News Archives for Latest - 2017-01-08

General News

CM visits residence of Zohra Bibi, gives cheque of Rs.1.0mn

LAHORE: Chief Minister Punjab Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif visited Tibbi Kambovan Kasur on Sunday and offered condolences with the family of 60 year old Zohra Bibi who died few days ago due to non-provision of appropriate medical facilities at Jinnah Hospital

Published 08 Jan, 2017 07:41pm

Pakistan Top News

President urges litterateurs to expose extremists' irreligious, inhuman acts

ISLAMABAD: President Mamnoon Hussain Sunday urged the writers and poets to analyze the issue of extremism in their literary works to apprise the people of the menace as the brutality shown by some ill minds had no room in religion, humanity as well as civ

Published 08 Jan, 2017 07:38pm

World Top News

Imran afraid of Maryam Nawaz: Marriyum Aurangzeb

ISLAMABAD: Minister of State for Information, Broadcasting and National Heritage Marriyum Aurangzeb said on Sunday Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan was afraid of Maryam Nawaz.

Published 08 Jan, 2017 07:35pm

Front Top News

PM declares year-2017 as Zarb-e-Qalam: Irfan

ISLAMABAD: Advisor to the Prime Minister on National History and Literary Heritage Irfan Siddiqui Sunday said Prime Minister Muhammad Nawaz Sharif had declared the year-2017 as a year of Zarb-e-Qalam to highlight soft image of the country.

Published 08 Jan, 2017 07:35pm

General News

Asif Zardari elected as PPPP President

ISLAMABAD: Asif Ali Zardari on Sunday was elected as President of Pakistan Peoples Party Parliamentarians (PPPP).

Published 08 Jan, 2017 07:34pm

World Top News

Missing child maid recovered from Islamabad's suburbs: Police

ISLAMABAD: Islamabad Police and law enforcement agencies on Sunday recovered Tayyaba, who was allegedly tortured while working as maid at the residence of an additional sessions judge, from rural area of the Federal Capital.

Published 08 Jan, 2017 07:33pm

Pakistan Top News

Outgoing Ambassador Jilani lauds Pakistani American community for support

WASHINGTON: Pakistan's outgoing ambassador to the United States, Jalil Abbas Jilani, has lauded the role of Pakistani American community for their support and cooperation that helped in achieving results in several areas of bilateral relations between

Published 08 Jan, 2017 07:27pm

General News

No polio case surfaces in Punjab during last year: Minister

LAHORE: Minister for Primary and Secondary Healthcare Khawaja Imran Imran Nazir on Sunday said no new polio case surfaced in Punjab during last one year.

Published 08 Jan, 2017 07:26pm

General News

Khawaja Asif listens to public complaints at open kutchery

SIALKOT: Federal Minister for Defence, Water and Power Khwaja Muhammad Asif Sunday held an open kutchery at PML-N House Paris Road, Sialkot.

Published 08 Jan, 2017 07:24pm

Middle East

Signs suggest truck driver who killed four soldiers supported Islamic State-Israeli PM

JERUSALEM: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Sunday a Palestinian truck driver who rammed a group of soldiers in Jerusalem, killing four and wounding 15 others, was likely a supporter of Islamic State.

Published 08 Jan, 2017 07:13pm

Middle East

Egyptians unimpressed by Sisi's promise of economic recovery

CAIRO: Egyptians have been assured by their president that the country's battered economy will pick up in six months and they are coping "brilliantly" with austerity.

Published 08 Jan, 2017 07:09pm

North America

Trump accepts US intelligence on Russia hacking, top aide says

WASHINGTON: President-elect Donald Trump accepts the US intelligence community's conclusion that Russia engaged in cyber attacks aimed at disrupting the presidential election and may take actions in response, his incoming chief of staff said on Sunday

Published 08 Jan, 2017 07:07pm

Middle East

Ghana's new president to name investment banker as finance minister

ACCRA: Ghana President Nana Akufo-Addo is likely to name investment banker Ken Ofori-Atta as finance minister, three sources close to the presidency told Reuters on Sunday.

Published 08 Jan, 2017 07:07pm

Football

Zaha provides assist for winner on debut

ABU DHABI: Substitute Wilfried Zaha provided the decisive cross on his Ivory Coast debut as the African champions beat Sweden 2-1 in a friendly international on Sunday.

