WASHINGTON: A plane crashed Sunday in Denali National Park in the US state of Alaska, igniting a forest fire, local television reported. There was no immediate word of casualties. It was the second crash... (more...)

NEW YORK: Thousands of Pakistanis from the tri-state area — New York, New Jersey and Connecticut — joined a colourful parade Sunday marking the 64th anniversary of Pakistan, pledging to do... (more...)

TEHRAN: An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.7 hit northeastern Iran, injuring around 170 people, state radio reported on Saturday. The tremor hit the city of Torbat-e Heydariyeh, about 700 km (435 miles)... (more...)

RHINEBECK, New York: After an intensely secretive build-up, Chelsea Clinton and her Wall Street banker beau were tying the knot Saturday at a lavish bash outside the quaint town of Rhinebeck, rural New... (more...)

RAMALLAH, Palestinian Territories: US President Barack Obama has warned Palestinian leader Mahmud Abbas that failure to resume direct peace talks with Israel could undermine US-Palestinian ties, Palestinian... (more...)

Dhaka: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina Saturday warned that her government would not tolerate any anarchy and destructive activities in the garment sector.  She said tough action would be taken against the... (more...)

BAGHDAD: Iraqi soldiers arrested two suspected insurgents behind a brazen series of attacks in Baghdad this week that killed 16 people and wounded 14 others, a security official said on Saturday. The pair... (more...)

BEIRUT: Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and Saudi King Abdullah on Friday urged Lebanon’s rival factions to avoid violence, on an unprecedented joint trip to Beirut aiming to defuse political tensions.... (more...)

DETROIT, Michigan: President Barack Obama said Friday that four consecutive quarters of US economic growth is a “welcome sign” of recovery but more was needed to put unemployed Americans back... (more...)

WASHINGTON: Stressing that the United States is working to forge a  cooperative and mutally beneficial partnership with Pakistan, in marked contrast with the fickle nature of the past relationship, the... (more...)