Tomato price hits Rs 400 per kilo mark in Pakistan
Karachi: The price of tomatoes hit a record high in Pakistan on Tuesday and reached Rs 400 per kilogram from Rs 300-Rs 320 per kg on Monday, as the Iranian tomatoes didn't reach the market.
ex-UK consulate worker ‘tortured' in China
London/Beijing: A former employee of the UK's Hong Kong consulate has said that he was tortured in China after being detained during his trip to that country earlier this year.
Ailing Sharif consults medical specialists in UK
London/Islamabad: Pakistan's ailing former PM Nawaz Sharif on Wednesday consulted specialists at the Harley Street after he arrived in London in an air ambulance to seek better medical treatment for diseases.
Jewish group condemns Nazi auction in Germany
Berlin: A Jewish group has sharply condemned an auction of Nazi memorabilia in Germany that includes Adolf Hitler's top hat, a silver-plated edition of his book "Mein Kampf" and a cocktail dress owned by his long-time girlfriend Eva Braun.
NASA: water vapour on Jupiter's moon Europa
Washington: Scientists at NASA have detected water vapour for the first time above the surface of Europa, a finding that supports the idea of a liquid water ocean sloshing beneath the miles-thick ice shell of the Jupiter's moon.
Arrests ordered in Philippines vaping ban
Manila: Just hours after Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte announced he would ban e-cigarette use, police were ordered on Wednesday to begin arresting people caught vaping in public and to confiscate the devices.
seized vessels released by Yemen rebels: S korea
Cairo: Iran-backed rebels fighting in Yemen released three foreign vessels on Wednesday that they seized south of the Red Sea, freeing 16 crew members, South Korea's Foreign Ministry said. The vessels — two belonging to South Korea and one to Saudi Arabia — had been captured by Houthi rebels on their way to the Saudi port of Jizan. Two South Korean nationals were among those set free, the ministry said. The Houthis said they had detained the vessels for entering Yemeni waters earlier this week and routed them to the Red Sea.