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  Manchester, United Kingdom--Opposition leader Ed Miliband insisted he was ready to be Britain's next prime minister as he launched a manifesto Monday designed...

  Hong Kong--Beijing has scrapped unlimited entry to Hong Kong for mainland Chinese visitors whose voracious shopping for everything from baby milk powder to...

  Conakry--Guinean police opened fire on anti-government protesters during violent clashes in the capital Conakry on Monday, a medical source told AFP, wounding several....

  Aden--Aid agencies warned Monday of a growing humanitarian crisis including food shortages in Yemen as Saudi-led warplanes hit rebel positions for a third...

  Kiev--Surging fighting around hotspots in separatist-held east Ukraine put fresh pressure on a shaky ceasefire under review at talks on Monday between the...

  Lagos--The party of Nigeria's president-elect Muhammadu Buhari has won governorship elections in a majority of Nigeria's 36 states, building its strength nationwide after...

  Paris--Paris took a major new step Monday to bidding for the 2024 Olympics when city lawmakers voted by an overwhelming majority to back...

  Beirut--More than a dozen Lebanese truck drivers trapped for almost two weeks in a Syria-Jordan border crossing after it was seized by rebels...

  ISLAMABAD: The convicted murderer of former Punjab Governor Salman Taseer has filed an appeal in the Supreme Court, challenging his death sentence in...

  KARACHI: Police Chief Ghulam Qadir Thebo said on Monday the situation in Karachi had improved as a result of the operation being carried...

  LAHORE: Police on Monday arrested a man accused of killing a LESCO worker and injuring two others in a shout-out in Lahore's Baghbanpura...

  ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chairman Imran Khan formally contacted Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) chief Sirajul Haq via telephone on Monday, asking him to support PTI...

  TURBAT: Paramilitary forces in Balochistan claim they have killed 13 terrorists, including a militant commander involved in the murder of 20 labourers in...

  RAWALPINDI: An anti-terrorism court (ATC) on Monday continued hearing of the murder case of former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto. During proceedings the ATC...

  KARACHI: A heatwave is expected to strike Karachi during the current week with temperatures likely to soar to 43 degrees centigrade.   The Met...

  New Delhi--Government has decided to confer gallantry awards on the security personnel who sacrificed their lives in the recent Naxal attacks in Chhattisgarh...

  New Delhi--A day after Congress leader Captain Amarinder Singh said the leadership of the party should remain with Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi...

  New Delhi Even as the NDA government battles barbs from Opposition parties and a stricture from US President Barack Obama over its handling...