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Britain’s Duke and Duchess of Cambridge were accompanied by Prince Harry as they attended a reception at the London Eye to mark World Mental Health day on Monday.   The royals met and rode on the London Eye with guests who have previously suffered mental health issues and supporters of Heads Together, a charity campaign which the three are fronting. ...

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said on Monday there must be accountability for the “appalling conduct” of the entire war in Yemen after an apparent Saudi-led air strike killed 140 Yemenis. “Aerial attacks by the Saudi-led coalition have already caused immense carnage, and destroyed much of the country’s medical facilities and other vital civilian infrastructure,” Ban told reporters. “More broadly, ...

British-born Oliver Hart and Finland’s Bengt Holmstrom won the Nobel Economics Prize on Monday for work that addresses a host of questions from how best to reward executives to whether schools and prisons should be privately owned.   Their findings on contract theory have implications in such areas as corporate governance, bankruptcy legislation and political constitutions, said the Royal Swedish ...

Barcelona maestro Lionel Messi is preparing to make his return from injury against Deportivo La Coruna on Saturday to ensure he can start in next week’s mouth-watering Champions League clash with Manchester City.   The five-times world player of the year has been out of action since injuring his groin in the 1-1 draw with Atletico Madrid on Sept. 21, ...

The top U.N. human rights official renewed his call on Monday for an international probe into possible war crimes committed in Yemen, saying the “outrageous” weekend bombing on a funeral showed that violations continued unpunished.   Zeid Ra’ad al Hussein, United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, said in a statement that countries belonging to the U.N. Human Rights Council ...

A wax figure of pop star Justin Bieber goes on display in London this month, giving fans a replica figure and installation inspired by the Canadian singer’s current world music tour.   London’s Madame Tussauds on Sunday unveiled the figure – which features Bieber shirtless with sweat apparently glistening on his tattooed torso – with dancers performing his chart-topping hit ...

Chinese stocks ended the morning sharply higher today after a long public holiday, led by a rally in technology firms, dealers said. The benchmark Shanghai composite index jumped 1.25 percent to 3,042.18 points, while the Shenzhen composite index, which tracks stocks on china’s second exchange, gained 1.55 percent to 2,026.59 points.

Chief of Army Staff General Raheel Sharif called on Prime Minister Muhammad Nawaz Sharif at PM House today. Finance Minister Muhammad Ishaq Dar, Interior Minister Ch. Nisar Ali Khan, CM Punjab Muhammad Shahbaz Sharif and DG ISI Lt. Gen. Rizwan Akhtar were also present during the meeting. Matters pertaining to national and regional security, were discussed during the meeting. The ...

Pakistan Maritime Security Agency foiled an attempt to smuggle some one ton of high quality ‘Hashish’ in the high seas. The contraband is valued at around 600 million rupees. Director General of the Security Agency Real Admiral Jamil Akhtar briefing the media persons in Karachi said the agency and custom officials on a tip off took this action and foiled ...

Pakistan has urged that the proposed United Nations counter-terrorism strategy should focus attention on addressing unresolved disputes, foreign occupation and denial of right of self-determination as part of measures to stamp out terrorism. Pakistan’s permanent representative to the United Nations Maleeha Lodhi while speaking in the UN General Assembly’s sixth committee said the provisions of the draft convention against terrorism ...