A leaked report purportedly drafted by authorities in Myanmar’s military government describes a top-secret visit to North Korea late last year by Myanmar's top brass, during which the two sides pledged to significantly expand cooperation in military training and arms production, Radio Free Asia (RFA)...

Sri Lankan off-spinner Muttiah Muralitharan is all set to sign for Victoria Bushrangers for the Twenty20 Big Bash and play as local hero at the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG), the same venue where 14 years ago he was labelled a chucker by umpire Darrel...

Australian speedster Brett Lee boosted his selection chances for the first Ashes Test starting Wednesday at Cardiff with a burst of five for 21 in 40 balls in a practice match against Englad Lions at...

A woman who complained to police about an unwanted sexual encounter with a former New Zealand minister has dropped the case, police said...

Islamabad, July 3 : Pakistan Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani today said that meeting with his Indian counterpart Manmohan Singh on the sidelines of NAM summit in Egypt would be an opportunity to strengthen bilateral ties....

Islamabad, July 3 : Pakistan on Friday said that the peace in the region cannot be discussed without the resolution of the long-standing issue with India, stepping up its rhetoric on Kashmir....

Lahore, July 3 : The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has sent a show-cause notice to director National Cricket Academy Aamir Sohail for not attending the course held in...

Colombo, July 3 : Despite promising to resettle 80 percent of Tamil refugees by the end of this year, the Sri Lankan Government has reportedly started building permanent camps for most of the 300,000 refugees, who are being held there since Tamil Tigers' defeat in...

Islamabad, July 3 : France has agreed to provide Pakistan Tiger combat helicopters and other sophisticated military equipments to strengthen its abilities in taking on the rampant...

Lahore, July 3 : The internal rift between the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) officials is out in the open again, with the board's Director Human Resources, Wasim Bari serving a show cause notice to Director National Cricket Academy, Aamir...

Lahore, July 3 : Pakistan would host New Zealand for three Tests and five one-day internationals on a neutral venue, after all efforts by the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) to relocate the 'home' series against Kiwis to New Zealand...

Karachi, July 3 : Relations between India and Pakistan soured and the blame game from both sides gained unprecedented heights after the 26/11 Mumbai carnage, but for Syed Saadat Ali and his wife, the heightened tensions between the two neighboring nations did not affect the treatment of their son, Syed Raahim, who was operated in New Delhi for a rare congenital heart disorder in December...

Washington, July 3 : An archaeological excavation in southern Vietnam of a site more than 3000 years old has shed new light on how the death of young children was viewed by community members and uncovered the oldest clear evidence of rice agriculture in the...

Islamabad, July 3 : At least 13 people were killed and several others injured in two missile hits carried out by unmanned US Predator aircrafts in South Waziristan on...

Lahore, July 3 : The Pakistan Army may have been planning an all out assault against the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) chief Baitullah Mehsud in his stronghold of South Waziristan, but experts believe that the operation could result in further disappointment for the United...

Islamabad, July 3 : Pakistan has spent about 10 billion dollars in the war on terror during the financial year 2008-09, the chairman of the Panel of Economists of the Planning Commission, Hafiz Pasha has...

JULIAN BORGER UN SECRETARY general Ban Ki-moon faced a barrage of criticism last night for apparently praising the Burmese junta without winning any concessions over human rights or a move towards...

A Pakistani military helicopter has crashed in the north-west of the country killing all 26 security personnel on board, officials said, ahead of a planned army offensive against a Taliban militant...

Aung San Suu Kyi, who has spearheaded the campaign for democracy for two decades in Myanmar, is currently on trial for breaching a security law, which critics say is an attempt by the generals to...

The Communist government has neglected tribals in Lalgarh, say analysts Maoist rebels controlled a tribal area in India's West Bengal state for nearly eight months before a government offensive...

A senior Obama administration official has told the BBC that Russia has agreed to let US troops bound for the war in Afghanistan fly through its airspace.The deal, which opens up an important new...

Saturday, July 04, 2009 By our correspondent ISLAMABAD: President Asif Ali Zardari on Friday said that out of box and innovative solutions were to be found to enable the Pakistan Housing...

Saturday, July 04, 2009 By Shakeel Anjum ISLAMABAD: The capital city police have arrested an alleged terrorist with the help of intelligence agencies from the Margala area, recovering explosive...

Saturday, July 04, 2009 By Usman Manzoor ISLAMABAD: Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif has refused to meet a lawyer who was nominated by Governor Salmaan Taseer for the post of Lahore High...

