Pakistani politican Imran Khan has sent a message to his supporters and the people of Pakistan from his hospital bed in Lahore, urging the Electoral Commission of Pakistan and Supreme Court to take the rigging complaints seriously because the future of the country as well as democracy directly depended upon free and fair elections.
The message, posted on Facebook, shows Khan in his...
Mount Mayon, otherwise known as Mayon Volcano, in the Philippines erupted on Tuesday morning killing at least five, and injuring many more according to local media reports.
According to philstar.com tour guide Kenneth Jesalva, who climbed up the volcano with seven others on Monday, said in an interview that three foreign tourists and a tour guide were killed due to the ash ejection....
Hackers have claimed responsibility for taking down the website of popular photo sharing app Instagram.
The website, Instagram.com, was down for a number of hours yesterday. The company have not released a statement but members of the internet hactivist group Anonymous claimed responsibility.
Hackers claimed that the site was down in 35 countries and Twitter user @...
Rescue efforts are continuing at a building outside the Bangladeshi capital of Dhaka after it collapsed yesterday, killing at least 160 people. Primark, a clothes retailer with a large presence in Britain, confirmed that one of its suppliers was on the second floor of the Rana Plaza, and Bonmarche and Matalan are also thought to also be customers.
Thousands gathered in Paris' Place Baudoyer on Tuesday evening to celebrate the passing of the equal marriage bill in France.
The bill met some of the strongest opposition seen in Europe, with hundreds of thousands taking to the streets of towns and cities across the country in recent months.
The bill, which also legalises adoption by same-sex couples, was passed by 321 votes...
The National Secretary of India's main opposition party says she was attacked by five drunk men on a "fully jammed road in New Delhi in the night" in the country's capital.
Vani Tripathi, an actress and politician for the BJP said her attackers fled before police reached spot. Tweeting about the incident she said "Horrifying accident just got saved car smashed and on top of it five men...
The whole greater urban area of Boston has been put into a state of virtual lockdown as the search for suspect two continues in the streets of Watertown. All public transport has been suspended including buses and subways in the Massachusetts Bay area. People at stations were asked to “please go home”.
The suspects - named Dzhokhar A Tsarnaev, 19, who is on the run, and his 26-year-old...
