At least 13 people were killed when unidentified gunmen entered the house of a senior Government official in northwestern Pakistan.
The house of Pir Aurangzeb, a senior official with the government-run power utility, WAPDA, was attacked with...
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North and South Korea are to take a step forward for reconciliation with the delegates from both the sides scheduled to meet today while putting aside the shackles of soured relations and the bitter memories of war that resulted in panic for both the...
About 300 protesters, all of them members of jailed leader Aung San Suu Kyi's National League for Democracy, led a march to Shwedagon pagoda to pray for her freedom.
They were heckled by government supported goons as the police looked on. Democracy...
Internal strife in Afghanistan, be it Al-Qaeda or the unrelenting warlords, is continuing. On Monday, nine people were killed and another 32 injured in northern Afghanistan when police was forced to fire to disperse the violent supporters of Uzbek's...
After a moderately calm winter, Afghanistan looks set for yet another volatile spring as radical attacks and military operations have amplified in last few weeks in the militancy-hit county.
There seems no respite for allied forces in Afghanistan as...
The violence triggered by the LTTE in Sri Lanka shows no sign to cease. Three persons were killed when a roadside bomb exploded near a civilian truck that was passing it.
The explosion occurred in Thirukkovil village in eastern Ampara...
Suspended Pakistan Supreme Court Chief Justice Iftikhar Mohammed Chaudhry has broken his silence two months after President Musharraf removed him. He addressed a gathering of thousands consisting of lawyers and members of opposition political parties...
N. Korea made East Asian countries stunned when it fired the a salvo of short-range test missiles into the Sea of Japan.
The move is viewed significantly, as it occurred amid the continued standoff between IAEA and N. Korea on the issue of...
The military junta of Myanmar has extended the house arrest of opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi by one year, reports say.
The pro-democracy leader's latest detention period was due to expire on Sunday. The move does not come as a surprise. Under...
When outgoing US ambassador to Afghanistan Ronald Neumann said that the war on terror in Afghanistan will not be won unless a war on heroin is declared, he only crystallized the growing realization amongst the US and Nato countries that heroin...
Seeking to comprehend the possible strategic options in Afghanistan for the US and its allies, President Bush welcomed NATO's top diplomat to his ranch Sunday. Bush and first lady Laura Bush greeted Secretary-General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer and his wife,...
Fourteen people were killed and 31 injured when a suicide bomber walked into a crowded market in eastern Afghanistan and blew himself up. The incident occurred a day after a suicide bomber in northern Afghanistan killed three German soldiers and...
US policy towards Pakistan as its ally in war on terror since 9/11 has become so unpredictable that it appears at times to edge on confusion. Now, it looks like the two strong US allies in the 'War on Terror,' (Pakistan and Afghanistan) are...
Recently, The New York Times has indicated that US government is buying military support from Pakistani authority in exchange of lump sum annual payment. Though, according to international convention, such monetary payment is totally illegal but US...
Anarchy and disorder continue to grow in Pakistan, just after weeks of political and radical turbulence in the militancy hit nation.
In a fresh incident, several extremists laden with arms on Friday took hostage eight government officials,...
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