PESHAWAR, Pakistan: A bomb exploded outside a mosque in northwest Pakistan on Friday, killing at least 12 people and wounding dozens of others...
PESHAWAR, Pakistan: A bomb exploded outside a mosque in northwest Pakistan on Friday, killing at least 12 people and wounding dozens of others...
ABUJA: Nigeria has signed a $1 billion memorandum of understanding with General Electric to build a factory that could create up to 2,300...
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s powerful Supreme Court yesterday ordered imminent general elections to go ahead as planned in a bid to quash fears a fledgling...
BERLIN: Germany’s lower house of parliament yesterday voted overwhelmingly to extend the country’s military presence in Afghanistan but aimed to slash troop numbers...
KARACHI: Two top clerics from one of the largest Muslim seminaries in Pakistan were shot dead yesterday and at least 10 others killed...
DUBAI: Fuel purchases made for Afghan security forces using US government funds may have included Iranian products in violation of Washington’s sanctions, the...
ISLAMABAD: Three more retired generals have been made ambassadors taking the number of former military officers serving post-retirement ambassadorial assignments to the highest...
ISLAMABAD: Important on-and-off-the-record meetings are set to take place in London over the span of a week as President Asif Ali Zardari and...
Bollywood film actor, producer and director Kamal Hassan addressing a press conference on the controversy surrounding his new film Vishwaroopam in Mumbai, yesterday....
NEW DELHI: India’s finance minister is putting welfare, defence and road projects on the chopping block in a last-ditch attempt to hit a...
Mumbai: A Maharashtra court yesterday dropped all charges against two women who wrote comments on Facebook questioning the shutdown in the city after...
Senator Chuck Hagel arrives to testify before the Senate Armed Services Committee for his confirmation hearing for Secretary of Defence, in Washington. WASHINGTON:...
TRIPOLI: British Prime Minister David Cameron made a surprise visit to Tripoli yesterday for security talks just days after his government, which played...
BAMAKO: Mali’s interim president ruled out talks with Islamist groups who ruled the north for nine months, but said he was ready to...
LUXEMBOURG: The European Court of Justice yesterday ordered Irish airline Ryanair to compensate passengers whose travel plans were thrown into chaos by the...
WASHINGTON: A 14-year-old female student was shot in the head yesterday at a school in Atlanta, Georgia, according to US media, which said...
MANILA: Several American lawmakers yesterday expressed regret over the incident involving the grounding of a US Navy warship in Tubbataha Reef. A trade...
MANILA: Quezon Representative Erin Tañada hinted yesterday that President Aquino is open to certifying the freedom of information (FOI) bill as urgent. Tañada...
