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Chinese hackers snooped on five EU ministries, says US security firm
Chinese hackers snooped on five EU minis...

Chinese hackers snooped on five EU ministries, says US security firm

London – Chinese hackers reportedly snooped on five European foreign ministries with malware-infected emails over the summer, new research from US security company FireEye has revealed. The hackers sent the infected emails with attachments purporting to detail a possible US intervention in... read more »

Bangladesh SC stays execution of Jamaat-e-Islami leader
Bangladesh SC stays execution of Jamaat-...

Bangladesh SC stays execution of Jamaat-e-Islami leader

Dhaka – The Supreme Court of Bangladesh late Tuesday halted the execution of Abdul Quader Molla hours before the convicted war criminal was to be hanged, a leading Bangladesh daily reported. The decision to halt the execution came after a petition by the counsels for the condemned... read more »

Pak govt. to press five charges against Musharraf in high treason case
Pak govt. to press five charges against ...

Pak govt. to press five charges against Musharraf in high treason case

Islamabad – The Pakistan government has decided to press five charges against former President General Pervez Musharraf in the ‘high treason’ case. The government plans to charge Musharraf with abrogating, subverting, suspending, holding in abeyance and attempting to conspire... read more »

US defense secretary to hold talks in Pakistan
US defense secretary to hold talks in Pa...

US defense secretary to hold talks in Pakistan

Islamabad – US Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel is scheduled to hold talks with the Pakistani civil and military leaders on security issues Monday, officials here said. Hagel earlier visited Afghanistan at a time when relations between Washington and Kabul are tense over a proposed security... read more »

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Pak's new army chief Gen Raheel has no presence on Facebook, Twitter

Raheel Sharif takes over Pakistan Army command

Islamabad – General Raheel Sharif formally assumed the command of the Pakistan Army Friday, two days after Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif picked him to lead it. Gen. Raheel succeeds Gen.... read more »

Hasina asks Zia to come down to streets

Hasina asks Zia to come down to streets

Dhaka – As the faceoff in Bangaldesh between th! e two feuding begums intensified, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has aske! d opposition leader and Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP)... read more »

Iran rejects Saudi Arabia, Qatar's call to join n-talks

Iran invites IAEA to visit Arak heavy-water production plant

Vienna – The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has received an invitation from Iran to vis! it Iran’s Arak heavy-water production plant Dec 8, IAEA Director General... read more »

US criticizes Pak over murder charges against Osama doc Shakil Afridi

US criticizes Pak over murder charges against Osama doc Shakil Afridi

Islamabad – The United States has criticised Pakistan’s decision to bring murder charges against Dr Shakil Afridi, who helped the CIA track slain Al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden in... read more »

Imran Khan wants CIA's Pak chief charged with `murder` over drone strike

Imran Khan wants CIA’s Pak chief charged with `murder` over...

London – Former cricketer Imran Khan’s party Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) has alleged that the CIA’s most senior officer in Islamabad was responsible for November 21 drone strike,... read more »