ENGLAND: A woman has reportedly murdered her boyfriend over an an alleged row triggered due to the amount of time he was spending on Facebook social media website. The incident took place last year in Lancashire town in northwest England, according to The Independent, citing a report by the local newspaper Lancashire Evening Post. The woman, 23-year-old Terri-Marrie Palmer, was ...

KABUL: Members of a civil society group have set up a “wall of kindness” in capital Kabul for needy people to collect and keep clothes and other things left behind by others on the wall. The message is simple: If your economic condition is good, come and hang some unwanted clothes and other things so poor people can benefit from them. ...

Google has announced the addition of 13 more languages to its online translation services including Pashto, one of the two formal languages of Afghanistan which is also spoken by a large portion of population in Pakistan. The company now provides online translation services in 103 languages free of charge. By the company’s estimate, the service now covers 99 percent of ...

PAKISTAN: Minister for Planning, Development and Reform Ahsan Iqbal on Thursday announced that as part of the civil service reforms, 16-year education would be mandatory for youth seeking careers in the Civil Superior Services (CSS) from 2017. Maximum age limit for appearance in the CSS examination would also be enhanced by two years to 30 years to make it more ...