LAHORE: The Pakistan Railways is operating a special train from Nankana Sahib railway station to Karachi on Sunday to facilitate Sikh community on the 550th birth anniversary of Sikh founder Baba Ji Guru Nanak Sahib. The train will leave Nankana Sahib at 10:00 am for Karachi via Shorkot Cantt, Khanewal, Rohri, Nawab Shah, Shehdadpur, Hyderabad and Karachi Cantt and reach …

LAHORE: The Naseerabad police on Saturday registered a case against an unidentified man on the charges of raping a six-year-old girl. The victim’s father, Atif Hussain of Gulberg III, a rickshaw driver by profession, told police that his daughter had gone out of her house to play in the street and on return said she was suffering from severe pain. …

LONDON: A kind-hearted Pakistani man has won hearts of millions with his act of kindness and standing up for justice for a homeless man – and getting apology from the global coffee firm Starbucks. Sajid Kahloon, 30, had no idea that he would be thrown under media spotlight when he bought food and a chocolate cake for £8.45 for a …

Tokyo: Powerful Typhoon Hagibis slammed into Japan on Saturday, killing one even before making landfall and prompting authorities to issue their highest level of disaster warning over “unprecedented” downpours. More than 7.3 million people were placed under non-compulsory evacuation orders as officials reported serious flooding and several landslides that left at least three people missing. More than 30 were injured, …

LONDON: The Charity Commission has confirmed that it is looking into ‘potential financial concerns’ at Wakefield’s Penny Appeal after a senior figure at the charity attempted a ‘coup’ while the charity’s founder was on a visit to Pakistan with Dragons’ Den Star James Caan and actor Mehwish Hayat. The government department announced that trustees of the charity, which provides aid …

ABU DHABI: Hazzaa al-Mansoori,  an Emirati astronaut, who became the first Arab to reach the International Space Station received a hero’s welcome home on Saturday. The astronaut from the United Arab Emirates was greeted by Abu Dhabi´s powerful Crown Prince Mohammed bin Zayed Al-Nahyan at the capital´s airport. Men, women and children lined a red carpet to welcome back Mansoori and …

CAIRO:  Arab foreign ministers on Saturday condemned Turkey´s “aggression” in Syria where it is pressing an offensive against Kurdish forces, calling for an immediate withdrawal of Ankara´s troops. The statement came after an emergency session of the Arab League in Cairo called for by Egypt to discuss Turkey´s assault on the Kurds, who have carved out a fragile semi-autonomy in …

KUPANG, Indonesia: Seven pilot whales were found dead on an eastern Indonesian beach, an official said Saturday, after 17 were stranded in the remote area. Residents of nearby Menia Village managed to save ten of the whales, all roughly three to four metres long, in a rescue attempt on Friday. “There were some lacerations on their body from the contacts …

RAS AL-AIN: Turkish soldiers and militia allies battled their way into a strategic Kurdish border town on Saturday as they stepped up their assault on northeastern Syria in defiance of mounting international protests and threats of US sanctions. After overnight clashes with Kurdish forces in the countryside, Turkish troops and their Syrian allies entered the battleground town of Ras al-Ain, …

TOKYO: Japan´s military scrambled Sunday to rescue people trapped by flooding in the aftermath of powerful Typhoon Hagibis, which killed at least four people, caused landslides and burst rivers. By Sunday morning, the significantly weakened storm had moved back off land, but it left in its wake a trail of destruction and forced Rugby World Cup organisers to cancel another …