Israeli govt rules out Al Khalil pullback
 AL QUDS, Aug 25: The Israeli government ruled out any imminent pullback from Al Khalil on Sunday, bowing to pressure from the military establishment and further jeopardizing a plan for a...
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India threatens to take further steps
NEW DELHI, Aug 25: Accusing Pakistan of not doing enough to address India’s problems with cross-border infiltration in Kashmir, Indian Foreign Minister Yahswant Sinha has warned of further steps, short of...
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Trade team leaves for Kabul
ISLAMABAD, Aug 25: A 22-member trade delegation left on Sunday for Kabul on a 4-day visit to finalise a barter trade arrangement with Afghanistan and Dubai and to increase cooperation in...
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Afghan warlords pose threat to US war strategy
WASHINGTON, Aug 25: The United States’ decision to start guarding Afghanistan’s President Hamid Karzai followed intelligence reports that Afghan warlords pose a direct threat to his life and authority, officials said...
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‘Iraq sending emissaries to Arab states’
RIYADH, Aug 25: Iraq is launching a diplomatic offensive throughout the Arab world against any possible US attacks....
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Osama in Pakistani tribal areas: Afghan envoy
RIYADH, Aug 25: The new Afghan ambassador in Saudi Arabia, Mohammad Anwar, who presented his credentials to the Saudi foreign minister a few days back, has claimed that Al Qaeda chief...
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Saddam ordered death of Nidal: report
LONDON, Aug 25: Top Palestinian terrorist Abu Nidal, 65, was killed on the orders of Iraqi President Saddam Hussein because he refused to train Al Qaeda terrorists in the north of...
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Delhi, Dhaka fail to remove irritants
DHAKA, Aug 25: India and Bangladesh held formal talks in Dhaka in an effort to strengthen bilateral ties but apparently failed to make any breakthrough in removing the irritants causing strained...
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Agosta engineers back in Karachi
ISLAMABAD, Aug 25: All French engineers required for the construction of Agosta submarines are back in Pakistan to resume work at the naval facility near Karachi under strict security, well-placed sources...
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Standoff at Okara farms continues
 LAHORE, Aug 25: The situation at the Okara military farms remained tense on Sunday as stand-off between the farmers and state forces continued and confusion deepened about the exact toll of...
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Armitage claim on tension challenged
ISLAMABAD, Aug 25: A foreign ministry official on Sunday challenged an assessment by US Deputy Secretary of State Richard Armitage that tensions between Pakistan and India had eased as “optimistic”....
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Eight Iraqis die in US-British airstrikes
BAGHDAD, Aug 25: Eight Iraqis were killed and nine others wounded Sunday in US and British air strikes on civilian installations in Basra in southern Iraq, an Iraqi military spokesman said....
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Blast near UN facility in Kabul
KABUL, Aug 25: Two people were injured on Sunday when a small explosion occurred outside the United Nations main guest house in the Afghan capital of Kabul, a UN spokesman said....
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Nigeria wants solution of Kashmir issue
ISLAMABAD, Aug 25: Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo has urged Pakistan and India to end standoff on the Line of Control for peace in the region....
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Imran to contest from Swat
PESHAWAR, Aug 25: Chief of Pakistan Tehrik-i-Insaf, Imran Khan, has filed nomination papers from National Assembly seat NA-29, Swat-1....
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Veerappan kidnaps ex-minister
BANGALORE, Aug 25: Suspected members of a gang led by India’s most wanted bandit, M. Veerappan, kidnapped a former state minister on Sunday after a shootout, a police official said....
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