LONDON: Chairman, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf Imran Khan in his article appearing in the British daily ‘The Times’ has called on political leaders in the US and UK to realise that people in the streets... (more...)

SEOUL: US and South Korean forces practised attacks on potential seaborne North Korean infiltrators Tuesday, on the third day of a major naval exercise designed to deter the communist state. The allies... (more...)

DHAKA: Energy-hungry Bangladesh will begin importing power from India by late 2012 after the two countries signed a landmark electricity transmission deal, an energy official said Tuesday. India will export... (more...)

PARIS: An Al-Qaeda-linked gang in the Sahara desert said Sunday that it had killed a 78-year-old French hostage in revenge for the killing of six comrades in a failed Mauritanian-French rescue raid. French... (more...)

FORWARD OPERATING BASE JOYCE, Afghanistan – US military chief Admiral Mike Mullen said on Sunday that NATO-led troops faced a pivotal moment in Afghanistan, with the outcome of the war effort in... (more...)

SEOUL: The United States (US) and South Korea on Sunday launched a major naval exercise involving a nuclear-powered US aircraft carrier in the Sea of Japan despite North Korea’s threats of nuclear... (more...)

TOKYO: A Japanese rescue helicopter with seven people aboard crashed Sunday on a mountain in Saitama prefecture, northwest of Tokyo, police said. “Police could not immediately confirm the state of... (more...)

LONDON: Pakistan High Commissioner to the UK Wajid Shamsul Hasan has felicitated Pakistan cricket team over its victory against Australia in the Leeds Test and lauded the players for their team spirit.... (more...)

WASHINGTON: The United States told New Delhi on Friday that it would continue to sell weapons to Pakistan, and that the sale does not pose a threat to India.  Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Admiral... (more...)

DUBAI: Al-Qaeda on Friday claimed twin attacks on security and intelligence headquarters in the south Yemen town of Zinjibar on July 14 in which three policemen were killed, in an Internet statement. The... (more...)