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Pakistan-born Canadian Tahawwur Rana's terrorism trial revealed the impunity with which officers in Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) and terrorists alike operate in Pakistan, according to ProPublica, an investigative news group. The case also showed how a growing number of serving...

NEW DELHI -- India's economy grew more slowly than expected in the January-March quarter but still maintained a robust pace, reassuring policy makers that the economy is in good shape despite sustained monetary tightening over the past year. Gross domestic product expanded 7.8% on-year as...

Houston: Making a strong pitch for his immigration reforms, President Barack Obama has said that he does not want the next corporate giants like Google and Intel to be created in India and China, which are giving stiff competition to American firms. "We don't want the next Intel or Google to...

TAIPEI - Taiwan on May 29 said it welcomed a push by nearly half the U.S. Senate for the sale of dozens of F-16 fighters to the island in an arms deal Taipei said would help its dealings with China. In a letter to President Obama last week, 45 senators urged the administration to swiftly...

MIRANSHAH: A deadly bomb attack on Monday struck a hotel in North Waziristan, where Pakistan is under US pressure to launch a major operation against militants, officials said. One person was killed and eight wounded in the blast at the 12-room Super Waziristan hotel in Miranshah, the main...

RAWALPINDI: An Anti-Terrorist Special Court Monday declared former President Pervez Musharraf a proclaimed offender in Benazir Bhutto murder case and ordered publicizing it in the newspapers. The Anti-Terrorist Special Court judge was hearing the arrested accused persons in Benazir Bhutto...

What we must also remember is that most international aid comes with conditions. The US gives us aid because it needs our help in Afghanistan and it needs us to stay afloat as a country that can control or, at least, suppress terrorism that we ‘unintentionally’ export to other countries Mr...

Taliban co-founder Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar leaked the whereabouts of Al Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden to American investigators, the Sunday Mirror reported. The report also claims that United States investigators struck a deal with Baradar promising him withdrawal of US troops from the...

MUMBAI: Pipavav Shipyard Ltd on Monday said it won an order from the Indian Navy worth 29.75 billion rupees ($659.6 million) and swung to a consolidated net profit in full year FY11, sending its shares up as much as 3.75 percent. India's largest shipbuilder by market capitalisation said it...

In a reaction to Japan's nuclear disaster triggered by massive earthquake and tsunami, Germany has decided to shut down all its nuclear reactors by 2022. Germany's coalition government on Monday agreed to shut permanently its 17 nuclear reactors. The country has already closed seven in March...

BRUSSELS - A Russian submarine will take part in the world's biggest submarine rescue exercise with its former Cold War foe NATO next week, the military alliance said May 27. The Russian submarine, the first to participate in any NATO exercise, will drop to the bottom of the Mediterranean...

International forces in Afghanistan have apologised for an air strike that killed up to 14 civilians in the south-west of the country on Saturday. A statement by senior Nato generals said the top priority was to prevent civilian casualties and it took such cases very seriously. Afghan...

MUZAFFARABAD – As many as 50 passengers have reportedly drowned as a bus fell into in the Neelum River on Friday in the Neelum Valley. Only conductor of the bus survived. The bus No MDX-136 with 50-60 passengers on board was on its way from Athmuqam (Neelam Valley) to Keil. At Changan, about 20...

The US has drawn up a list of five terrorists, including Ilyas Kashmiri who has been linked to the Mumbai attacks, it expects Pakistan to provide intelligence about immediately and possibly target in joint operations, according to a media report today. The list was discussed during three...

KARACHI - Pakistan said May 25 it was considering whether to relocate its Karachi naval air base after a Taliban attack killed 10 security personnel and destroyed two U.S.-made surveillance aircraft. The assault on May 22 was the worst on a military base since the army headquarters was...

NEW DELHI - The Indian Navy will not join any multilateral groupings, putting to rest the possibility of Indian participation in the U.S.-mooted concept of a 1,000-ship navy. Addressing the naval commanders here, Indian Defence Minister A.K. Antony ruled out India joining such a group unless...

Lahore/Karachi: Pakistani intelligence operatives today claimed to have arrested five people, including a prayer leader of a seminary at Faisalabad, today for alleged links to the terrorist attack on a naval airbase in Karachi that killed 10 security personnel. The operatives of intelligence...

ISLAMABAD: For the first time in the history of the Islamic Republic the difference between what the government spent over the past twelve months and what the government managed to collect will cross Rs1,000,000,000,000. Prime Minister Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani in his first speech as prime...

Panaji, May 27 (IANS) Russians have topped the number of charter tourists to arrive in Goa this tourism season. The Goa tourism department Friday revealed that 889 charter flights landed in this tourist state famous for its tranquil Arabian Sea beaches, during the season from October last...

Pune (Maharashtra), May 27 (IANS) The iconic Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) Friday opened its first vehicle assembly plant in India here, an official said. The new facility will assemble Land Rover Freelander 2 vehicles supplied in Complete Knock Down (CKD) form from Jaguar Land Rover's Halewood...