Published 08 Jan, 2017 07:06pm

Football

Soccer-Roma, Lazio scrape home while Inter win again

MILAN: Second-placed AS Roma needed an unlucky own goal from Armando Izzo to beat Genoa 1-0 away in Serie A on Sunday and neighbours Lazio survived a controversial disallowed goal before snatching a last minute win over lowly Crotone.

Published 08 Jan, 2017 07:05pm

Football

Soccer-Klopp defends decision to rest 10 players

LONDON: Liverpool manager Juergen Klopp defended his decision to rest so many first-team players for Sunday's FA Cup tie at Anfield in which fourth-tier Plymouth Argyle forced a replay the Premier League club did not want.

Published 08 Jan, 2017 07:02pm

North America

Replacing, repealing Obamacare at same time 'ideal' -top Trump aide

WASHINGTON: Repealing and replacing the US Affordable Care Act in one action would be "ideal," but it "may take time" to get all elements of the heath care law's alternative ready, President-elect Donald Trump's incoming chief of staff said on Sun

Published 08 Jan, 2017 07:00pm

Europe

Paris boosts cycling infrastructure, names 2017 year of the bike

PARIS: Paris plans a major boost to its cycling infrastructure and will ban cars from outside the Louvre museum as it steps up its fight against traffic pollution, the mayor said on Sunday.

Published 08 Jan, 2017 06:14pm

North America

N. Korea's missile testing 'serious threat' to U.S

WASHINGTON: North Korea's nuclear weapons capabilities and ballistic missile defense programs constitute a "serious threat" to the United States, Defense Secretary Ash Carter said on Sunday.

Published 08 Jan, 2017 06:12pm

Europe

Germany's left parties set conditions for tie-up to threaten Merkel

BERLIN: Germany's left-leaning parties have set terms for forming a potential coalition after September's election in a tie-up that could replace conservative Chancellor Angela Merkel.

Published 08 Jan, 2017 06:11pm

Europe

Founder of Italy's 5-Star proposes divorce from UKIP in EU parliament

ROME: Italy's maverick 5-Star Movement should cut ties with the anti-European Union UK Independence Party (UKIP) and consider hooking up with the Liberals in the European Parliament, 5-Star founder Beppe Grillo said on Sunday.

Published 08 Jan, 2017 06:10pm

Middle East

Former Iran president Rafsanjani dies of heart attack-state media

DUBAI: Former Iranian president Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani died in hospital in Tehran where he was taken after suffering a heart attack on Sunday, state media reported.

Published 08 Jan, 2017 06:09pm

Middle East

Iran's Rouhani clashes with judiciary in run-up to vote

TEHRAN: Iran's President Hassan Rouhani has clashed with the country's powerful and conservative judiciary, in a rare public row as tensions rise ahead of this year's presidential election.

Published 08 Jan, 2017 06:08pm

Europe

UK will have 'control over borders' after Brexit: PM

LONDON: Prime Minister Theresa May insisted on Sunday that Britain will have "control over our borders" after Brexit, suggesting she would be prepared to quit Europe's trading zone to achieve it.

Published 08 Jan, 2017 06:06pm

North America

Obama admits underestimating impact of Russian hacking

WASHINGTON: President Barack Obama admitted Sunday that he "underestimated" the impact misinformation and hacking could have on democracies, a remark that follows an intelligence report on Russian meddling in the US presidential vote.

Published 08 Jan, 2017 06:06pm

Sports

Tennis: Bautista Agut beats Medvedev to win Chennai Open

CHENNAI: Second seed Roberto Bautista Agut of Spain humbled Daniil Medvedev with a straight-sets victory on Sunday to take his first Chennai Open title, kicking off the new ATP season in style.

Published 08 Jan, 2017 06:05pm

Football

Football: Ronaldo tipped for 2016 FIFA award

PARIS: Following his success in Ballon d'Or, the Portugal and Real Madrid star Cristiano Ronaldo is set to add another garland -- the Best FIFA Men's Player -- on Monday in Zurich.

Published 08 Jan, 2017 06:04pm

Football

Football: Two-goal Perisic rescues Inter at Udinese

MILAN: Ivan Perisic scored twice including a late winner as Inter Milan began the New Year with a 2-1 comeback win at Udinese to move up to sixth in Serie A on Sunday.

Published 08 Jan, 2017 06:03pm

Financial

Egypt's pound strengthens at banks as demand from importers eases

CAIRO: The Egyptian pound strengthened slightly at banks as demand for dollars by importers eased, bankers told Reuters on Sunday.

