Rumbling in Kashmir as prospect of Hindu nationalist win looms in India
High in the hills of Kashmir last week came a reminder of the deep and durable tension that the relative calm of recent years in the disputed Himalayan former princedom…
Suspected Tamil rebels shot dead in Sri Lanka
The army in Sri Lanka says it has shot dead three men who were trying to revive the Tamil Tigers (LTTE), the separatist rebel group crushed by the military in…
Israel launched new satellite to spy on Mid East
Israel's Defense Ministry has successfully launched Ofek 10, a next-generation satellite that will provide highly-targeted surveillance of specific locations - such as Iran's nuclear sites. "We continue to increase the…
Pakistan navy deploys Chinese C-602 cruise missile
Frontline units of the Pakistani navy have been equipped with C-602 anti-ship cruise missiles purchased from China, according to the Kanwa Defense Review published by Andrei Chang, also known as…
Sudan expels UN agency chief accused of ‘interference’
KHARTOUM: Sudan has expelled the country chief of a United Nations agency and accused her of interfering in domestic affairs, the foreign ministry said on Wednesday. The incident is the…
Why We Need Allama Iqbal Today
“Nations are born in the heart of a poet, they prosper and die in the hands of a politician.” Stray Reflections. Today we, the Pakistani nation, proudly boast of being…
16-year old stabs 21 schoolmates in US school
Suspect arrested following knife attacks and stampede which leaves blood on the floor and walls. At least five students were critically wounded, including a boy whose liver was pierced by…
Clash between TTP groups claims 10 more lives in S. Waziristan
PESHAWAR: The clash between two groups of the Taliban in Shaktoi area of South Waziristan continued on Tuesday claiming the lives of ten more militants and wounding three others. Both the warring…
Mirwaiz calls for boycott of polls,brands it a futile exercise
On the eve of the first round of polling in Jammu and Kashmir, moderate Hurriyat Conference chairman Mirwaiz Umer Farooq on Wednesday asked the people to stay away from the Lok Sabha…
Army top brass reviews implications of ISAF drawdown from Afghanistan
RAWALPINDI: On a day when a bomb killed 22 people in Islamabad and the peace process in danger of running aground again, the military’s top brass undertook a comprehensive review of…