This file handout picture released from Tokyo Electric Power Co (TEPCO) on March 22, 2011 shows workers spraying water to cool down the spent nuclear fuel in the fourth reactor building at Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in the town of Okuma. It is clear that this accident was a man-made disaster.” Japanese parliamentary panel A Japanese parliamentary panel has found that the incident at Fukushima nuc ...

The PCB officials stand divided over selection for the mega event in September with Test and ODI captain Misbah’s inclusion one of the major issues. KARACHI: Pakistan’s World Twenty20 preparations have been marred by a selection dilemma as the board mulls over the 30-man preliminary squad for the mega event. The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) chief Ashraf, however, played down the proceedings, saying that the ...

Switzerland suspends arms shipments to the UAE over a report that Swiss hand grenades have ended up in the hands of militants groups in Syria. (File photo) Switzerland has decided to suspend arms shipments to the United Arab Emirates following a report that Swiss-made hand grenades are being used by armed gangs in Syria. The measure was taken on Wednesday after theSonntagszeitung newspaper published a photo ...

Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (R) and new Portuguese Ambassador to Iran Mario Fernando Damash Nunes meet in Tehran on January 4, 2012. The Iranian nation has suffered greatly from European countries such as 'the eight-year [Iraqi] imposed war, but it has never been after taking revenge.'" Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad   Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has reprimanded the European Uni ...

Container trucks are seen parked in Torkham, close to the Pakistan-Afghanistan border. ISLAMABAD:While the Taliban are “offended” at Pakistan’s decision to lift a ban on Nato supplies, they are also apparently “glad” about the development. The resumption of supply lines in Pakistan appears to be good news for the Afghan Taliban, as well as local militants, as the closure had deprived them of millions of dol ...

Turkey’s TCG Gediz warship A convoy of NATO warships has left the Turkish city of Istanbul for the Mediterranean Sea purportedly to carry out anti-terrorism operations in the region, a report says. According to a July 5 report published by the Turkish Hurriyet Daily, the Standing NATO Maritime Group 2 set off from Istanbul. The group consists of Turkey’s TCG Gediz, France’s Courbet and Germany’s Bayern wars ...

I strongly reject involvement of any state agency in acts of terrorism in India, says Pakistani foreign secretary. NEW DELHI: Pakistan rejected Thursday renewed Indian charges that Pakistani “state actors” were involved in planning and coordinating the 2008 Mumbai attacks that left 166 people dead. “I would very strongly reject any insinuation of any involvement of any state agency in acts of terrorism in I ...

An undated handout graphic distributed on July 4, 2012 by CERN that shows a representation of traces of a proton-proton collision measured in the search for the Higgs boson. We have reached a milestone in our understanding of nature." CERN director general Rolf Heuer Scientists at the world's largest nuclear research laboratory on the outskirts of Geneva along the Franco-Swiss border have announced the disc ...

A roadside bomb has struck a US-led Italian military convoy in Afghanistan’s Herat province. The attack comes a day after an Afghan soldier opened fire on US forces stationed in the central province of Wardak, leaving five soldiers injured. Earlier on Monday, an Afghan policeman turned his gun on US-led foreign troops in southern Afghanistan, killing three of them. ...