Black money: Switzerland discloses more requests from India on Masoods

Last Updated: Tuesday, June 2, 2015, 22:45

Continuing to shed its famed banking secrecy veil, Switzerland Tuesday made public more names about which it has been approached from abroad for information, even as it published fresh gazette notifications about two Indians -- Sayed Mohammed Masood and Chand Kauser Mohammed Masood.

More than 30% of Arab youth jobless: Labour official

Last Updated: Sunday, April 19, 2015, 21:44

More than 30 percent of young Arabs are jobless because of unrest in many Arab nations and not enough investment, a top labour official said on Sunday.

Saudi Arabia keen to participate in Make in India: Envoy

Last Updated: Wednesday, April 8, 2015, 17:37

Saudi Arabia, the largest supplier of crude oil to India, is keen to participate in the Make in India initiative of the Narendra Modi government and has asked its businesspeople to explore the opportunities in India under the scheme, the kingdom's envoy has said.

JeM chief Masood Azhar`s address to rally in PoK raises questions: Report

Last Updated: Sunday, February 2, 2014, 19:03

A massive rally organised in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir by the banned Jaish-e-Mohammed led by Masood Azhar "raises questions about the state?s policy towards militancy", a media report said on Sunday.

Morsi in court for inciting killing of protesters

Last Updated: Saturday, February 1, 2014, 20:38

Ousted Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi on Friday appeared in a court for trial on charges of inciting the killing of anti-government protesters in 2012.

Morsi`s trial adjourned, lawyer says he is still president

Last Updated: Saturday, February 1, 2014, 14:59

Ousted President Mohammed Morsi`s trial on charges of inciting the killing of anti-government protesters in 2012 was on Saturday adjourned till February 4, even as his lawyer claimed he was still Egypt`s official ruler.

Airstrikes kill 13 Sinai militants: Egypt military

Last Updated: Saturday, February 1, 2014, 03:11

The Egyptian military aircraft pounded suspected positions of al Qaeda-inspired fighters in the Sinai Peninsula, killing 13 people, officials said.

Pakistan-origin UK man appeals against blasphemy death sentence

Last Updated: Saturday, February 1, 2014, 02:44

Blasphemy is an extremely sensitive issue in Islamic Pakistan and insulting the Prophet Mohammed can carry the death penalty.

Airstrikes kill 13 Sinai militants: Egypt military

Last Updated: Saturday, February 1, 2014, 00:14

Egyptian military officials say the number of suspected militants killed by airstrikes in the Sinai Peninsula has risen to 13.

Egypt military offensive kills 8 Sinai militants

Last Updated: Thursday, January 30, 2014, 02:32

Egyptian military officials say that troops backed by helicopters and armoured vehicles have killed eight militants in the northern Sinai Peninsula.

Mohammed Azharuddin to contest Lok Sabha polls from West Bengal

Last Updated: Tuesday, January 28, 2014, 18:49

Former India captain and current Lok Sabha MP Mohammed Azharuddin, in all likelihood, would contest the 2014 Lok Sabha elections from a constituency in West Bengal.

Egypt announces early election a day after carnage

Last Updated: Monday, January 27, 2014, 00:25

Egypt announced early presidential elections likely to anoint the general who overthrew Islamist president Mohammed Morsi, as the country reeled after a weekend of violence killed dozens of people.