A chopper service has been launched to facilitate people travelling between upper and middle parts of Hunza-Nagar district following opening...

President Asif Zardari signed an order here on Thursday to change the status of Kala Dhaka, a part of Provincially...

An American diplomat in the Pakistani city of Lahore has shot and killed a Pakistani motorcycle rider and his pillion...

The Taleban leadership believes that the withdrawal of the US-NATO forces, or their “escape” from Afghanistan is inevitable, and merely...

Bahraini King Hamad suggested to Egypt’s President Hosni Mubarak on Wednesday an Arab meeting to discuss the future of the...

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has officially opened the World Economic Forum, two days after a bomb blast at a Moscow...

The BBC has confirmed plans to close five of its 32 World Service language services. Staff have been informed that...

Indian police have arrested nine people in connection with the burning alive of a government official investigating a fuel racket....

Indian composer AR Rahman has been nominated for this year's Academy Awards for his music on director Danny Boyle's new...

The men who stoned a couple to death in north Afghanistan will be brought to justice, say officials, after footage...

Australia's Prime Minister Julia Gillard has announced a new tax to help pay for devastating floods that she says will...

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has sacked several officials after blaming the Domodedovo airport bombing on poor security. He said those...

Fraud costs the UK economy £38bn a year, with more than half of that suffered by the public sector, according...

Afghanistan's president said Monday he will honor a deal not to further delay the inauguration of the country's new parliament,...

Australian airline Qantas said an air conditioning problem likely caused one of its jets to depressurise mid-flight on Tuesday, prompting...