London:Britain’s police are investigating reports that a gang claiming to be Islamic vigilantes have been confronting members of the public and demanding they give up alcohol and women cover their flesh in their ‘Muslim area’. The hooded men, who call themselves Muslim Patrol, have been filmed wa

Jakarta, Indonesia (CNN) -- Heavy flooding in the Indonesian capital this week has killed 12 people, driven thousands from their homes and paralyzed the sprawling city -- and officials are warning that more water is on its way. Caused by unusually strong monsoon rains, the flood waters -- often c

DAMASCUS: More than 100 civilians have been killed in a new “massacre” in Syria, a watchdog said yesterday, as Russia slammed the United States for blaming deadly blasts at a university campus on the Damascus regime. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said the deaths came when the army on Tues

    [caption id="attachment_22308" align="aligncenter" width="450"] rounds crew wave at an All Nippon Airways Boeing 787 Dreamliner as it departs San Jose International Airport for Tokyo in San Jose, California in this file photo taken January 11, 2013.Credit: Reuters/Robert Galbrait

Dubai: It’s show time in Islamabad with Dr Tahirul Qadri emerging as an unlikely avenger of the Pakistani people’s discontent with poverty, a crippling power crisis and a corrupt political system. The Pakistan’s Supreme Court’s ruling on the second day of his "long march" to arrest Prime Minister

[caption id="attachment_22172" align="alignnone" width="217"] LOC-Poonch[/caption] JAMMU/ NEW DELHI: It was all quiet at the Line of Control (LoC) after Indian and Pakistan forces agreed not to violate the ceasefire, army sources said on Thursday. There was no incident of firing reported from

CAIRO: At least 22 people were killed yesterday when a 12-story building collapsed in the Egyptian coastal city of Alexandria, Health Ministry said. Another 11 people were injured, deputy health minister Mohammed Al-Sharkawi told AFP. More people were trapped under the rubble and were calling out

Islamabad: A populist cleric Wednesday urged Pakistani politicians to join tens of thousands taking part in the largest protest in Islamabad for years, ratcheting up the pressure on the government to step down. In a three-and-a-half hour speech delivered from behind bulletproof glass, Tahir-ul Qa

Pakistan's stock exchange fell by nearly three percent after news of the court order, highlighting anxiety over political uncertainty. The cleric, Muhammad Tahirul Qadri, threatened to remain camped out near the federal parliament with thousands of supporters until his demands were met. Qadri rec

A military train carrying recruits has derailed south of Egypt's capital Cairo, killing at least 17 people and injuring another 103, officials said. The train was travelling to an army camp in Cairo when it came off the tracks in the Badrashin area of Giza. It is not yet known what caused the

(CNN) -- Former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, who is serving a life sentence for his role in the killings of peaceful protesters during the revolution that eventually deposed him, will get a new trial. Mubarak and his former Interior Minister Habib al-Adly had appealed their life sentences. A

An influential Pakistani religious leader was to lead thousands of supporters out of Lahore on Sunday LAHORE: An influential Pakistani religious leader was to lead thousands of supporters out of Lahore on Sunday, kicking off a protest march on the capital to demand key reforms before looming electi

[caption id="attachment_21494" align="aligncenter" width="620"] Internet activist Aaron Swartz poses for a photo in Miami Beach. Swartz was found dead in his apartment, according to Ellen Borakove, spokeswoman for New York's medical examiner.- AP[/caption] New York : A co-founder of Reddit and ac

Described Law School months universitiesAmerican Harvard "verse 135 of Surat women as the greatest expressions of justice in the world and throughout history, and engraved verse on the opposite wall of the main entrance of the college, a wall dedicated to the most important phrases spoken for justic

[caption id="attachment_21148" align="alignnone" width="129"] BeijingAirPollution[/caption] BEIJING: Air pollution readings in China's notoriously polluted capital were at dangerously high levels for the second straight day Saturday, with hazy skies blocking visibility and authorities urging peop

[caption id="attachment_21012" align="aligncenter" width="580"] wiss firefighters stand beside a demolished RE 440 coach after a train crash in the northern Swiss town of Neuhausen am Rheinfall on Thursday. (Reuters)[/caption] GENEVA: Two passenger trains collided at a train station in northern S

WASHINGTON: President Barack Obama Friday said NATO troops would speed up a transfer of lead security responsibility to Afghan forces this spring, in a sign the pace of US troop withdrawals could quicken. After meeting President Hamid Karzai to chart Afghanistan’s future, Obama insisted the Unite

The number of Syrian refugees registered in neighbouring countries and North Africa has jumped by more than 100,000 in the past month to over 600,000,the UN’s refugee body said on Friday. The UN High Commissioner for Refugees said that as of Thursday, 612,134 Syrians had either been registered as