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50 Taliban killed in Afghan fighting
KANDAHAR, July 26: US and Afghan forces killed up to 50 Taliban fighters in central Afghanistan, a provincial governor said on Tuesday after the latest burst of violence in the run-up to September elections....
Anti-US protest at Bagram air base
BAGRAM, July 26: About 2,000 Afghans protested outside the main American base in Afghanistan on Tuesday after the arrest of several villagers...
No Pakistani involved in blasts: Egypt
SHARM EL-SHEIKH, July 26: The Egyptian government on Tuesday dismissed speculations that a group of missing Pakistanis helped in bombings that killed at least 64 people in the Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheikh....
US offers help to Egypt in probe
WASHINGTON, July 26: The United States has said that it is not in a position to say who might have caused last Saturday’s resort bombings in Egypt but is ready to help Egyptian authorities in finding those responsible for the blasts....
India denies pipeline talks with US
NEW DELHI, July 26: India on Tuesday denied that it had held official talks with the United States over the proposed gas pipeline from Iran through Pakistan and said comments by...
Kasuri wants US Congress not to discriminate
ISLAMABAD, July 26: Foreign Minister Khurshid Kasuri has expressed the hope that the legislation that the US Congress has to pass to make operational the Bush administration’s defence and nuclear cooperation agreements with India would be ‘non-discriminatory’....
Nawab Marri, sons acquitted in murder case
QUETTA, July 26: The Anti-Terrorist Court on Tuesday acquitted veteran Baloch nationalist leader Nawab Khair Bakhsh Marri, his three sons and six others in the case of murder of naib nazim of Kohlu....
US says it won’t attack DPRK
BEIJING, July 26: The United States on Tuesday reassured North Korea it viewed the country as a sovereign nation which it would not attack, as a new round of talks began to address the North’s nuclear weapons programmes....
CEC warns of action over curbs on women
ISLAMABAD, July 26: Acting Chief Election Commissioner Justice Abdul Hameed Dogar on Tuesday again warned of cancelling elections in areas where women are being discouraged from contesting the upcoming local council elections....
India tests short-range missile
BHUBANESWAR (India), July 26: India on Tuesday successfully test-fired a short-range, surface-to-air missile from a remote range in eastern Orissa state, defence ministry sources said. The Trishul missile was fired at 11:58am (11.28am...
Discovery back into space
CAPE CANAVERAL, July 26: Nasa successfully launched space shuttle Discovery on Tuesday after a 2-1/2 year struggle to rebuild the shuttle programme following the fatal Columbia accident....
France to boost security with anti-terrorist law
PARIS, July 26: France aims to prepare a law on anti-terrorist measures by the end of August after the attacks in London and Egypt, the Interior Ministry said on Tuesday....
Madressah hit by rocket
MIRAMSHAH (North Waziristan), July 26: A madressah was hit by a rocket shell in Dattakhel tehsil on Monday night, partially damaging the building. No one was hurt....
Canada to table UNSC expansion plan today
UNITED NATIONS, July 26: Canada will formally table the Uniting For Consensus group’s framework resolution on the expansion of the UN Security Council in the 191-member UN General Assembly on Tuesday evening....
Yemen cuts fuel prices after riots
SANAA, July 26: Yemen’s cabinet decided on Tuesday to cut fuel prices, less than a week after 22 people were killed in riots sparked by price rises for petrol, diesel and kerosene, the official Saba news agency said....
US senate debates gun liability bill
WASHINGTON, July 26: The US Senate on Tuesday debated taking up legislation to shield gun manufacturers, dealers and trade associations from lawsuits when crimes are committed involving firearms....
Killer of Dutch film-maker gets life term
AMSTERDAM, July 26: An Amsterdam court on Tuesday sentenced Mohammed Bouyeri, a Dutch-Moroccan Islamic radical, to life in prison for the murder of film-maker Theo van Gogh....
Delhi plans to discuss truce with Naga rebels
GUWAHATI, July 26: Indian negotiators and leaders of a powerful separatist group in remote northeast Nagaland are expected to hold fresh talks this week on extending a ceasefire aimed at ending nearly six decades of violence, according to a rebel leader....
Brazilian family rejects UK apology
RIO DE JANEIRO, July 26: The family of a Brazilian electrician shot dead by London police who mistook him for a suicide bombing suspect rejected the apologies of British authorities and...
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Editor: Tahir Mirza
BAGRAM, July 26: About 2,000 Afghans protested outside the main American base in Afghanistan on Tuesday after the arrest of several villagers...
ISLAMABAD, July 26: Pakistan and India on Tuesday began a two-day round of secretary-level talks aimed at promoting...
ISLAMABAD, July 26: Acting Chief Election Commissioner Justice Abdul Hameed Dogar on Tuesday again warned of cancelling elections in areas where women are being discouraged from contesting the upcoming local council elections....
