Pakistan’s Emma wins global memory competition
ISLAMABAD: A young Pakistani girl Emma Alam has won the 29th World Memory Championships after beating more than 300 competitors from all...
Fire destroys 500 houses in Bangladesh Rohingya camp
DHAKA: More than 2,000 Rohingya refugees in a camp in Bangladesh were left homeless Thursday after a blaze ripped through over 500 shacks...
US tech giant IBM launches blockchain service
International Business Machines Corp has launched a service that will allow businesses to build applications on its cloud using blockchain code from...
Middle East’s leather trade show to be held in Dubai
The world's leading manufacturers and suppliers are preparing for the Middle East's only dedicated trade show covering the entire value chain of...
China fines GM unit $29 million for ‘price-fixing’
Beijing has fined the Chinese unit of General Motors nearly $29 million for “infringing on the rights of consumers and its competitors”...
57 killed in deadliest Israeli strikes on Syria in years: monitor
Israeli raids targeting arms depots and military positions in eastern Syria killed 57 regime loyalists, in the deadliest such strikes since the...
Indonesia confident on finding second ‘black box’ of crashed plane
JAKARTA: Indonesian divers believe they are close to finding the cockpit voice recorder of a Sriwijaya Air jet that plunged into the...
World’s First Hydrogen-Powered Passenger carries out first successful test run
The Corada iLint, a zero-emissions train that runs on just steam and condensed water has successfully completed its first test run in Germany, media...
Two Pakistani entrepreneurs make it to Forbes’ 2017 ‘30 Under 30 Asia’list
The Forbes’ 2017 ‘30 Under 30 Asia’ has featured two Pakistani startup founders in its recent listing for the year 2017. In...
Donald Trump impeached by US House for second time
WASHINGTON: Outgoing US president Donald Trump achieved a rare feat on Wednesday as he became the first president to be impeached twice,...
Gray market has become a necessary evil for luxury watchmakers
A diamond-studded Rolex at 40 percent off the $34,000 retail price or an Omega Speedmaster Moonphase for less than $10,000? While still...
ICSID rules against Pakistan in the Reko Diq gold-cum-copper mine project
An arbitration tribunal of the World Bank’s International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID) has ruled against Pakistan in the Reko...
Larijani calls for Pak-Iran border markets for development of Balochistan
TEHRAN: Iran’s Parliament Speaker Ali Larijani has called for the establishment of border markets with Pakistan, voicing Iran’s interest to help with the growth...
‘Safest place in Washington’ no more. A reporter’s disbelief
WASHINGTON: I still can’t stop watching the videos.
There are so many of them, each with new clues about what happened a week...
Indonesia uses unmanned undersea vehicle in hunt for air crash victims, ‘black boxes’
JAKARTA: Indonesia has deployed a remotely operated underwater vehicle to help divers search for the remains of victims and recover the flight...