(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

Melbourne, Jan 10, 2013 (PTI): In a major breakthrough that could help millions of diabetics, Australian researchers have solved a 20-year mystery that could which could spell the end of daily injections. The new knowledge on how insulin works at a molecular level could be exploited to develop im

Sri Lanka recalled its envoy to Saudi Arabia after the execution of a Sri Lankan housemaid over the death of an infant in her care, the government said Thursday. The woman, Rizana Nafeek, was beheaded on Wednesday morning, inciting protests by hundreds of women in Sri Lanka. The Sri Lankan governmen

QUETTA, Pakistan — A series of bombings killed 115 people across Pakistan on Thursday, including 81 who died in twin blasts on a bustling billiards hall in a Shiite area of the southwestern city of Quetta. Pakistan’s minority Shiite Muslims have increasingly been targeted by radical Sunnis who co

A new traffic rule that bans speaking on phones while driving cars in China has sparked a frenzy among users to buy Bluetooth earphones online, resulting in many websites running out of stock. E-commerce websites like 360buy.com and Amazon China have sold out their stock of Bluetooth earphones, t

There are about 17 billion in the milky way — but the search for a 'goldilocks planet', just right to support life, goes on Los Angeles: Our Milky Way is home to at least 17 billion planets that are similar in size to Earth, a new estimate suggests. That’s more than two Earth-size planets for eve

  AMMAN, Jordan — The fiercest winter storm to hit the Mideast in years has unleashed deadly flash flooding in the West Bank, dumped a rare foot of snow on desert Jordan, and disrupted traffic on the Suez Canal in Egypt. The unusual weather was a particularly harsh blow for the vulnerable

WASHINGTON: The US has asked India and Pakistan to take steps to end the exchange of fire and resume normal trade and travel across the Line of Control. "We urge both sides to take steps to end exchanges of fire and to resume normal trade and travel across the line of control," State Department s

Former Ameer of Jamaat-e-Islami, Qazi Hussain Ahmed has been buried for eternal rest in his native village Ziarat Kaka Saheb Sunday. Earlier, the funeral prayer of veteran politician was offered here this day at Motorway Ring Road Chowk. Current Ameer of Jamat-e-Islami, Munawar Hassan lead the fu

BEIRUT (Reuters) – Syrian President Bashar al-Assad rejected peace talks with his enemies on Sunday in a defiant speech that his opponents described as a renewed declaration of war. Although the speech was billed as the unveiling of a new peace plan, Assad offered no concessions and even appeared

SHANGHAI: Temperatures in China have plunged to their lowest in almost three decades, cold enough to freeze coastal waters and trap 1,000 ships in ice, official media said at the weekend. Since late November the country has shivered at an average of minus 3.8 degrees celsius, 1.3 degrees cold