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TV channels barred from promoting Valentine's Day

The regulatory authority issued the notification in the light of Islamabad high Court orders, passed by Justice Shaukat Aziz in February previous year. PEMRA ...

Russians penetrated U.S. voter systems, DHS cybersecurity chief tells NBC

The objective of the report, the document says, is to "inform United States foreign visitor screening, immigrant vetting and on-going evaluations of United Stat...

Turkey says it's met European Union standards for visa-free journey to EU

The move aims to break a longstanding stalemate on the visa liberalization deal which requires Turkey's fulfillment of 72 benchmarks. A spokeswoman acknowledg...

Trump Says 'Big Mistake' to Sell Off Stocks in Strong Economy

In the early-morning tweet , Mr. Trump lamented that in the "old days", stocks would rise on good economic news , saying "Today, when good news is report...

Balloon crash: Seven people hospitalised

Emergency services were called to Dixon's Creek, north-east of Melbourne, shortly after 7:00am. A woman in her 60s has been taken to the Royal Melbourne Hospi...

Senate Leaders Announce Agreement on Budget Deal

The deal would extend the Children's Health Insurance Program for 10 years, four more than the extension Congress just enacted. The package would boost US gov...

Pentagon Says Conducted 'Defensive' Airstrikes Against Pro-Syrian Gov't Forces

USA -led coalition forces are looking into whether Russian contractors were involved in an attack against Syrian Democratic Forces on Wednesday. A United Stat...

Voters ambivalent about Russian Federation probe

However, voters are divided almost evenly as to whether congressional Republicans are also trying to obstruct the Russian Federation probe. Better news for ...

Nicholas Petit-Frere Commitment: Top OT Chooses Ohio State

Five-star offensive tackle Nicholas Petit-Frere (Tampa, FL) announced that he has committed to Ohio State over Alabama , Florida , and MI. Petit-Frere had...

Chicago Police Examine After Temptations Singer's Demise

However, court documents filed by an adult protective services investigator allege that Brenda Edwards , his wife of almost 20 years, tried to suffocate him by...

Trump, May ask nations to increase pressure on North Korea

In January, the White House withdrew its nomination of Victor Cha as ambassador to South Korea. "A limited pre-emptive strike on the DPRK is under considerati...

Nebraska Football Spring Game Sells Out In 90 Minutes

Frost, who is a Nebraska native and served as quarterback of the Cornhuskers' undefeated team in 1997, takes over for Mike Riley as head coach after coaching th...

Police chiefs in 'unanimous agreement' to recommend indictment against Netanyahu

On Wednesday Police Commissioner Roni Alsheikh met with other top brass Israeli police chiefs to discuss Netanyahu's cases as they near consensus to formally in...

Mattis: US military's competitive edge has 'eroded'

Mattis pledged that "we will spend the money wisely" if a deal taking shape in the Senate is enacted that would guarantee defense spending above the sequester...

Turks killed since start of assault on Afrin

It released a video showing its workers rushing to rescue victims from underneath the rubble Tuesday. The United States said this week there was "obvious ev...

Syrian chem. attacks survivors speak to Anadolu Agency

But all three countries remain deeply involved in the conflict, and stark divisions remain. Iran-backed Shi'ite militias also helped the Syrian army advance in ...

U.S. set to slap 'toughest and most aggressive' sanctions on North Korea

The United Nations sanctions ban supplying or transferring luxury items to North Korea or to North Korean nationals. On this approach, the US and Japan have s...

Tennessee sheriff taped saying 'I love this s***' after ordering suspect's killing

In new footage released on Tuesday, White County Sheriff Oddie Shoupe appeared unfazed and even jubilant about the death of Michael Dial , who police fatally...

More Than 300 Child Soldiers Freed in South Sudan

UNICEF's Representative for South Sudan Mahimbo Mdoe said the move marked the largest release of children in almost three years. The children's release was...

New quake shakes Taiwan's Hualien

Six people were killed in the quake, while 256 others were injured and 88 left unaccounted for, according to the fire agency. Taiwan's National Fire Agency said...

CAS registers another appeal of Russians not invited to PyeongChang 2018

Among them were skeleton racers Maria Orlova, Aleksandr Tretyakov and Elena Nikitina, cross-country skiers Alexander Legkov, Evgeniy Belov, Maxim Vylegzhanin, A...

Pentagon: Air Force Academy out of compliance on sexual assault

The U.S. Military Academy reported 50 cases, an increase of 24 cases from the previous year. "Late in the academic year, allegations about problems within the...

Tiaa Fsb Has $4.22 Million Position in American Express (AXP)

The Wellington Management Group Llp holds 6.35 million shares with $109.58M value , up from 6.29M last quarter. Abaxis, Inc. (NASDAQ:ABAX) has risen 7.18% sinc...

Kim Jong Un's sister to attend Olympics

USA officials declined to provide details of the expected sanctions. The US treasury department has blacklisted her over alleged human rights abuses and cen...

Maryland health officials confirm first flu-related pediatric death

These are the results of the first comprehensive overview of seasonal influenza vaccine coverage in the European Region of the World Health Organization (WHO)...