ROME: Italian Foreign Minister Giulio Terzi said Tuesday he was resigning from his post in protest over the return of two Italian marines to India to face murder charges. "I resign in contention with the decision to send the marines back to Italy. Th...
ISLAMABAD: Chief of Army Staff General Ashfaq Pervez Kayani on Tuesday called on caretaker Prime Minister Justice (retd) Mir Hazar Khan Khoso, media reported. In the meeting held here at PM House, COAS and the caretaker premier discussed overall secu...
KABUL: US Secretary of State John Kerry held a second round of talks with Afghan President Hamid Karzai in Kabul on Tuesday after the two put on a public show of unity in a bid to repair damaged ties. Kerry visited Afghanistan just after the United S...
SEOUL: North Korea put its artillery and "strategic" rocket units on combat ready status Tuesday, with orders to prepare for strikes against the US mainland, Hawaii and Guam, state media reported. A statement from the Korean People's Army supreme com...
KARACHI: Rangers raided Jumma Goth area of Malir and arrested 25 persons Tuesday, media reported. According to sources, Rangers conducted raid in Jumma Goth and while searching the houses, they rounded up 25 persons. During the operation, entry and e...
KABUL: US Secretary of State John Kerry landed in Afghanistan on Monday for an unannounced visit, with relations badly frayed by Kabul's recent hostility to US-led military efforts in the country. Kerry is likely to face a testing meeting with Presid...
KABUL: Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai Monday said that peace talks with the Taliban would also require the involvement of Pakistan in the process. US Secretary of State John Kerry and Afghan President Hamid Karzai made a show of rare, recent unit...
JALALABAD: A group of seven suicide bombers attacked a police base in the eastern Afghan city of Jalalabad on Tuesday, killing five officers, police said. One bomber set off a large explosion at the entrance of the quick reaction police headquarters ...
YANGON: The death toll from recent communal violence in central Myanmar has risen to 40 after eight more bodies were pulled from the wreckage of a riot-hit town, state media reported on Tuesday. The clashes were a stark reminder of the challenge that...
NEW DELHI: India's Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has told of his "deep distress" at the killing of two Indians by French troops guarding the Central African Republic's main airport following a coup. In a statement, Singh said he had received a letter...
KARACHI: The rangers conducted raids in Lyari and Macher Colony of the meropolis, apprehending several suspects in the wee hours of Tuesday, media reported. According to rangers sources, the rangers launched raids in Macher Colony, adjacent to Maripu...
QUETTA: Frontier Corps thwarting a sabotage bid defused an improvised explosive device (IED) planted in Naseerabad on Monday. FC officials said that on a tip off, FC team reached Mangoli area of the district and rendered the IED harmless, hidden in t...
SUI: An 18-inch diameter gas pipeline has been blown up in Gobpat area of Sui, on Monday, partially affecting the gas supply to Karachi. According to Levies sources, unidentified people blew up a gas pipeline with explosives in Gopat area and destroy...
PESHAWAR: A blast has been heard on Kohat Road followed by firing in Garhi Qamar Din area in the provincial capital. According to sources, the relevant authorities have started looking for the exact spot of the blast. Police have confirmed the happen...
KARACHI: A young man was killed and two others were injured in different acts of violence in the city on Monday. A young man bearing torture marks was found dead near a drain in Mauripur within the limits of Mauripur police station. The body was shif...
KARACHI: Two eyewitnesses in the Shahzeb Khan murder case refused to identity main accused Shahrukh Jatoi in an Anti-Terrorism court here. The two witnesses who were Shahzeb Khan’s neighbours appeared before the anti-terrorism court on Monday. The wi...
KABUL: Afghanistan on Monday took full control of Bagram military prison from the United States, healing one running sore in their testy relationship as US-led forces wind down more than a decade of war. President Hamid Karzai had made the fate of th...
MULTAN: City Jalalpur police busted a gang wanted for at least 20 counts of murder, theft and robbery besides recovering items here on Sunday. After an exchange of fire, police arrested Ilyas, Fiaz, Malki, Azhar, Altaf, Allah Dita, Sabir and Irshad o...
KARACHI: Police claimed to have arrested four suspects in a late night search operation, media reported. According to the police, acting upon a tip off regarding presence of suspects in Sheerin Jinnah Colony and Neelam Colony, the law enforcers condu...
KARACHI: The Karachi Police (West) arrested 94 accused during a special campaign against the absconders, said a statement on Sunday. It said that the police have held eight proclaimed offenders and 86 absconders, who have been apprehended from differ...
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...
With end of Afghan war in sight, Europe pushes business
Herat, Afghanistan: The European Union threw its weight behind develo...
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بادی النظر...
کیا ہو سکتا ہے اور کیا ہونے والا ہے
ان دنوں ہم...
Noam Chomsky: Obama Was Willing to Start Nuclear War to Kill bin Laden
"Raw Story" - MIT Professor Noam Chomsky criticized the killing of al...
Despite Taliban threats, Afghan women in Kandahar want to get educated
KANDAHAR, Afghanistan: Despite Taliban threat and intimidation, more ...
