ISLAMABAD: Security arrangements have been tightened in order to avert any act of terrorism in Islamabad, the federal capital of Pakistan. Intelligence agencies warned for attacks by assailants in near future, security measures has been increased in all sensitive spots of the city after receiving signals from intel departments. According to intel reports, terrorists could target air headquarters in Islamabad while terrorism activities can be carried out on Eid festival. However, Police, Navy and Pakistan Air Force (PAF) special teams have conducted combined raid in the city and detained some suspected persons. Senior Superintendent of Police Operations Dr. Rizwan told the media that 30 special teams comprising of Police, Navy and PAF c...
August 5, 2013 at 1:11 am | News Desk
HARARE: Zimbabwe’s 89-year-old Robert Mugabe romped to victory in presidential and parliamentary polls on Saturday, but his longtime foe Morgan Tsvangirai vowed to boycott the government formed by the “fraudulent” vote. The veteran leader scored another five years in office, extending his 33-year rule with a landslide 61 percent of the vote, against Tsvangirai’s 34 percent. In parliament, his ZANU-PF party scored a super majority which allows it to make changes to the country’s constitution. The result came as a massive blow to longtime opponent Tsvangirai, who said his Movement for Democratic Change “totally” rejected Wednesday’s vote and would boycott the incoming government. The election ...
August 4, 2013 at 5:54 am | News Desk
PARIS, France: Interpol issued on Saturday a global security alert after jailbreaks linked to Al-Qaeda freed hundreds of militants, as the United States and other Western powers planned to temporarily close certain embassies over terror threats. Washington ordered its embassies across the Islamic world temporarily closed, while Germany, Britain and France were to shut their missions in Yemen for at least two days. Interpol said it suspected Al-Qaeda was involved in recent jailbreaks across nine countries, including Iraq, Libya and Pakistan. The global police agency said the jailbreaks “led to the escape of hundreds of terrorists and other criminals” in the past month alone and issued a security alert. It has also asked its 190...
August 4, 2013 at 5:54 am | News Desk
AMSTERDAM: Tens of thousands of pink-clad partygoers feted Gay Pride along Amsterdam’s canals on Saturday, with professional footballers and ministers joining in the massive techno-beat chorus of support for gay rights. Many at this year’s celebration of gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender rights took aim at the anti-gay stance of Russia’s President Vladimir Putin, who visited Amsterdam earlier this year. The Dutch football federation KNVB has a boat taking part in the day’s high point, a colourful pageant along the city’s historic canals, for the first time. “The football world is a macho world where it is easy to make jokes, especially about gays,” former Dutch international football player P...
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TEHRAN: Moderate cleric Hassan Rowhani assumed Iran’s presidency on Saturday promising to work to lift punishing international sanctions imposed on the Islamic republic over its controversial nuclear programme. Rowhani, 64, officially became the Islamic republic’s seventh president after receiving a formal endorsement from supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei at a Tehran ceremony. His public inauguration will take place on Sunday when he takes the oath of office in parliament, which according to media reports will be attended by 10 regional presidents and other high-ranking foreign officials. Rowhani begins his four-year term as Iran is facing grave challenges over its ailing economy and international isolation due to the con...
August 4, 2013 at 5:54 am | News Desk
WASHINGTON: The United States on Saturday overturned a quasi- judicial trade panel’s ban on the sale of some Apple products in a blow to rival Samsung. US Trade Representative Michael Froman announced the move against the International Trade Commission in a letter, saying he decided to “disapprove” the exclusion order. The News Tribe – UK-based bilingual news website covering politics, technology, sports, health and lifestyle from US, Pakistan, Middle East and around the world Click here for more information The News Tribe
August 4, 2013 at 5:54 am | News Desk
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August 3, 2013 at 3:13 am | News Desk
As Apple will be releasing a new iPhone in the coming weeks, several alleged parts of iPhone 5S have been leaked including the SIM card slot. It’s not confirmed yet the next device will be the iPhone 6, iPhone Light or iPhone 5S. The leaks released by bizarrely named TechKiddy blog, does not include oft-rumoured fingerprint scanner. The iPhone 5S’s SIM card holder is identical to the iPhone 5 but the charger connector flex looks like any other circuitry. Other parts leaked by the website show the speaker flex, Wi-Fi flex, on/off cable and vibrator module. The News Tribe – UK-based bilingual news website covering politics, technology, sports, health and lifestyle from US, Pakistan, Middle East and aroun...
August 3, 2013 at 2:25 am | News Desk
The Philadelphia Eagles said receiver Riley Cooper, who has been enveloped by controversy after saying a racial slur that was caught on video, would seek counseling. “As we have said, Riley Cooper will be seeking counseling and we have excused him from all team activities,” the Eagles said in a statement. “This is all new territory and we are going to evaluate this timetable every step of the way. He will meet with professionals provided by the Eagles during this period of time to better help him understand how his words have hurt so many, including his teammates.” Cooper, who has admitted alcohol played a part in the incident, is taking an indefinite leave of absence. Counseling was part of the punishment le...
August 3, 2013 at 2:25 am | News Desk
TEHRAN: Iran held massive anti-Israel rallies Friday, with president-elect Hassan Rowhani calling the arch-foe Jewish state a “wound” on the Muslim world, drawing a sharp response from Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. “In our region, a wound has for many years been sitting on the body of the Islamic world in the shadow of occupation of the holy land of Palestine and the dear Quds (Jerusalem),” Rowhani said in remarks broadcast on state television. “This day in actuality is a reminder that Muslims will not forget their historic right (to Jerusalem) and will continue to stand against aggression and tyranny,” added Rowhani, considered a moderate cleric by standards of Iran’s political syste...
