QUETTA: The bullet-riddled body of a journalist was found dumped in a deserted area near Turbat city in Kech district on Saturday morning. At least 17 journalists have been killed in Balochistan during the last three years. Correspondent said that he had been kidnapped from near his house on Friday evening and had been missing since then. Gul’s body was found near Singani Sar area close to the Old Civil Hos ...

South Sudan says it will bring back its forces to disputed southern border region of Abyei if Sudan Armed Forces (SAF) do not leave the area. "If the Sudan Armed Forces are refusing to get out of Abyei, they must be forced out. Otherwise the Republic of South Sudan will have the right to move back its forces into Abyei," South Sudan Minister for Information and Government spokesman Barnaba Marial Benjamin s ...

The number of students and scholars in the university — 9,200 in 32 departments — shows Hazara University’s popularity in the region. MANSEHRA:The Hazara University Vice-Chancellor (VC) presented a budget proposal of Rs1.196 billion for the fiscal year 2012-3 here on Friday. Dr Syed Sakhawat Shah was presiding over the 18th session of the university’s finance committee at the garden campus. The proposal wou ...

Pitbull performs during the Latin Billboard Awards in Coral Gables. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky) Cuban-American rapper Pitbull was named as one of three pop songwriters of the year at the BMI Pop Music Awards, handed out each year by US performing rights organization Broadcast Music Inc. Pitbull shared the honour with American songwriter and producer Benny Blanco and American singer-songwriter Ester Dean, while ...

Defense Secretary Leon Panetta and and China's Minister of National Defense Gen. Liang Guanglie, speak during a news conference at the Pentagon, last week, in Washington.   A new Department of Defense report warns that not only is China responsible for many of the cyber attacks on U.S. military computer systems, but that the country continues to launch cyber operations that threaten the U.S. economy as ...

A US soldier accused of killing five fellow servicemen in Iraq in 2009 is to stand trial in a military court in Washington. The US military says Sergeant John Russell will appear before a court-martial, but no trial date has yet been set. "These charges result from an investigation into Sgt Russell's alleged shooting of five military personnel on May 11, 2009 at the Camp Liberty Combat Stress Center in Iraq ...

SAN FRANCISCO: Twitter will honour requests from users who do not want their online behaviour tracked, the company said on Thursday, in contrast with web companies such Google Inc and Facebook Inc whose business models rely heavily on collecting user data. Twitter said it will officially support “Do Not Track,” a standardised privacy initiative that has been heavily promoted by the US Federal Trade Commissi ...

A YouTube screenshot shows blind legal activist Chen Guangcheng. BEIJING: Blind Chinese legal activist Chen Guangcheng said on Saturday he has left a hospital in Beijing, where he has been for the past three weeks since he sought refuge in the US embassy, and was waiting at the airport. Chen said he believes he will be headed on a flight to the United States, but added he was still uncertain of it. The depa ...

Women say their reasons can be anything including emotional fulfilment, self esteem, romance. LONDON: A new study has suggested that when it comes to being sexually unfaithful while being away from home, women tend to rack up more lovers than men. The UK Adultery Survey 2012 found that once women decide to play away, they are far more likely to play the field in search of love. Research into the behaviour o ...

Zuckerberg marked the debut of his company's shares at the company's Silicon Valley campus, symbolically ringing the opening bell for stock trading on Friday morning. SAN FRANCISCO, USA: The historic initial public offering (IPO) of Facebook Inc did not go as planned on Friday, as the social networking company’s sky-high valuation combined with trading glitches left the stock languishing near its offering p ...