WASHINGTON: The two men suspected in the Boston Marathon bombings were armed with a small arsenal of guns, ammunition and explosives when they first confronted the police early Friday, and were most likely planning more attacks, the authorities said ...
MOGADISHU: A Somali journalist was killed by gunmen in Mogadishu on Sunday, the fourth reporter to be murdered in the war-ravaged capital this year, the nation's journalism union said. "The National Union of Somali Journalists (NUSOJ) condemns in the...
THE HAGUE: Middle schools in the Dutch university city of Leiden will remain closed on Monday after police said they had received a "serious threat" of a shooting being planned at one. "Police have received mention about a possible school shooting (b...
BANGKOK: Myanmar has waged "a campaign of ethnic cleansing" against Rohingya Muslims, a leading rights watchdog said Monday, citing evidence of mass graves and forced displacement. The Rohingya, who are denied citizenship by the country also known as...
KABUL: Taliban insurgents have seized nine people from a civilian helicopter which made an emergency landing in eastern Afghanistan, officials said Monday. The Turkish civilian helicopter made an emergency landing on Sunday evening, said Rais Khan Sa...
KARACHI: Unidentified armed men attacked a shop with hand grenade in Kharadar area on Sunday evening injuring at least 14 people, media reported. Police said heavily armed violent criminals also resorted to firing after hurling hand grenade at a Jale...
THARPARKAR: Two policemen along with two other men allegedly gang raped a married woman after subjecting her to torture, media reported Monday. A 20-year old Hindu woman, resident of Aadhi village in Tharparkar, alleged that two policemen posted at a...
LAHORE: Pakistan Muslim League-Quaid-e-Azam (PML-Q) chief, Chaudhry Shujaat, Sunday warned that an undue haste in trying former president Gen (Retd) Pervez Musharraf for treason could lead to a serious waste, media reported. "Being a matter of extrao...
ISLAMABAD: Former president General (retd) Pervez Musharraf Sunday said all the steps adopted on November 3, 2007 were result of a consultation process, media reported. According to the content of a statement recorded with police authorities whose co...
ISLAMBAD: Ahmed Raza Kasuri, counsel for former president Pervez Musharraf has said that all the people who backed the ex military ruler in abrogating the Constitution should also be tried under article six of the constitution. He said that 14 judges...
KARACHI: Police on Monday launched a search operation in Manghopir area of Sultanabad , arresting five suspects and recovering heavy cache of weapons. The operation was launched in the wee hours of Monday with heavy contingent of police with women of...
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court of Pakistan will resume hearing into identical petitions, seeking directives to initiate high treason case against former military ruler Pervez Musharraf for subverting the Constitution and imposing state of emergency tod...
ISLAMABAD: Superintendent of Adiala jail visited the residence of former military rule Gen Pervez Musharraf on Sunday to examine arrangement at the farmhouse which was declared as a sub-jail, media reported. The former president was also declared fi...
KABUL: Insurgents shot six police officers dead at a checkpoint and a suicide bomber killed three civilians at a shopping bazaar in two attacks in eastern Afghanistan on Sunday. The attacks came during a surge in hostilities as Afghanistan’s spring...
QUETTA: Two Awami National Party (ANP) workers were killed and another injured in a firing incident in Pishin district of Balochistan on Sunday. Police sources told Dawn.com that motorcycle-riding gunmen opened fire on ANP workers in Killi Karbala ...
SANAA: An apparent US drone strike and ensuing ground clashes in Yemen killed three suspected Al Qaeda militants and two soldiers on Sunday, a security official and witnesses said. The strike targeted a house in Wadi Abida, in the eastern province o...
LONDON : A defiant, festive mood prevailed Sunday at the London Marathon despite concerns raised by the bomb attacks on the Boston Marathon six days ago. Thousands of runners offered tributes to those killed and injured in Boston on a glorious spring...
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan's former military ruler Pervez Musharraf is being held in "isolation" in his luxury farmhouse, confined to two rooms and stripped of his personal staff, his party spokesman said Sunday. A court remanded Musharraf, who ruled Pakist...
QUETTA: A minor explosion took place at a political rally in Turbat on Sunday which was followed by reports of firing. A rally of the National Party chief Dr Abdul Malik Baloch was underway in Turbat when a cracker blast occurred. Secretary General...
KARACHI: In what is being described as a major shift in policy towards the outlawed Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan, Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) chief Altaf Hussain has appealed to its leaders to lay down arms and enter mainstream politics. “You canno...
World’s largest wave power scheme given go-ahead
THE Scottish Government today gave the green light for the world’s la...
Afghan peace lost in transition worries
KABUL : Amid the scattered but steadily mounting carnage of the Talib...
Afghan archaeology site faces rocky future
Ancient ruins of Mes Aynak threatened by planned Chinese mining projec...
Applying Early Lessons to Build Afghan Security
Kabul, Afghanistan: As a young Army Green Beret major in December 2001...
A cooler century? Wait and see
New research suggesting that the Earth may be warming a little more s...
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Noam Chomsky: Obama Was Willing to Start Nuclear War to Kill bin Laden
"Raw Story" - MIT Professor Noam Chomsky criticized the killing of al...
