Samaa helps Rangers identify masked man in PIA protest

Rangers released a video of a masked man spotted in PIA workers protest in Karachi, Samaa once again took the lead, helping the paramilitary force identify the suspicious man.

Pakistan Army offers help to rescue Indian soldiers in Siachen

Pakistan Army offers help to rescue Indian soldiers in Siachen

RAWALPINDI: Pakistan on Thursday offered help for rescue of 10 Indian soldiers buried under an avalanche at Siachen Glacier in the remote Himalayas.

According to a brief statement issued by the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) Director General Military Operations (DGMO) called his Indian counterpart to offer help to rescue soldiers who came under snow Avalanche in Northern Areas.

The soldiers were on duty at an army post on a glacier at an altitude of 5,900 metres (19,600 feet) when it was hit by a massive avalanche early Wednesday.

However, on Thursday, the Indian army said there was little chance of finding alive any of the 10 soldiers buried in an avalanche at Siachen Glacier in the remote Himalayas, as the rescue effort continued.

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First US Zika virus transmission reported.

AUSTIN, Texas: The first known case of Zika virus transmission in the United States was reported in Texas on Tuesday by local health officials, who said it likely was contracted through sex and not a mosquito bite, a day after the World Health Organization declared an international public health emergency.

The virus, linked to severe birth defects in thousands of babies in Brazil, is spreading rapidly in the Americas, and WHO officials on Tuesday expressed concern that it could hit Africa and Asia as well. Zika had been thought to be spread by the bite of mosquitoes of the Aedes genus, so sexual contact as a mode of transmission would be a potentially alarming development.

HRCP voices concern over killing of PIA staffer

ISLAMABAD: The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) has voiced grave concern over the killing of a Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) staff member and injuries to four other persons.

In a statement issued on Tuesday, the Commission said: “HRCP condemns the killing of a PIA worker and injuries to four others in a firing incident. Television footage from earlier in the day showed police and Rangers personnel using batons, water cannon and tear gas against protesters when they began to move towards the airport.

Two babies among nine migrants who drowned off Turkey

ISTANBUL: The Turkish coastguard on Tuesday recovered the bodies of nine migrants, including two babies after their boat sank off the west coast while trying to reach Europe.

The coastguard said it discovered the boat half capsized just 25 meters (yards) from the coastline after it set off from the town of Seferihisar in Izmir province in an apparent bid to reach Greece.

The search was continuing in the Aegean, the coast guard said in a statement, adding that two survivors had been rescued.

Supermodel Cindy Crawford

NEW YORK: Supermodel Cindy Crawford on Monday denied reports that she planned to retire from modeling this month, saying she had made no final statements and that she “retirement” was a running joke in her family.

Crawford appeared to suggest in an interview with United Airlines magazine, Hemispheres last week that she would quit modeling when she turns 50 on February 20.

But on Monday she wrote on her Instagram page that “not all headlines tell the whole story.”