KABUL: Local security forces backed by NATO troops killed more than three dozen Taliban in a series of military operations across Afghanistan, Afghan ..
Pakistani officials say a suspected US drone attack has killed at least eight people in the country's northwest. Pakistani officials say a suspected US drone attack has ..
Pakistani troops at a post near Ladha, in the troubled Pakistani tribal region of South Waziristan along the Afghan border, Nov. 17 Anjum Naveed / AP President ..
KHAR, Pakistan - Four Pakistani soldiers were killed when militants stormed a security post in a troubled tribal region bordering Afghanistan, officials said ..
Dozens injured in Peshawar attack, which is the sixth bombing in the area in less than two weeks A suicide bomber killed 16 people outside a courthouse in north-western Pakistan, the latest attack by Islamist militants ..
PESHAWAR, Pakistan, Nov 19 (Reuters) - A suspected US drone aircraft fired two missiles into a northwestern Pakistani militant stronghold on Wednesday killing four ..
David Miliband yesterday insisted the lengthy and bloody battle against the Taliban would not be a war without end. Underlining Gordon Brown's push for ..
KABUL Nov. 17 (Xinhua) -- Taliban insurgents have launched a fresh round of attacks on military and civilian targets in Afghanistan, ahead of President Hamid ..
Taliban fighters should be persuaded to lay down their arms and take seats in the Afghan Parliament in an effort to build a lasting peace in the country, the ..
SARAROGHA, Pakistan -- Troops from the Pakistani army are pressing deep into a tribal region along the Afghan border as they try to defeat one of the ..
SARAROGHA, Pakistan, Nov 17 (Reuters) - Pakistani forces have captured most main Taliban bases in their offensive in South Waziristan and will soon fan out ..
EDINBURGH, Scotland (AP) - Britain's foreign secretary says a political solution for Afghanistan includes having senior Taliban commanders in government.
AFP - Pakistan said Tuesday that troops waging a major ground and air offensive against the Taliban have captured most towns once under rebel control in a key ..
Children's Rights Still Violated 20 Years After .. Nations are staging special events to mark the 20th anniversary of the Convention on the Rights of the Child, which came into force on November 20, 1989.
Teoh body exhumed - Mysinchew KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 21 - The exhumation of Teoh Beng Hock's body for a second autopsy, ordered by the inquest into his recent death, has been completed.
'Feels right in my bones' to leave, says Oprah .. - Thestar Talk-show host Oprah Winfrey is at times tearful during a live broadcast in Chicago Nov. 20, 2009 as she announces that her show will end its run in 2011.
AirAsia sells 28000 seats for Kolkata routes - Themalaysianinside KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 21 - AirAsia has sold 28000 seats to date for the Kuala Lumpur and Kolkata sector. Open for sale on Oct 15, the airline said the new route would unlock the potential of international air travel from Kuala Lumpur to eastern India and ...
Hadron Collider back online V3.co.uk - Phil Muncaster - V3 The Large Hadron Collider (LHC) is back online after successfully completing its first test since the £6bn project was suspended for vital repairs around 14 months ago.
ARM Predicts Market Explosion In 2010 For Smartphones - Redorbit ARM's designs are in 90 percent of mobile phones , including Apple's iPhone and Nokia's new top-of-the-range N900. Financial director Tim Score said, ...
Space station alarm delays Atlantis crew spacewalk - Google WASHINGTON - Space shuttle Atlantis astronauts aboard the International Space Station delayed their second spacewalk Saturday after being jolted awake by a false alarm, NASA said.
Worst Of Flu Pandemic Behind Us, Experts Say - Nationalpost At times in recent weeks, the number of suspected flu patients showing up at the BC Children's Hospital's emergency department soared to 50 or 60 a day above usual, prompting it to set up a separate influenza clinic.
Ageing Santa gets $100,000 facelift for Christmas - Yahoo Reuters - A Santa in New Zealand with a droopy eye has received a NZ$100,000 ($74,000) face-lift in the run-up to Christmas so that his aging face does not scare children.