LONDON: President Asif Ali Zardari has donated an amount of 2.5 million rupees towards Prime Minister Flood Relief Fund.  This was announced by Pakistan’s High Commissioner to Britain Wajid Shamsul... (more...)

WASHINGTON: US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton “put down a marker” this week to Afghan President Hamid Karzai about the importance of Western-backed anti-corruption bodies, a senior US official... (more...)

HONG KONG: Hong Kong’s richest man said on Thursday he would donate more generously to charities, but stop short of following the 40 US billionaires who pledged to give at least half of their fortunes... (more...)

WASHINGTON: A 5.7 magnitude quake shook Chile Thursday near the city of Concepcion, the US Geological Survey said, adding that its epicenter was close to the area hit by a massive 8.8 magnitude quake in... (more...)

CHICAGO: A US man was arrested hours before he was scheduled to travel to Somalia to fight with a terrorist group against “infidels,” the US Department of Justice announced Wednesday. Shaker... (more...)

DHAKA: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Tuesday expressed deep condolences at the loss of lives and the huge devastation caused by the ongoing monsoon floods in Pakistan. In a message sent to her Pakistani... (more...)

KANDAHAR, Afghanistan: A Taliban  suicide squad armed with bombs and rockets attacked the largest US military base in southern Afghanistan on Tuesday, leaving one NATO soldier and two civilians injured.... (more...)

UNITED NATIONS: Ten Taliban members and 35 Al-Qaeda members and affiliates have been removed from a UN’s terror list after an exhaustive review of 488 names, the head of the Security Council’s... (more...)

UNITED NATIONS: The U.N. system has $18 million at its disposal to back the ongoing Pakistan government’s efforts to provide relief to the victims of the flooding, unleashed by torrential monsoons... (more...)

PARIS: Spokesperson to the President Farhatullah Babar on Monday rejected the notion that President Asif Ali Zardari should have cancelled his visit to the United Kingdom and said it was all the more important... (more...)