MOSCOW: Russia’s newest ballistic missile submarine, Project 955 Borey class boat Yury Dolgoruky, will be handed over to the fleet in September. “The formal signing of the handover of the Yury Dolgoruky to the defence ministry will take place in September,” a source at the United Shipbuilding Corporation said Friday. The boat has completed a range of sea trials including a firing of a Bulava ballistic missi ...

WASHINGTON: The Obama Administration has publicly expressed its displeasure over world leaders attending the summit meeting of the Non-Aligned Movement in Tehran. “This is an organization that we’re not a member of. Our point is simply that Tehran, given its number of grave violations of international law and UN obligations, does not seem to be the appropriate place,” the State Department spokesperson, Vict ...

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf said Friday that democracy is the way to govern any country and a strong parliament will lead to strong institutions. Addressing a check distributing ceremony for Wasila -e- Haq program under the Benazir Income Support Programme on Friday Prime Minister Ashraf said democracy was the solution to all problems. He added that the situation in the country could only b ...

ISLAMABAD: Hundreds Muslims Friday vowed to continue offering sacrifices to liberate Qibla-e-Awal from the Zionists’ clutches. Protestors assembled here after Juma tul-vida to mark Al-Quds Day and took out a rally under the aegis of Majlis Wehdat-e-Muslimeen (MWM) and Imamia Students Organization (ISO) here from Markazi Jamia Masjid Isna Ashri G-6/2 and culminated at D-Chowk Blue Area. They were holding ban ...

ISLAMABAD: The Muslims across the country, and world over, observed Jumat-ul-Wida, last Friday of the holy month of Ramadan with religious reverence and zeal. Strict security measures were adopted across the country for the Friday prayers. Police and security agencies ensured strict security measures at all mosques on the occasion of Jumat-ul-Wida, the last Friday of holy month of Ramadan. Police and law en ...

International Correspondent TEHRAN: Iran has exported 4,368 gigawatt hours (GWh) of electricity so far in the current Iranian year, which began on March 20, showing 45.4 percent rise compared to the same period last year, Iranian media reported. Iran had ranked first in the Middle East in terms of electricity generation, an official with Iran Power Development Company said.. Mahmoud Dashtbozorg told Iranian ...

LONDON: Britain will not allow Julian Assange safe passage out of the country, Foreign Secretary William Hague said after Ecuador granted the Wikileaks founder political asylum. British authorities will continue to seek Assange’s extradition to Sweden, Hague said Thursday. “Assange having exhausted all options of appeal, the British authorities are under a binding obligation to extradite him, Xinhua quoted ...

ISLAMABAD, Aug 17: Rehman Malik says all terrorist activities initiate from North Waziristan Agency. Talking to media Friday Interior Minister Rehman Malik said North Waziristan was the hub of terrorism. ...

RIYADH, Aug 17: It's official now: Muslims in the UAE and Saudi Arabia will celebrate Eid Al Fitr on Sunday as Shawal moon has not been sighted in the kingdom, authorities said. A noted UAE astronomer had predicted last week that Eid Al Fitr will fall on Sunday 19th August. ...

TOKYO, Aug 17: Japan on Friday sent home the first group of Chinese activists detained after landing on an island claimed by both Tokyo and Beijing, a move China welcomed but at the same time warned its neighbour against any further escalation in tension. ...