August 3, 2013 at 2:25 am | News Desk
ROME: Italy’s main political forces on Friday promised to keeping an uneasy coalition in place for the sake of the recession-hit country despite a landmark court ruling against former prime minister Silvio Berlusconi. “I am fully aware that this is a sensitive time but I am thinking above all of Italy,” Prime Minister Enrico Letta said at a press conference in Rome as he struggles to lead Italy out of a painful recession. “I hope the general interest wins over personal interests — for the good of the country,” he said. Reactions from Berlusconi lawmakers were measured, despite protests against a ruling that bars the billionaire tycoon from being running in elections for the next six years after being co...
August 3, 2013 at 1:34 am | News Desk
CAIRO: Islamist backers of Egypt’s deposed president Mohamed Morsi staged defiant rallies Friday, with police firing tear gas at demonstrators, after the government ordered their protest camps to be broken up. The new marches came after US Secretary of State John Kerry angered Morsi loyalists by saying said Egypt’s military had been “restoring democracy” when it deposed the Islamist leader. Meanwhile, world powers pressed both sides to resolve the impasse peacefully, with US Under Secretary of State William Burns expected in Cairo on Friday night for more talks. Morsi supporters began to march after Friday prayers, pouring out of several Cairo mosques. The afternoon rallies passed off peacefully, with demonstrators...
August 3, 2013 at 1:34 am | News Desk
WASHINGTON: The United States issued a worldwide alert Friday warning of plans by Al-Qaeda to launch an attack in the Middle East or North Africa in August. The State Department issued the caution to US citizens a day after announcing that some two dozen embassies or consulates would be closed on Sunday as a precaution. The State Department said attacks were possible “particularly in the Middle East and North Africa, and possibly occurring in or emanating from the Arabian Peninsula.” “Current information suggests that Al-Qaeda and affiliated organizations continue to plan terrorist attacks both in the region and beyond, and that they may focus efforts to conduct attacks in the period between now and the end of August,&rd...
August 3, 2013 at 1:34 am | News Desk
Manchester: England made 48 runs on loss of 2 wickets against Australia in the 3rd Ashes test played at Old Trafford. England In replay to 527 loss two wickets on 49 runs. Alastair Cook along with Jonathan Trott is still out there on the crease. Peter Siddle took two wickets for Australia. Earlier Australia start the day with is 7 wickets in hand. Steven Smith after making 89 loss his wicket at the total of 343 runs. David Warner was the 4th victim of Graeme Swann. Australia skipper Michael Clarke scored a brilliant hundred with Steven Smith, Chris Roger and Brad Haddin scoring half centuries to guide Aussies to a massive total of 527 on loss of 7 wickets. Graeme Swann pick up 5 wickets with Tim Bresnan and Stuart Broad took one wicket e...
August 3, 2013 at 1:34 am | News Desk
Colombo: Duminy and Parnell shines for South Africa to beat Sri Lanka by 12 runs in first of Twenty 20 (T20) international played at Premadasa Stadium. Hosts in reply of 116 runs only manage to score 103 runs on loss of 9 wickets.Kumar Sangakkara’s unbeaten 59 could not help Sri Lanka to chase down a low total of 116 runs. Jean Paul Duminy took 3 wickets while Wayne Parnell and Morne Morkel manage to take 2 wickets wach for South Africa. Earlier: South Africa won the toss and decided to bat first. South Africa loss top 4 batsmen with in 50 runs on board. Jean Paul Duminy played a vital hand of 51 runs and at that moment to stable South Africa while David Miller scored quick 27 to guide South Africa to score 115 runs. Sachitra Senan...
August 3, 2013 at 1:34 am | News Desk
THE United States has of late been in a slough of despond. The mood is reflected in a spate of books with gloomy titles such as “That Used to Be Us” (Thomas Friedman and Michael Mandelbaum) and “Time to Start Thinking: America in the Age of Descent” (Edward Luce). For the first time in decades the majority of Americans think their children will be worse off than they are. Yankee can-do optimism is in danger of congealing into European nothing-can-be-done negativism.There are good reasons for this. The political system really is “even worse than it looks”, as another doom-laden book puts it. Middle-class living standards have stagnated. The Iraq war turned into a debacle. But the pessimists are ignoring...
August 2, 2013 at 4:54 am | News Desk
IF YOU doubt that “the rich are different from you and me”, try visiting a private-jet terminal. One group waiting to board at Farnborough airport near London recently was a family of three generations and five dogs, who would enjoy more in-flight pampering than any economy-class passenger could hope for. Passengers do not linger long: 15 minutes or so before boarding. There are no duty-free shops. But it would be a pity not to tap into these travellers’ deep pockets as they pause between limo and aircraft: if you cannot sell, at least you can market.That is the ambition of Adlux, a Swiss firm that runs ads in private-jet terminals, perhaps the most rarefied form of “out-of-home” advertising, a category that ...
August 2, 2013 at 4:54 am | News Desk
CROSS-COUNTRY deals in the advertising industry can be painful affairs. Look what happened to Guy MacKendrick, the young executive sent by his London-based agency to oversee its acquisition of a New York rival, in “Mad Men” (yes, it is now compulsory to refer to the hit television series in all articles about the ad business). The staff throw a party to celebrate the takeover, and a drunken secretary drives a lawnmower through the office, shredding Mr MacKendrick’s foot.On July 28th, however, there were no bizarre gardening accidents as executives of two real-life advertising firms toasted their merger with champagne in Paris. Maurice Lévy, the boss of the French Publicis Group, and John Wren, the head of its Ame...
August 2, 2013 at 4:54 am | News Desk
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