Saturday, July 04, 2009 By Mazhar Tufail ISLAMABAD: The Punjab chapter of Islami Tehrik Pakistan is holding a national conference of scholars of Fiqah-e-Jafria here on Sunday (July 5) to discuss...

Saturday, July 04, 2009 By our correspondent HYDERABAD: Sindh Taraqqi Pasand Party (STPP) chief Dr Qadir Magsi on Friday strongly condemned the bill moved in the National Assembly, seeking the...

Islamabad: Pakistani Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani has rejected calls to divide Punjab province and create another province to be called Seraiki or Bhawalpur. "We reject this demand to...

Saturday, July 04, 2009 By Schezee Zaidi ISLAMABAD: Eminent literati and journalists paid rich tributes to renowned journalist and poet Kaleem Omar (late) during a reference organised in his...

US missiles struck a training facility operated by Pakistani Taliban leader Baitullah Mehsud and a militant communication center on Friday, killing 17 people and wounding 27 others, intelligence...

KESC MD terms non-payments, Kunda culture main problems of the company Saturday, July 04, 2009 By Mehtab Haider ISLAMABAD: Managing Director Karachi Electric Supply Company (KESC) Naveed...

Saturday, July 04, 2009 By Dilshad Azeem ISLAMABAD: The majority of federal ministers showed total indifference to the National Assembly debate on the budget, as neither they uttered a word on...

Saturday, July 04, 2009 By our correspondent ISLAMABAD: The United Arab Emirates has announced a contribution of US$500,000 to the UN Trust Fund for Benazir Bhutto Inquiry Commission.Spokesperson...

NEW DELHI: Islamabad on Friday appeared to be wilting under international pressure when it decided to appeal against the release of Jamaat-ud-Dawa chief and Mumbai terror attack accused Hafiz...

New Delhi: Attempts by Pakistan to link the Mumbai terrorist attack of November 2008 to the earlier explosion on board the Samjhauta Express are likely to flounder in the face of the United Nations...

Ban Ki Moon was refused a meeting with the detained democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi yesterday — an unpromising start to an important two-day visit to Burma by the UN Secretary-General. ...

Pakistan's crackdown on Taliban has helped U.S. security, Janet Napolitano says The U.S. homeland security chief is in Pakistan, meeting with officials U.S. looking at ways to monitor who's traveling...

VIENNA (Kyodo) Yukiya Amano, Japan's ambassador to the Permanent Mission to the International Organizations in Vienna, was elected the next director general of the International Atomic Energy Agency...

Vietnam, concerned that too many boys are being born, will destroy more than 30,000 copies of books instructing couples on how to have a baby of their desired sex, state-linked media said Friday. The...

It’s nearly midnight on Saturday and the dance floor of DJ’s Bar in Rangoon is packed with Burmese youth, grooving to throbbing house music as red, green and yellow light beams flash and slice...

The U.N. Children's Fund says it is deeply concerned about the condition of thousands of children who have been displaced by conflict in northwestern Pakistan. UNICEF says children are in urgent...

Japan and Hong Kong say they have each identified cases of the swine influenza A-H1N1 virus that are resistant to the anti-viral drug Tamiflu. Denmark reported the first such case earlier this...

The United Nations is assisting families displaced by violence which shook Timor-Leste in 2006 return to their homes and preventing potential conflicts in their communities. In late April 2006,...

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon (L) holds a meeting with Myanmar's junta supremo Senior General Than Shwe (R) in Naypyidaw, July 3, 2009. Ban had a rare meeting with Shwe on Friday but...

ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan government is preparing to file a “leave to appeal” petition against the release of Lashkar-e-Toiba founder and Jamat-ud-dawa chief Hafiz Saeed in the Supreme...

The Secretary General of the UN, Ban Ki-moon, is in Myanmar to try and persuade its military leaders to release political prisoners and follow the path to democracy. Ban has admitted the two-day...

(RTTNews) - A military helicopter carrying security personnel has crashed in Pakistan's northwestern tribal region, killing at least 26 on board.Reports quoting military officials said the accident...

At least 15 people, thought to be Taliban fighters, have been killed by missiles fired from a suspected US drone in northwest Pakistan, officials say.A Pakistani intelligence services spokesman said...

Former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto waves from her car before being assassinated in a bomb attack following a political rally on December 27, 2007 in Rawalpindi,...

Up to 26 Pakistani security personnel are feared dead after an army transport helicopter crashed in the tribal region of Orakzai, military officials say.Maj Gen Athar Abbas told the BBC the...

Rawalpindi, July 3 : At least 11 militants, including a Taliban commander, were killed in fighting with the security forces in northwest Pakistan, officials said...