Nayef returned to Saudi Arabia afte ...

He had a single gunshot wound to his head. RAWALPINDI:The mysterious death of a retired army general has baffled the Islamabad police – though medics suggested it was a case of suicide. Lt Gen (retd) Imtiaz Hussain, who belonged to the Sindh Regiment, was found dead at his bungalow in the upscale Defence Housing Authority at about 12 pm. He had a single gunshot wound to his head. “The bullet entered the lef ...

Iran's First Vice President Mohammad Reza Rahimi is to start an official visit to two East African countries, Kenya and Tanzania, to discuss regional and international issues. During his stay in Africa, schedulled to begin on Monday, Rahimi will discuss promotion of bilateral ties as well as the most important political issues of the Middle East and Africa with Kenyan and Tanzanian authorities. Explaining I ...

KARACHI: Jong Tai Energy Corporation of Hong Kong has showed its keen interest in investment in Thar Coal Project, Chairman Sindh Investment Board Muhammad Zubair Moti Wala said. According to an official hand out on Sunday a meeting in this connection was held between Samson Pan, Chairman Jong Tai and Muhammad Zubair Moti Wala in which the matter was discussed. Jong Tai Energy Corporation is interested in c ...

An Iranian official has announced the country's plans to add at least 30 indigenous passenger ships to its maritime fleet in the current Iranian calendar year (started March 20, 2012). Managing Director for Iran's Ports and Maritime Organization (PMO) Abdolkarim Razzazan said the USD 49-million enhancement of the Iranian maritime fleet constitutes “a great stride in phasing out the old and traditional vesse ...

Doctors have put Wahab on a ventilator, she had earlier undergone a gall bladder surgery. KARACHI: Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) MNA Fauzia Wahab has fallen “seriously ill” and is currently undergoing treatment in an intensive care unit of a private hospital in Karachi. Wahab, who had earlier undergone a gall bladder surgery, was admitted to Orthopaedic and Medical Institute (OMI) on Saturday night. Accordin ...

KARACHI, May 26: Liaquat Ali, the prime suspect in the 2011 murder of television journalist Wali Khan Babar, was killed and an accomplice of his was wounded in what was claimed to be ‘an encounter with police’ in Clifton in the early hours of Saturday. A policeman also sustained injuries, officials said. They claimed that the gunfight took place near a restaurant at Sea View when a police party, moving into ...

The US Vice President Joe Biden says Washington has devised a new policy in a bid to counter the rising power and influence of China. Joe Biden on Saturday addressing cadets of the US Military Academy during a graduation ceremony in West Point, New York, spoke about the United States’ shift in policy-making. Biden said the United States will continue to take charge internationally and focus on Asia, particu ...