Published 08 Jan, 2017 03:47pm

Energy

Iranian oil firm NIOC names new international affairs head

DUBAI: State-run National Iranian Oil Company (NIOC) has named Saeid Khoshrou as its new director of international affairs, the Iranian oil ministry's news website SHANA said on Sunday.

Published 08 Jan, 2017 03:45pm

Europe

British PM May denies her Brexit strategy is muddled

LONDON: British Prime Minister Theresa May said on Sunday she would set out her strategy for Brexit over the coming weeks, denying suggestions she was "muddled" in the pursuit of what she called the right relationship with the EU.

Published 08 Jan, 2017 03:44pm

Industry

Hebei to cut 31.86mn tonnes of steel and iron capacity in 2017

SHANGHAI: China's biggest steelmaking province Hebei plans to slash 31.

Published 08 Jan, 2017 03:42pm

Commodities

Egypt's GASC postpones tender for raw sugar

DHABI: Egypt's state-owned buyer, the General Authority for Supply Commodities (GASC), said on Sunday it had postponed a tender for 50,000 tonnes of raw sugar.

Published 08 Jan, 2017 03:39pm

Commodities

Egypt, world's largest wheat buyer, appoints new head of agriculture quarantine

CAIRO: Egypt, the world's largest wheat buyer, has appointed a new head to its agriculture quarantine agency, the body that last year threw the massive wheat buying programme into disarray when it tightened import regulations on a common wheat fungus.

Published 08 Jan, 2017 03:38pm

Europe

Britain's Queen Elizabeth makes first appearance after heavy cold

SANDRINGHAM: Britain's Queen Elizabeth made her first public appearance since before Christmas on Sunday as she recovered from a heavy cold that caused the 90-year-old monarch to miss Christmas and New Year church services.

Published 08 Jan, 2017 03:35pm

Asia

North Korea says can test-launch ICBM at any time

SEOUL: North Korea said on Sunday it can test launch an intercontinental ballistic missile at any time from any location set by leader Kim Jong Un, saying the United States' hostile policy is to blame for its arms development.

Published 08 Jan, 2017 03:32pm

Pakistan Top News

Suicide attacks kill 20 people in eastern Baghdad

BAGHDAD: Suicide bombs at two marketplaces in Baghdad, one of them claimed by Islamic State, killed at least 20 people on Sunday, police and medics said, the latest in a spate of militant attacks in the Iraqi capital that have left dozens dead.

Published 08 Jan, 2017 03:30pm

Financial

Yields ease on Egypt's three, nine-month T-bills in weekly auction

CAIRO: Yields on Egypt's three- and nine-month treasury bills eased at an auction on Sunday, central bank data showed.

Published 08 Jan, 2017 03:28pm

Europe

Former PM Valls loses lead over Montebourg in Socialist primaries

PARIS: Former French prime minister Manuel Valls has lost his lead over leftist opponent Arnaud Montebourg ahead of the Socialist primaries, an Ifop poll, published by the weekly Journal du Dimanche, showed on Sunday.

Published 08 Jan, 2017 03:26pm

Financial

Gulf mostly rises but Saudi slides; foreigners sell in Egypt

DUBAI: Most Gulf stock markets rose on Sunday on the back of firm oil prices and global equities, but profit-taking in sectors including petrochemicals pulled down Saudi Arabia.

Published 08 Jan, 2017 03:23pm

Front Top News

At least four dead in Palestinian truck-ramming attack in Jerusalem: police

JERUSALEM: A Palestinian rammed his truck into a group of Israeli soldiers on a popular promenade in Jerusalem on Sunday, killing four people and injuring about 15 others in a deliberate attack, police and emergency services said.

Published 08 Jan, 2017 03:21pm

North America

Republican senators urge Trump to embrace findings on Russia hacking

WASHINGTON: Two senior Republican senators urged President-elect Donald Trump to punish Russia in response to US intelligence agencies' conclusion that President Vladimir Putin personally directed efforts aimed at influencing the outcome of the Novemb

Published 08 Jan, 2017 03:13pm

World

New Brazil prison clash leaves at least 4 dead in Amazon region

SAO PAULO: A new prison uprising in Brazil early on Sunday left four dead, adding to the chaos in Brazil's penitentiary system that has left almost 100 inmates killed in the past week in a gang war.

