Punjabi Taliban shift focus to Afghanistan
PESHAWAR: Punjabi Taliban, an influential militant faction of the Pakistani Taliban on Friday said it would abandon insurgent activity inside the country and redirect its energies towards Afghanistan. The announcement…
U.S. confirms al-Shabaab leader killed
The United States confirmed Friday that the leader of al-Shabaab militants in Somalia was killed in an air strike earlier this week, in what the White House called a major…
Ukraine and pro-Russia rebels agree ceasefire
MINSK: Ukraine and pro-Kremlin rebels signed up to a truce Friday that could stem nearly five months of bloodshed but is unlikely to quell the separatist drive in the east. Sceptical…
Operational readiness best deterrence: COAS
ISLAMABAD - Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Raheel Sharif said on Friday that highest state of operational readiness of the army has always acted as the best deterrence against…
No respite: Merciless rain leaves more than 100 deadNo respite: Merciless rain leaves more than 100 dead
MUZAFFARABAD / RAWALPINDI / FAISALABAD / LAHORE:Heavy thunderstorms continued to pummel the upper parts of the country on Friday, leaving behind a wide trail of destruction across Punjab and Azad…
Fazlullah has joined hands with killers of Taliban, says splinter group
PESHAWAR: The outlawed Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan and its splinter group Jamaatul Ahrar (JA) are on a collision course as the latter has accused TTP chief Mullah Fazlullah of joining hands with…
Missing Libyan aircraft spark fears of 9/11-style attack in North Africa
U.S. officials Tuesday expressed fears that Islamist militants who allegedly stole 11 jetliners in Libya last month could carry out a 9/11-style attack in North Africa days before the 13th…
U.S. open to new Gaza resolution if it helps truce
The United States is open to a new U.N. resolution on Gaza but only if it contributes to sustaining the Israeli-Palestinian ceasefire, the U.S. envoy to the United Nations said…
General denies Fiji Muslims face U.N. hostage backlash
Fiji’s army chief on Thursday dismissed as “sick” a suggestion the Pacific nation’s Muslim minority will face a backlash if 45 U.N. peacekeepers taken hostage by Islamic rebels in the…
Sotloff’s family challenges ISIS for debate on Islam
The family of Steven Sotloff, the second American journalist beheaded by Islamic State of Iraq and Syria militants, said on Wednesday he was “a gentle soul,” and challenged the group's…