LOS ANGELES:Amour stars octogenarians Jean-Louis Trintignant and Emmanuelle Riva and tells the story of Georges and Anne, a couple trying to cope with their new reality after Anne suffers a stroke. Accepting the award with his stars, Haneke dedicated it to his wife and said: "This film is an illustration of the promise we made to each other, if either one of us finds ourselves in the situation that is descr ...

    MUMBAI:  Twenty six people were Monday killed after a speeding tempo rammed into their stationary bus on the Mumbai-Pune Expressway. 17 people were also injured in the incident, Indian media reported.   The accident occurred at around wee hours of Monday when the victims were returning to Pune after attending a wedding in Mumbai.   After their bus broke down at Khalapur on the expres ...

  WASHINGTON: Investigators working in four countries have amassed new evidence linking attempts to assassinate officials and businessmen to either Iran-backed Hezbollah or Iran-based operatives, The Washington Post reported Monday. Citing unnamed US and Middle Eastern security officials, the newspaper said the evidence included phone records, forensic tests, coordinated travel arrangements and even ce ...

  NEW DELHI: A Jet Airways plane has made an emergency landing at Mumbai airport after its left engine caught fire, but the Indian airline says no one was hurt. The airline says in a statement that the plane’s left engine caught fire early Monday morning during a flight from Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Jet Airways says air traffic controllers asked for the plane to land after seeing some smoke coming out of ...

  NAYPYIDAW: India’s prime minister held talks with Myanmar’s president Monday in a historic visit aimed at boosting trade and energy links and contesting the influence of regional rival China. Manmohan Singh, the first Indian premier to visit Myanmar in a quarter of a century, was greeted with a guard of honour as he met President Thein Sein in the capital Naypyidaw. Energy-hungry India is eyeing a ra ...

  KATHMANDU: Three parties quit Nepal’s Maoist-led government on Monday as the Himalayan republic slipped deeper into crisis after the prime minister called elections following the failure to agree on a new constitution aimed at ending years of instability. Prime Minister Baburam Bhattarai has called for Nov 22 elections to resolve the constitutional impasse, sparking a backlash from politicians and Ne ...

  DHAKA: The chief of Bangladesh’s largest Islamic party and one of his deputies were indicted Monday for alleged crimes against humanity committed during the 1971 independence war against Pakistan. A special tribunal set up by the government to deal with charges of crimes against humanity indicted Matiur Rahman Nizami, the chief of the Jamaat-e-Islami party, on 16 charges, including genocide and murde ...

  DAMASCUS: UN-Arab League peace envoy Kofi Annan said he was “shocked” at the weekend’s “tragic events” in the central Syrian town ofHoulaas he arrived inDamascuson Monday for talks with top officials. He said those responsible for the killing in Houla of at least 108 people on Friday and Saturday must be held accountable and called on “everyone with a gun” in Syria to hear his message of peace so tha ...

  Najaf Ali Staff Reporter KARACHI: SHC issued notice on submitted petitions that challenged the ruling decision of National Assembly Speaker Fehmida Mirza on Prime Minister Gilani’s conviction by the apex court here on Monday. Petitioner Maulvi Iqbal Haider failed petition in SHC against the speaker’s decision and impealded Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani, Speaker National Assembly Dr Fehmida Mirza ...

KARACHI - Two people, including an activist of the Muttahida Qaumi Movement, were killed in the ongoing spree of violence in the metropolis on Sunday.Body of man was recovered from Memon Society, Lyari. Identified as 28-year-old Shahid, son of Zikariya, a resident of Nippier area, the victim was kidnapped from Lea Market in Kharadar area when he went there to meet one of his friends on Saturday. Doctors at ...