Kabul attack on NATO convoy kills 4 civilians: official
KABUL: A suicide attacker targeting a NATO convoy in Kabul on Sunday killed four civilians and wounded at least seven others, officials said, the latest blast in the capital as…
Two killed in exchange of fire along Pak-India boundary
SIALKOT: At least two Pakistanis were killed and three others, including a woman, were injured in the early hours of Monday when personnel from the Indian Border Security Force (BSF)…
Erdogan wins Turkey’s presidential election
Outgoing PM Recep Tayyip Erdogan has hailed his victory in Turkey's first direct presidential election as a new era for the country. He told thousands of supporters from the balcony…
Amnesty slams US over civilian deaths in Afghanistan
KABUL: The families of thousands of civilians killed by American forces in Afghanistan have been left without justice or compensation, an Amnesty International report said Monday, in a damning indictment…
Passenger plane crashes in Iran residential area: At least feared 40 dead
An airplane carrying 40 passengers crashed in a residential area after taking off from Tehran's Mehrabad airport on Sunday morning, Iran's official IRNA news agency reported, citing a spokesman…
Egypt dissolves Brotherhood’s political wing
An Egyptian court issued a ruling on Saturday dissolving the Freedom and Justice Party, the political wing of the banned Muslim Brotherhood, judicial sources said, dealing another blow in the…
U.S. raid as al-Qaeda executes 15 Yemeni soldiers
While a drone strike on a house killed three al-Qaeda suspects, the group’s militants on Friday abducted and executed 15 Yemeni soldiers in the southeastern province of Hadramawt, a military…
Militant attack from Afghanistan kills four in Upper Dir
PESHAWAR: Militants from Afghanistan stormed the house of a local anti-Taliban militia chief in Upper Dir district, killing him and three members of his family, officials said Saturday. The incident…
Ghani, Abdullah sign deal on unity govt with US Backing
KABUL (Monitoring Desk): Presidential runners Dr. Ashraf Ghani Ahmadzai and Dr. Abdullah Abdullah Friday agreed to set aside their differences by signing a unity government with US backing before the…
WHO declares Ebola epidemic a global emergency
GENEVA: Nigeria became the latest country to declare a national emergency over the deadly Ebola virus on Friday, as the World Health Organisation called the epidemic that has claimed nearly…