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ISLAMABAD, Dec 30 (Agencies): At least eight people, including two children were killed on Tuesday when Pakistani security forces launched a fresh crackdown on ...
LONDON, Dec 30 (Agencies): After years of struggle to avoid schism, the Church of England has reached a landmark deal on the consecration of women bishops, a de...
KANDAHAR, Dec 30 (Agencies): At least nine Taliban-linked militants were killed in clashes with Afghan and international forces in troubled southern Afghanistan...
DHAKA, Dec 30 (Agencies): Fundamentalist Jamat-e-Islami (JI), a crucial ally of former premier Khaleda Zia's BNP-led four-party alliance, on Tuesday suffered a ...
UNITED NATIONS, Dec 30 (Agencies): Palestinians in Gaza believed Israel had called a 48-hour "lull" in retaliatory attacks with Hamas when Israeli warplanes lau...
SAN'A (YEMEN), Dec 30 (Agencies): A Yemeni security official says hundreds of protesters angry with Egypt's role in the blockade of Gaza have stormed the Egypti...
ISLAMABAD, Feb 9 (Agencies): An agreement on demilitarisation of Siachen appeared "imminent" with Pakistan assuring India that its forces would not occupy the g...
ISLAMABAD, Feb 9 (Agencies): A major Islamist party has refused to recognise the contribution of Muhammad Ali Jinnah in the creation of Pakistan and has dropped...
ISLAMABAD, Feb 9 (Agencies): Alarmed at the growing incidents of kidnapping of Hindus in Pakistan's Sindh province, an alliance of minority organisations has sa...
WASHINGTON, Feb 9 (Agencies): The Bush administrating has earmarked USD 300 million for Pakistan from nearly USD 300 billion that the White House is seeking fro...
WASHINGTON, Feb 9 (Agencies): US Commerce Secretary Carlos Gutierrez will seek India's full cooperation in advancing the Doha round of global free trade talks, ...
ISLAMABAD, Feb 9 (Agencies): A parliamentarian in Pakistan has reportedly called upon the government to relax the ban on alcohol because, according to him, more...
DHAKA, Feb 9 (Agencies): Bangladesh's army chief has said the armed forces were 'not running the country' and that the army has no intention 'to capture power o...
GAZA, Feb 9 (Reuters): Palestinians today celebrated a coalition deal between Hamas and Fatah to end factional warfare, but Israel insisted the Islamist Hamas g...
KARACHI, Feb 9 (Reuters): Pakistani authorities will deport nearly 300 elderly Afghans arrested after they were sent to Pakistan from the Haj pilgrimage in Saud...
KATHMANDU, Feb 9 (Agencies): The picture of Nepal's unpopular King Gyanendra will be replaced by that of Mount Everest on the Himalayan country's 10-rupee notes...
HOUSTON, Feb 9 (Agencies): Indian American astronaut Sunita Williams and US spacewalking record-holder Michael Lopez-Alegria have wound up a six-hour, 40-minute...
WASHINGTON, Feb 9 (UNI): US Commerce Secretary Carlos M Gutierrez will visit New Delhi on February 13-14 to meet senior Indian officials and business leaders. D...
UNITED NATIONS, Feb 9 (UNI): Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has decided to appoint Ian Martin (United Kingdom) as his Special Representative in Nepal and Head of...
BEIJING, Feb 9 (Reuters): China has executed a Uighur activist in a far northwestern city for attempting to "split the motherland" and possessing firearms and e...