China’s state television has announced that the country has launched its latest manned space mission and sent its first woman into space. The Shenzhou-9 rocket was launched on Saturday from the Jiuquan spaceport on the edge of the northwestern Gobi desert. China’s first female astronaut, Liu Yang, along with two male astronauts is heading to the Tiangong space lab. She will conduct aerospace medical experim ...

Police arrest suspected culprits, kill one bandit during an encounter. KARACHI: Two people were killed, in the ongoing incidents of violence and target killing in Karachi. Police arrested the suspected culprits in a target operation in the areas of Essa Nagri and Purani Sabzimandi. Unidentified people kidnapped a youngster, shot him dead and fled away after leaving behind his body near Mirza Adam Khan road ...

File photo of armed rebels in Syria The deputy chairman of the Turkish Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) says Turkey’s interference in the internal affairs of Syria serves the interests of the United States and Israel. Oktay Vural said in a press conference in Ankara on June 14 that Turkey’s interference in Syria is aimed at ensuring the security of Israel. Vural also stated that Washington is seeking to get ...

Memo commission says they found no evidence which proved Zardari was involved in the memo. ISLAMABAD: The Memogate Commission in its findings has exonerated President Asif Ali Zardari from any direct involvement in the memo scandal. The commission conceded in its final report, presented before a larger bench of the Supreme Court that “no evidence was produced before us that would indicate that the President ...

Saudi Crown Prince Nayef bin Abdul Aziz died at the age of 79 outside the kingdom on June 16, 2012. Saudi Arabia’s state TV says 79-year-old Crown Prince Nayef bin Abdul Aziz, who was recently receiving medical treatment, has “died outside the kingdom.” The state TV announced the death of Nayef, the half brother of Saudi King Abdullah, after a statement was issued by the Saudi royal court on Saturday. The f ...

Blast affected nearby shops, including one of gas cylinders that blew up, setting shops on fire. LANDIKOTAL: At least 26 people were killed and 57 others injured when an enormous blast ripped through a local market in Khyber Agency on Saturday. APA Landi Kotal Khalid Khan confirmed the casualties. According to sources, the blast took place in a passenger vehicle which had 5kg explosives planted in it. Offic ...

Bahraini regime forces have attacked protesters holding a demonstration against the ruling Al Khalifa family in the northwestern village of Diraz ...

Syrian pro-government supporters An opinion poll in Turkey shows the majority of Turks are opposed to their country intervening militarily in Syria, which has been hit by a deadly unrest. Fifty-seven percent of Turks are against Ankara taking military action in Syria, a poll conducted by the Center for Economic and Foreign Policy Studies (EDAM), an Istanbul-based think-tank, found on Friday. The survey also ...

Syrian armed rebels (file photo) The United States is reportedly considering providing heavy weapons to Syrian armed groups after meetings between anti-Damascus rebels and senior US government officials. Syrian militants have held meetings with senior US officials in Washington and asked for heavy weapons, including surface-to-air missiles, to escalate their fight against the government of President Bashar ...

Yemeni demonstrators Thousands of Yemenis have hit the streets across the country, saying they will continue the struggle until the victory of the revolution. On Friday, massive demonstrations were held in the capital Sana’a, the northern city of Sa’ada, and the southern city of Taiz, where protesters shouted slogans denouncing US and Israeli meddling in their country’s internal affairs and demanded that th ...