French gendarme who traded places with hostage is dead: minister
PARIS March 24 (TNS): The French gendarme who voluntarily took the place of a hostage during a deadly supermarket siege in southwestern France on...
Canadian doctors protest pay raise, want their money to be given to nurses, patients
Toronto March 9 (TNS): Hundreds of Canadian doctors, medical specialists and residents, as well as medical students, have signed a petition protesting their own...
Monsoon floods and landslides threaten 100,000 Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh
Bangladesh March 12 (TNS): The Rohingya refugees who live in shacks clinging to these steep, denuded hills in southern Bangladesh pray that the sandbags...
Movie Review: Bareilly Ki Barfi is just a tepid romance
MUMBAI Aug 21 (TNS): Bitti Sharma is a puzzle. She lives in an insignificant town, works in a grimy government office and her first...
Turkey denounces US ‘terror army’ plan for Syrian border
Ankara, Jan. 16 (TNS): Key powers involved in Syria's civil war have criticised US plans to help an allied Kurdish-led militia set up a...
No coalition funds for Pakistan: say US officials
Washington, Dec. 6 (TNS): US has no plans of lifting the freeze on coalition funds for Pakistan, US media quoting officials reported.
According to a...
Ambassador Javed Malik meets Bahrain Parliamentary speaker
MANAMA Jan 15 (TNS): Pakistan's Ambassador to Bahrain Javed Malik met with Speaker of Bahrain Parliament Ahmed bin Ibrahim Al-Mullah in Manama.
Deputy Speaker, Ali...
Japan killing spree ‘lasted two months’
Japan prides itself on its low crime rate, but it is no stranger to high-profile violent crimes
TOKYO Nov 01 (TNS): A Japanese man,...
UN chief urges global action to end violence against women
UNITED NATIONS, Nov 23 (TNS):Achieving gender equality and the full empowerment of women is the answer to ending violence against women, United Nations Secretary-General...
Czechs seek Pakistan agreement over convicted citizens
Prague, March 18 (TNS): The Czech ministry of Justice said it has concluded a first round of successful talks aimed at sealing an agreement...
