Rohingya Muslims from Myanmar tried to cross the Naf River into Bangladesh to escape sectarian violence. It is expected that the Myanmar government will prepare the ground for solidarity, national unity and [asserting the] rights of Muslims in the country and that it will avert violence and a human catastrophe in this regard.” Iran's Foreign Ministry Spokesman Ramin Mehmanparast   Iran's Foreign Minist ...

Bomb was placed in an empty plot near the Super Highway. KARACHI: The Bomb Disposal Squad on Monday defused a bomb placed in an empty plot near Super Highway in Karachi. The plot was located near the Rangers’ Sachal Wing headquarters. The bomb carried 12 kilograms of explosives as well as ball bearings and was made in an oil canister. A Rangers official said that it is too early to comment on whether the bo ...

Activist Ahmed Abdul Khaleq The United Arab Emirates has stripped an activist of citizenship and deported him to Thailand over his online campaign for reform in the Persian Gulf littoral state. According to the London-based Emirates Center for Human Rights, Ahmed Abdul Khaleq was deported on Monday on a Comoros Islands passport arranged by UAE authorities. Abdul Khaleq and four others, including blogger and ...

South African Home Affairs Minister Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma attends the Southern African Development Community (SADC) Extraordinary Ministerial Meeting at Cape Town International Convention Centre on February 12, 2011, in Cape Town. The African Union (AU) has elected South African Home Affairs Minister, Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma as its new leader - the first woman to hold the position. The former wife of South ...

An Iranian naval ship fires a Mehrab missile during the Velayat-90 naval drill in the Strait of Hormuz, southern Iran, January 1, 2012 Iran’s Navy Commander Rear Admiral Habibollah Sayyari says the Islamic Republic has control over the region and maintains its security. The security of the region is maintained because of the power of the Islamic Republic of Iran's establishment, Rear Admiral Sayyari said on ...

Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes have called it quits. A five-year old marriage and a six-year-old daughter later, here's a look at TomKat's happy journey. Tom Cruise, 50, tied the knot with Katie Holmes, 33, in a storybook Italian castle in November 2006. Unfortunately, their fairytale romance has ended. Tom Cruise didn’t have to fork out a lump sum in his divorce settlement with Katie Holmes, but he will pay h ...

Supreme Court of Pakistan. ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court on Monday resumed the hearing in the case involving alleged disbursement of millions among anti-PPP politicians by the political cell of Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) before the 1990 general election. A bench of the apex court comprising Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry, Justice Jawwad S. Khawaja and Justice Khilji Arif Hussain was hearing ...

Sylvester Stallone's  36-year-old son Sage was found dead. It has been revealed that Sylvester Stallone’s son Sage’s Facebook account had been updated with photos 17 hours before his body was found, dismissing earlier claims that he may have been dead for several days before his body was discovered in his Hollywood Hills home on Friday. Lawyer and longtime friend George Braunstein made the revelation adding ...

A variety of logos hover above the Microsoft booth on the opening day of the International Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas. Software giant Microsoft has parted company with NBC News, pulling out of their joint venture MSNBC to launch its own online news service, NBC News announced Sunday. Moving on "allows us to go out and innovate," Bob Visse, general manager of MSN.com, told NBC news, confirm ...

UN-Arab League envoy to Syria Kofi Annan (R) and Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov attend a meeting on Syria in Geneva, June 30, 2012. UN-Arab League envoy to Syria Kofi Annan is due in Moscow for talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin and Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on the current situation in Syria. Annan is due to arrive in the Russian capital on Monday. Annan and the Russian officials will ...