LONDON: Former International Cricket Council (ICC) president David Morgan has been appointed the next president of Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC), the owners of London´s Lord´s Cricket Ground, it was announced Wednesday. Morgan, who also served...

LAHORE: Newly appointed head coach of the Pakistan cricket team, Waqar Younis said that he has been appointed coach through the system and did not commit any mistake. He said that if anybody criticizes him he is ready to face it. The former...

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leader, Javed Hashmi on Thursday telephoned Geo News senior anchorperson Hamid Mir and inquired about his health. In a telephonic conversation, Javed Hashmi said he was against the ban on Geo, adding...

TOKYO: A Japanese man suspected of possessing guns made with a 3-D printer has been arrested, reports said Thursday, in what was said to be the country´s first such detention. Officers who raided the home of Yoshitomo Imura, a 27-year-old college...

MULTAN: JUI-F chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman has strongly criticized Imran Khan, saying that Khan had never carried out any serious work in his life. Speaking to media at Jamia Qasim-ul-Uloom Multan here Wednesday, Fazl said Imran Khan is a needless...

RIYADH: Saudi Arabia has announced four more deaths from the MERS coronavirus and 18 new infections, as it battles to contain the mystery disease which has now killed 121 people in the kingdom. The World Health Organisation (WHO) after a five-day...

MIRANSHAH: A roadside bomb martyred at least eight soldiers and wounded several others in North Waziristan on Thursday, the military said. The bomb exploded as a military convoy passed in the village of Ghulamkhan in North Waziristan. "At least...

ISLAMABAD: The Special Court resumed hearing of the high treason case against former president General (retd) Pervez Musharraf on Thursday and ordered the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) to provide the investigation report to former president...

SINGAPORE: Oil prices were mixed in Asian trade Thursday as investors digested an unexpected drop in US crude stockpiles and fresh Chinese trade data, analysts said. The US benchmark, West Texas Intermediate for June delivery, was up 10 cents...

MADRID: Austrian qualifier Dominic Thiem scored the biggest victory of his young career on Tuesday when he rallied for a 1-6, 6-2, 6-4 victory over third-ranked Stanislas Wawrinka at the Madrid Open. The 20-year-old Thiem showed composure beyond...

NAIROBI: At least 63 people have died in Kenya this week and dozens more are sick after consuming toxic alcohol, police and hospitals said Wednesday. "So far, we have 63 dead," police spokesman Masood Mwinyi told AFP. Hospital sources said...

FAISALABAD: Additional District and Session Judge Faisalabad Manzar Ali Gul has rejected petition filed to lodge case against Geo News management and Amir Mir, Geo News reported. A local lawyer of Faisalabad had submitted a plea in the court...

ISLAMABAD: Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) lawmakers staged a walk out from the National Assembly on Wednesday against killing of party workers in Karachi, Geo News reported. MQM MNA Iqbal Muhammad Ali said his party activists were being killed...

MANCHESTER: Manchester United unearthed a potential star of the future and perhaps had one last glimpse of a great of its recent past in a 3-1 win over Hull on Tuesday that kept alive the team´s chances of European football next season. Highly...

LAHORE: The situation turned ugly at the Lahore High Court (LHC) when Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaaf (PTI) workers accompanying party chairman Imran Khan stormed into a courtroom breaking the door and flowerpots. PTI chairman Imran Khan had arrived...

BANGKOK: Thailand´s Constitutional Court on Wednesday dismissed Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra from office, ruling that she abused her power, deepening the kingdom´s political uncertainty. "The judges unanimously rule that Yingluck abused...

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan will set up mandatory polio immunisation points at its international airports in response to recommendations by the World Health Organisation, the health ministry said Tuesday. The WHO warned Monday that the crippling disease...