Published 08 Jan, 2017 03:13pm

World Top News

Iraqi forces reach east bank of Tigris in Mosul: Iraqi officer

MOSUL: Iraqi special forces reached the eastern bank of the Tigris river in Mosul on Sunday for the first time in a US-backed assault on Islamic State, and clashed with militants near a historic site in the city, military officials said.

Published 08 Jan, 2017 03:10pm

North America

US congressmen question Trump on US-Russia friendship

WASHINGTON: The top Republican and Democrat on the House of Representatives Intelligence Committee on Sunday cast doubt on whether Russia can become an ally of the United States, an idea President-elect Donald Trump has embraced.

Published 08 Jan, 2017 03:05pm

Football

Wily Renard bids to outfox opponents again at Nations Cup

CAPE TOWN: Morocco coach Herve Renard will chase a unique achievement at this year's African Nations Cup finals as he seeks to win the continental championship for a third time with three different countries.

Published 08 Jan, 2017 03:02pm

Pakistan Top News

French FM to bolster 'strategic partnership' with India visit

NEW DELHI: French Foreign Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault began a four-day visit to India with a meeting Sunday with Prime Minister Narendra Modi to bolster the "strategic partnership" between the two countries.

Published 08 Jan, 2017 11:07am

Industry

Iran to receive first Airbus plane in days

TEHRAN: Iran is to take possession of the first aircraft this week in a huge order from Airbus placed after the lifting of international sanctions, state carrier Iran Air said Sunday.

Published 08 Jan, 2017 11:04am

Financial

UAE markets rise in early trade, rest of Gulf little changed

DUBAI: United Arab Emirates stock markets rose in early trade on Sunday, boosted by local retail investors' buying stocks priced below 1 dirham, while most other Gulf bourses moved little.

Published 08 Jan, 2017 10:22am

World

China is confident economy grew 6.7pc in 2016

SHANGHAI: China is confident to have reached an economic growth of 6.

Published 08 Jan, 2017 10:20am

Business & Economy

Pakistan's once-booming textile industry struggles to bounce back

FAISALABAD: As Pakistan slowly emerges from a long-term power crisis, its once booming textile sector is scrambling to find its feet -- but high energy costs and a decade lost to competitors mean recovery is far from assured.

Published 08 Jan, 2017 08:18am

Industry

Volkswagen to recall around 50,000 cars in China

BEIJING: German carmaker Volkswagen will recall almost 50,000 vehicles in China due to brake problems when using cruise control, according to the country's quality regulator.

Published 08 Jan, 2017 08:18am

Cricket

Anderson powers N.Zealand to T20 sweep

MOUNT MAUNGANUI: Corey Anderson bludgeoned 94 off just 41 balls as New Zealand beat Bangladesh by 27 runs in the third Twenty20 at Bay Oval on Sunday to sweep the series.

Published 08 Jan, 2017 08:15am

Cricket

Hazlewood rested for first Pakistan one-dayer

SYDNEY: Key paceman Josh Hazlewood will be rested from Australia's first one-day international against Pakistan this week after his starring role in the Test series sweep, coach Darren Lehmann said Sunday.

Published 08 Jan, 2017 08:12am

Pakistan Top News

COAS Bajwa sells China investment deal in remote Balochistan

KHUZDAR: The dusty desert city of Khuzdar in southwestern Pakistan has no hospital and no commercial flights into its tiny airport, but government officials who visited recently spoke in glowing terms of its future as a hub of commerce.

Published 08 Jan, 2017 07:20am

Sports

Kuznetsova opens Sydney defence with win, seeds withdraw

SYDNEY: Svetlana Kuznetsova opened the defence of her Sydney International title with a comfortable 6-1 6-4 victory over Irina-Camelia Begu on Sunday as the Australian Open warm-up event suffered a pair of big-name withdrawals.

Published 08 Jan, 2017 07:19am

World Top News

Car bomb in eastern Baghdad kills 12, wounds dozens

BAGHDAD: A car bomb blast killed at least 12 people and wounded 50 others at a vegetable market in eastern Baghdad on Sunday, police and medical sources said.

Published 08 Jan, 2017 07:15am

Front Top News

Trump has economic grace period, despite uncertainties

WASHINGTON: Donald Trump has not yet taken office, but he is already boasting that his election has restored confidence in the American economy, boosted confidence and saved jobs.

Canadian light oil producers are in a better position than oil sands heavyweights to benefit from the cautious optimism trickling into the energy industry, thanks to improvements in operating efficiency and two years of steep cost cutting. Companies inclu