KABUL: A non-governmental group monitoring Afghanistan’s parliamentary elections said on Saturday it had reported “extensive irregularities”, including attacks on polling stations, to... (more...)

NEW YORK: An American immigration lawyer has urged the Obama administration to grant temporary protected status to Pakistani nationals now in the United States “as a humanitarian gesture”,... (more...)

JERUSALEM: US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said on Wednesday that Israeli and Palestinian leaders were “serious” about peace ahead of a new round of direct talks in Jerusalem. (more…)  Read More →

WASHINGTON: President Barack Obama convened his Afghan war cabinet on Monday as new reports cast doubt on the US strategy to convince President Hamid Karzai to purge his government of corruption. Obama... (more...)

CARACAS: A domestic passenger plane crashed Monday in southeastern Venezuela killing at least 14 people, officials said, but 33 of those on board miraculously survived the terrifying ordeal. The plane... (more...)

NEW DELHI: The International Cricket Council (ICC) will appoint an independent commissioner to determine the fate of the three Pakistani players fighting spot-fixing charges. ICC President Sharad Pawar... (more...)

SAN FRANCISCO: Google has agreed to pay 8.5 million dollars (US) to settle a privacy lawsuit over a Buzz social networking tool added to free email service Gmail in February, according to court documents. ... (more...)

WASHINGTON: Israel’s ambassador to Washington, Michael Oren, warned Friday that Hezbollah has placed around 15,000 rockets along Lebanon’s border with Israel, including some that could hit... (more...)

LONDON: Pakistan’s top diplomat in the UK Wajid Shamsul Hasan has termed the role of International Cricket Council as ‘arbitrary and biased’ in reaction to the governing body’s... (more...)

LONDON: Pakistan High Commissioner to the United Kingdom Wajid Shamsul Hasan has said the three Pakistani cricketers at the centre of alleged betting scam will defend their innocence as they considered... (more...)