Pakistani authorities on Friday released Zaki- ur-Rehman Lakhvi, the alleged mastermind of 2008 Mumbai attacks, from jail, a day after a court declared his detention illegal. (Photo: AP)
Retired Pope Benedict XVI celebrated his 88th birthday on Thursday with a party at his old summer residence and a pint of beer. (Photo: AP)
UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon called for international action to end the Saudi-led air campaign on Huthi rebels as intense bombing hit Yemen again on Friday and al-Qaeda seized more ground in the chaos. (Photo: AP)
A 'mysterious' disease that kills patients within 24 hours has claimed at least 17 lives in a southeastern Nigerian town, the government said on Saturday. "Seventeen people have died of the mysterious disease since it broke out early this week in
Russia will invest a whopping USD 2 billion in Pakistan to build a 1,100-kilometre pipeline from southern port city of Karachi to Lahore to transport liquefied natural gas. (Photo: DC/File)
Amid growing tensions in Jammu and Kashmir, Jamaat-ud-Dawa chief Hafiz Saeed pledged full support to the Kashmiris in their struggle for freedom and said he backed 'jihad' in the troubled state in concert with Pakistani government and the army. (
Nigeria’s president-elect Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday cautioned the nation that he could not make promises on the return of 219 schoolgirls kidnapped by Boko Haram, as the country marked the first anniversary of their abduction. (Photo: AFP)
Hillary Rodham Clinton jumped back into presidential politics on Sunday, making a much-awaited announcement she will again seek the White House in 2016 with a promise to serve as the "champion" of everyday Americans in a country with growing income
PM Modi's visit to Canada generated business worth more than 1.6 billion Canadian dollars, according to official figure released by the Harper government. 16 commercial agreements and announcements were made by Canadian and Indian companies and
About 400 migrants were feared dead in an attempt to reach Italy from Libya when their boat capsized, survivors said on Tuesday, the latest tragedy in the Mediterranean where the death toll from shipwrecks has surged this year. (Photo: AP)