150 killed as quake jolts Turkey: Children trapped under rubble
 BINGOL (Turkey), May 1: Rescue workers worked into the night under floodlights to free more than 100 children buried in the wreckage of a school dormitory after a powerful quake hit...
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Israelis kill Hamas leader, 11 others
GAZA CITY, May 1: The Israeli army killed 12 Palestinians, including a two-year-old child and its target, a wanted Hamas militant chief, on Thursday in a huge raid on Gaza City,...
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Shujaat quits as committee chief: First meeting likely today
ISLAMABAD, May 1: Pakistan Muslim League (Q) President and its parliamentary leader in the National Assembly Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain on Thursday pulled himself out of the joint government-opposition negotiation committee as...
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Syria sponsoring terrorism: US
WASHINGTON, May 1: The United States on Thursday described Syria as a “terrorist” state and urged Damascus to reassess its role in the world....
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Major combat in Afghanistan over, says Rumsfeld
WASHINGTON, May 1: The United States on Thursday formally declared that major combat in Afghanistan was over....
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Delhi wants Islamabad not to raise Kashmir at UN
NEW DELHI, May 1: India obliquely asked Pakistan on Thursday to drop its reported move to raise the Kashmir issue during its presidency of the UN Security Council, saying the measure...
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USS Cole bombing suspect quizzed
ISLAMABAD, May 1: Investigators on Thursday interrogated six Al Qaeda suspects including a Yemeni linked to the deadly USS Cole bombing, two days after they were captured in Pakistan’s latest big...
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IMF sets four conditions for releasing $109m
ISLAMABAD, May 1: The IMF has linked disbursement of the eighth and last tranche of $109 million out of the $1.3 billion Poverty Reduction Growth Facility with the meeting of four...
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Dubai alert to deal with SARS
DUBAI, May 1: The UAE is using high-tech thermal scanners and infrared cameras at its airports to spot SARS-infected passengers....
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Diplomats hopeful of Pakistan-EU relationship
BRUSSELS, May 1: Efforts are under way to put relations between Pakistan and the European Union on a warmer footing, with diplomats from both sides hoping for an early approval of...
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Seven die in fire at Baghdad petrol pump
BAGHDAD, May 1: At least seven people were killed and 20 injured when a fire broke out at a petrol station in Baghdad on Thursday....
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US defence worker wounded
RIYADH, May 1: A gunman wounded a US civilian working at a naval base in Saudi Arabia on Thursday, a US diplomat said, adding that the American man was expected to...
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S. Arabia unaware of security threats: Naif
RIYADH, May 1: The Saudi government has no knowledge about the contents of a security message issued by the US embassy in Riyadh on Wednesday warning that terrorist groups may be...
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May Day observed
 BERLIN, May 1: Millions of people took to the streets across Europe on Thursday as annual May Day rallies mixed traditional labour demands with anti-war and anti-US protests, with violence marring...
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Indian minister praises Musharraf
NEW DELHI, May 1: President General Pervez Musharraf, painted as an ogre by India’s ruling Bharatiya Janata Party in recent state polls, won rare praise on Thursday from an important minister...
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Pakistan praised for Al Qaeda arrests
 WASHINGTON, May 1: The US on Thursday described the capture of half a dozen Al Qaeda suspects in Pakistan as a significant achievement in the war against terror and has praised...
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Indo-Pakistan Standoff frightening: Armitage
NEW DELHI, May 1: The United States wants to stop the erosion of the international security architecture and to put an end to the spread of nuclear weapons, in which the...
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Musharraf says Osama appears to be alive
ISLAMABAD, May 1: President Gen Pervez Musharraf said on Thursday there were indications that Osama bin Laden was alive, and he might be hiding in the tribal territory along the Afghan...
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No deadline set for Kashmir resolution: US
WASHINGTON, May 1: The United States on Thursday described a report that it had set a deadline for India and Pakistan to resolve the Kashmir dispute as “absolutely not true.”...
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Aga Khan due today
ISLAMABAD, May 1: Head of the Ismaili community, Prince Karim Aga Khan, would undertake a three-day visit to Pakistan from Friday, the foreign office announced on Wednesday....
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