Pakistan International Airlines has sacked over 50 employees, including pilots and cabin crew, for holding fake degrees, the media reported on Saturday.

In the unfortunate news reporting from US, Richard Overton, the oldest man in America and World War II veteran died at the age of 112.

A 6.9 magnitude earthquake has hit the Philippine island of Mindanao on December 29, today. Following the massive quake, the Pacific Tsunami Warning Centre warns about upcoming tsunami with small waves expected to hit southern parts of the country and neighbouring Indonesia.

An explosion on Friday targeting a bus carrying Vietnamese tourists on an excursion to the Giza pyramids left four people dead and 10 others wounded, Egyptian authorities said.

America's oldest World War II veteran and the oldest man in the country, Richard Overton, has died. He was 112, his family said.

Gun violence on campuses across the US in 2018 reached records unseen in the past 20 years in terms of both the number of incidents and the degree of devastation, the Washington Post reported.

A transformer explosion at a power plant in Queens temporarily lit up the New York skyline in bright blue and caused a frenzy in the city, with many on the social media fearing an alien invasion.

All flights around Indonesia's Anak Krakatau volcano were re-routed and the alert level was on Thursday raised to the second-highest possible, days after the volcano triggered a tsunami leaving over 400 dead.

China has successfully tested the sophisticated S-400 air defence system bought from Russia, a missile for which India struck a deal with Kremlin risking the US sanctions.

So, we are ready to bid good bye to the year 2018. We had a look back on the year, that too in politics and came across the notable stories which are most voted by readers. Here are top most selected stories which are must-read.