Climate ‘overwhelming’ driver of Australian bushfires: study

Sydney, Nov 29 (AFP/APP):Climate change is the “overwhelming factor” driving the country’s ever-more intense bushfires, Australian government scientists believe — directly contradicting claims by the country’s political leaders. In a peer-reviewed study, scientists at state agency CSIRO reviewed 90 years’ worth of data and concluded […]

Woman killed by brother-in-law

KASUR, Nov 29 (APP):A woman was killed by brother-in-law over domestic issue here in the limits of Phool Nagar police station. Police said on Monday that 24-year-old Tahira Bibi w/o Muhammad Gulzar had an altercation with brother-in-law Muhammad Akram over a domestic issue.In a fit […]

Son killed,father Injured over Enmity

SARGODHA, Nov 29 (APP):A youth was killed while his father suffered bullet wounds over old enmity in the area of Miani police station. Police said on Monday that Muhammad Adeel and his father Muhammad Rafique residents of Miani were at home, when three armed persons […]

Senior Civil Judge Lower Dir arrested on rape charges

PESHAWAR, Nov 27 (APP):Police have arrested Senior Civil Judge Lower Dir, Jamshed Kundi for allegedly blackmailing and raping a girl at his residence. The First Information Report (FIR) was registered at Balamat Police Station by the victim girl, a residence of Peshawar said that she […]

Russia’s Prichal module docks at ISS

Moscow, Nov 26 (AFP/APP):Russia’s new docking module Prichal on Friday successfully docked with the International Space Station (ISS), the Russian space agency Roscosmos said. The new addition to the ISS completed an automated docking with the nadir (Earth-facing) port of Russia’s Nauka lab module at […]

Two students, driver killed in Kosovo bus shooting

Gllogjan, Kosovo, Nov 27 (AFP/APP):A gunman opened fire late Friday on a bus in Kosovo carrying school students, killing a boy and a girl and the driver, police said. Another 14 year-old student was wounded but is in stable condition, Skender Dreshaj, the head of […]

RugbyU: English Premiership results

London, Nov 26 (AFP/APP):English Premiership results on Friday: Bath 16 Exeter 23 Bristol 20 Northampton 36 Wasps 33 Gloucester 35 Newcastle v Worcester — postponed due to bad weather, playing Saturday Playing Saturday (1500 GMT unless stated) Harlequins v London Irish Newcastle v Worcester (1800 […]