PAKISTAN

Major cities in Iran, India, Pakistan, and Mongolia rank among the worst on the planet for air pollution, while major cities in the United States and Canada are among the cleanest, according to a new World Health Organization survey.

Pakistan warned the United States on Tuesday to stop accusing it of playing a double game with Islamist militants and heaped praise on all-weather friend China.

The Council of Europe plans to establish an Internet user charter to guarantee the rights of consumers in an era of increasing government attempts to seize control of the Web, its deputy secretary general said on Tuesday.

Africa is starting to appear on the radar screens of western retailers as they look for the next growth opportunity in emerging markets while having to cope with subdued consumer spending at home.

China and Pakistan have two very important similarities: a common enemy in India and fears over growing U.S. influence in South Asia.

Pakistan, facing a crisis in relations with the United States, appears to be seeking more support from powerful ally China.

Although Pan Am has been resurrected in ABC’s new television series, the former king of the skies is one of many defunct airlines that have graced North American airspace. Here's a look at some of the great - and not so great - airlines of the past.

Khar demanded proof and warned that the U.S. was in danger of losing Pakistan as an ally in the war against terror is it continued to make such accusations.

Imran Khan has called for Britain to reduce aid to Pakistan, citing that the money is wasted by corrupt government officials.

Pakistan's military will not take action against the Haqqani group, which Washington blames for an attack against its embassy in Kabul, despite mounting American pressure, a Pakistani newspaper reported Monday.

U.S. agencies are looking into possible similarities between the Sept. 13 attacks on U.S. and NATO targets in Afghanistan, and the November 2008 attack by militants on civilian targets in Mumbai, India.

Mullen testified before a Senate panel that: The Haqqani network... acts as a veritable arm of Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence Agency.

Pakistan's foreign minister said on Thursday the United States risks losing an ally if it continues to publicly criticise Islamabad's performance in the war against militancy.

Attacking the U.S., September 11, NATO and a number of other topics, Iran's President Ahmadinejad gave a long, controversial address to the United Nations. Full text reprinted here.

Pakistan's Baluchistan province has objected to a mining lease being sought by a joint venture between Antofagasta and Barrick Gold, further delaying a major planned copper and gold project in the country's southwest.

As of Jan. 1, 2011, there were 3,251 total prisoners on death row in the U.S., but the number of executions per year has been declining over the past decade. Despite the decline, the United States still executes the fourth most people of any country in the world.

According to local media reports, Pakistan’s Cetacean Conservation Project (CCP) officials have initiated efforts to remove the corpse, which is believed to be of a Baleen whale.

A federal appeals court said on Monday that the 17-year prison sentence imposed on Jose Padilla, a US citizen also known as Abdullah al-Muhajir or Muhajir Abdullah, who was convicted of aiding terrorists in 2007, was too lenient.

Ralph Nader and a group of progressive cohorts are seeking a Democrat who can challenge President Barack Obama for the 2012 Democratic nomination for president.

There have been a number of high-profile earthquakes in the last month, including ones in India, Japan, Cuba, Indonesia and the United States. Here are the ten worst quakes over the past 100 years.

A low-intensity blast at a hospital in the tourist city of Agra injured at least three people on Saturday, a local police official said.