TOKYO: Despite the ban from EU, the parliament of Japan has given the approval to accept the government’s guarantee on insurance for importing crude oil from Iran . The decision  of the parliament would pave the  way for oil purchase for Japan from Iran.The law will take effect on June 27, a government official said on Tuesday. It allows the Japanese government, which has succeeded in getting a waiver from ...

WIMBLEDON: Novak Djokovic and Maria Sharapova have been installed as the top seeds at Wimbledon, which starts next Monday from the venerable All England Club. Djokovic, the defending men's champion, is followed by reigning French Open champ Rafael Nadal, six-time Wimbledon winner Roger Federer and British favorite Andy Murray. Nadal beat Djokovic in the final at Roland Garros earlier this month, ending the ...

Sports Reporter KARACHI: AGA Khan Gym Senior won the Agha Sports T-20 Tournament title after beating Bank Islami Pakistan by 33 Runs yester day at AKG Ground Chief Guest President PDCA Salim Along with Guest of Honour Rameez Ghaziani Cricket Conunier `AKG Zulfiqar P.Khan, Former Test  Cricketer Ali Hussain Rizvi , Chief Orgnizer Naeem Madhani , Media Coordinator Muhammad Nizam distributed the prizes among t ...

LAHORE: Pakistan's chief selector Iqbal Qasim has said the panel will discuss Younis Khan's ODI future with him after the completion of the ongoing tour of Sri Lanka. Younis was left out of the fifth one-dayer, which Pakistan lost to concede the series 3-1, after making only 10 runs in three innings in Sri Lanka. Younis, 34, was dismissed for 5, 4 and 1 in the ODIs, falling to Thisara Perera twice and Nuwan ...

LAHORE: Shahid Afridi, the Pakistan allrounder, has said that he may consider retiring from ODI cricket to give selectors a chance to build a strong, young team for the 2015 World Cup being held in Australia and New Zealand. Afridi struggled, with both bat and ball, in the ODI series against Sri Lanka, scoring just 28 runs from four innings and picking up three wickets. He said that he would reassess his fu ...

  LONDON: Myanmar's opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi announced in Britain on Tuesday that she was prepared to take the helm as the leader of her people, the strongest signal yet she saw herself as someone who could lead her country one day. Myanmar's then-ruling junta freed the Oxford-educated Nobel Peace Prize laureate from house arrest in 2010, ushering in a period of reform and enabling her to tra ...

  LOS ANGELES: Long-time Hollywood couple Johnny Depp and French singer/actress Vanessa Paradis have agreed to separate "amicably," a publicist for the US star said. The "Pirates of the Caribbean" star and Gallic star have been together for 14 years, but rumors of trouble have circulated for more than a year, leading to Paradis denying a split in January. "Johnny Depp and Vanessa Paradis have amicably ...

  ATHENS: Greece on Wednesday was close to forming a coalition to revise an unpopular EU-IMF bailout deal and pull the country out of a harrowing recession that has doomed its economic recovery efforts. After two months of inertia and two elections within six weeks, the struggling eurozone member badly needs to get back on track with reforms promised for an international bailout that has kept it alive ...

      KABUL: At least eleven Afghans, eight civilians and three policemen, have been killed and several others injured in an attack on a joint Afghan-NATO convey in Afghanistan’s eastern city of Khost. The attack took place on Wednesday after a bomber riding a motorbike attacked the joint patrol passing through the town, Afghan Interior Ministry said. NATO confirmed there have been some casua ...

MUMBAI: Kareena Kapoor and Priyanka Chopra have had been friends long time back before Aitraaz happened. Apparently, after the movie released and Priyanka walked away with all the accolades, a rift occurred between the two friends. But now it seems they have learned to forgive and forget as Kareena claims Priyanka is no competition. Now we know this line can be misconstrued as Kareena being pompous about th ...