CAIRO: An Egyptian appeals court reduced the jail terms on Sunday for 23 young activists convicted of violating a law banning protests without a permit, judicial sources said. The arrest of the activists in June while they demonstrated against the law which tightly restricts protests was condemne

SURABAYA, INDONESIA:  The mystery of Indonesia's missing airliner was partly solved on Tuesday, when rescue teams retrieved and tallied a grim inventory of bodies and debris from the plane off the coast of southwestern Borneo. But it remained unknown what caused the plane, AirAsia Flight 8501, to

It’s a robot unlike any other, inspired by the world’s fastest land animal and controlled by video game technology. The robot, called the cheetah, can run on batteries at speeds of more than 16 kph, jump about 40 centimetres high, land safely and continue running for at least 15 minutes all while

Leaning in isn't just a metaphorical way to get ahead. It's also a legitimate way to portray good body language during a job interview. Job interviews are notorious tightrope walks. You want to be confident, but not obnoxious; intelligent but not a know-it-all. Trying to find a balance and also exp

NEW DELHI: Severe cold wave continued to wreak havoc across North India on Monday claiming 16 more lives in Uttar Pradesh alone, taking the death toll to 140. Most casualties were owing to cold-related deaths and accidents due to fog. Dense fog and icy winds were reported across UP hitting air, rail

Abu Dhabi: It’s good news for tenants in the capital as rents are likely to remain unchanged in 2015, realty experts told XPRESS. “In 2015, rents are likely to remain stable as demand for rental properties is well matched with existing supply of property units in the capital,” Andrea Menown, le

JAKARTA:  After a second day of searching without any confirmed sighting of wreckage, the Indonesian authorities on Monday sought to lower expectations about finding survivors from a missing AirAsia jet carrying 162 people. "We realize that we have to be prepared for the worst," Jusuf Kalla, Indo

NEW DELHI: Even as central investigators visited the bomb blast site in Bengaluru, probe has been expanded to several cities in search of possible leads into the Sunday attack in IT city. Some sources said there is indication that the dampness caused by the rain may have contributed to reduction

Xiaomi is reportedly preparing a Galaxy Note Edge-like smartphone with a dual-edge display, dubbed the Xiaomi Arch. According to GizmoChina on Saturday, a purported poster of the as-yet-unannounced Xiaomi Arch was spotted that called it the world's first phone with dual-edge display or dual-curve

BENGALURU: One woman died of wounds in an IED explosion on the busy Church Street in the heart of Bengaluru and three others were injured, triggering a red alert in the IT capital of the country and punctuating the run-up to New Year festivities with alarm late on Sunday. Bhavani, 37, succumbed to h

JAKARTA: An astonishingly tragic year for air travel in Southeast Asia turned worse Sunday when an AirAsia plane carrying 162 people disappeared over stormy Indonesian waters, with no word on its fate despite several hours of searching by air and sea. AirAsia Flight 8501 vanished in airspace poss

Manama: Expatriates apprehended barbecuing in non-allocated places in Kuwait will be deported, the head of the municipal council has said. “There is a plan to set up a new link with the interior ministry to deport the foreigners who break the municipal laws, including barbecuing on the beaches

It looks like WhatsApp might be bringing its messaging service to the web. The rumours started shortly after the the co-founder of rival messaging app Telegram, Pavel Durov, told TechCrunch that he thought WhatsApp was working on a web version "since they tried to hire our web dev." While What

بھٹکلیس نیوز،28دسمبر،14 صد سالہ جشن کے تیسرے دن کے چوتھے سیشن کی رپورٹ بھٹکل(رپورٹ:عبدالحفیظ خان و تصاویر رضوان گنگاولی)آج امت کے اندر صلاحیت جوش و جذبہ کی کمی نہیں ،ہمارا معاشرہ ترقی کے منازلوں کی طرف بڑھ سکتاہے ،اسکے لئے ہمیں ہمارے اندر کی رشہ کسیوں کو ختم کرنا ہو گا ، آپسی عداوت ،منافرت ،ایک دو

MANGALURU: A foundation stone laying ceremony for new Mini Vidhan Soudha was held in the city more than seven years ago by the then chief minister HD Kumaraswamy and deputy chief minister BS Yeddyurappa. However, the work of three-storied Mini Vidhan Soudha is being continued in a snail's pace even

SRINAGAR:  Amid the hectic negotiations to cobble up a majority to form the government in Jammu and Kashmir, the Peoples Democratic Party today said that there is no question of the party compromising on its ideology and that government formation in the state could take some time. "We are not loo

Dubai: Starting next year, motorists driving in dedicated bus and taxi lanes will be caught on surveillance cameras and fined Dh600, the Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) warned on Saturday. In the first stage, the automated offence reporting system against vehicles in breach of the Bus and T

TEHRAN: Iran’s army said Saturday it has deployed a suicide drone for the first time in massive ongoing military drills near the strategic Strait of Hormuz at the entrance to the Arabian Gulf. Gen. Ahmad Reza Pourdastan, the army’s chief commander of ground forces, described the unmanned aircraft