India and Pakistan said on Thursday they would resume formal peace talks but issues such as militancy and the disputed Kashmir region are likely to slow any progress towards defusing tensions.
A 12-year-old boy in a school uniform blew himself up at a Pakistani army recruitment centre on Thursday, killing 31 cadets, officials said, in an attack that challenges government assertions that it has weakened militants.
A strike by employees of Pakistan’s national airline carrier has severely disrupted air travel in the country and stranded thousands of travelers around the world.
Pakistani Taliban movement, a part of the al-Qaeda terror network, killed at least 30 soldiers and army recruits in a daring suicide bombing in north western Pakistan.
Pakistan International Airlines’ staff strike seeking the airline’s managing director’s resignation and termination of a passenger-sharing MoU signed with Turkish Airlines, took a complete toll on air travel in Pakistan when the country’s national airline had to cancel dozens of flights on Thursday.
Libya has handed out more than $2 billion in loans to dozens of governments across the globe, according to an internal document that shows the oil exporter's diplomatic ambitions and its struggles to recover its debts.
The 60-member team of Pakistan Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani has resigned en-masse on Wednesday to facilitate pruning of the cabinet which should not exceed 48 members as per the country's constitution.
Governments in the Asia-Pacific region face the risk of unprecedented numbers of people displaced by floods, storms and other impacts of climate change, the Asian Development Bank (ADB) said in a report on Monday.
With increasing number of government and other high-profile websites being targeted almost everyday, 'hacktivism' seems to have reached its peak. The recent targets of 'hacktivists' are listed here.
One-day 50-overs cricket returns to its spiritual and financial home next week when India, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka host the World Cup after a 15-year gap.
When the world's batsmen dazzle crowds at this month's cricket World Cup, many will use bats hand-made in India. But lucrative global branding that masks the bats' true makers threatens the country's craftsmen.
The bans given to Pakistan trio Salman Butt, Mohammad Asif and Mohammad Amir for spot-fixing will act as a strong deterrent to others from corrupting the sport, the International Cricket Council (ICC) said on Sunday.
New Zealand all-rounder Jacob Oram has been cleared to travel to the World Cup after sustaining an injury before the team's one-day match against Pakistan on Saturday.
A protest by the extreme right wing, anti-Muslim, anti-immigrant English Defence League (EDL) in the city of Luton has ended without any serious incidents, amidst a large police presence
Three Pakistan cricket team players and an agent will face corruption charges, according to Britain’s the Crown Prosecution Service
With Valentine’s Day coming up in a few weeks, we may witness more battles in the endless and epic battle between Western values and Eastern resistance
The political chaos in Egypt and floods around the world have sent cotton prices skyrocketing.
The oil-rich state of Kuwait is considering a proposal to give citizenship to skilled foreign workers and their families as it competes with Dubai for overseas talent.
A female Pakistani politician has withdrawn her proposal to amend the nation’s laws of blasphemy after it became clear the government would not change it.
U.S. and Afghan military officials hope that months of heavy fighting in southern Afghanistan have enabled them to head off a bloody offensive from the Taliban this spring as U.S. forces prepare to begin their withdrawal.
A Pakistani court on Tuesday ordered the government not to release an American official arrested in the killing of two Pakistanis who allegedly tried to rob him, despite U.S. insistence that he has diplomatic immunity and has been detained illegally.
Swirling turmoil in Egypt will likely spread to other regions of the world and may impart a negative effect on economic growth and contribute to higher consumer prices, according to Nouriel Roubini, chairman of Roubini Global Economics.
