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Pakistan's foreign minister might lose her portfolio for contradicting Pakistani President Yusuf Raza Gilani's remarks on US-Pak ties. The speculation was sparked by Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani's statement at an interaction with the journalists in Lahore, in which he said that fresh team would carry forward diplomatic talks with India, to discuss bilateral issues including Kashmir.

India and Pakistan may relax visa norms for business travel by the end of this month, Pakistani High Commissioner to India Shahid Malik said in New Delhi Monday.

Suicide bombers killed at least ten people and wounded 20 persons on Tuesday morning in Afghanistan's Herat province according to the Afghan authorities. The unidentified bombers blew up a car laden with explosives outside a district head quarters building.

In 2006, Kashmiri politician Omar Abdullah made a bet that Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari wouldn't be able to visit the state of Kashmir during his trip to India. The wager: a single rupee. On Sunday, Abdullah said that Zardari had lost and was obligated to pay up.

Dataminr, a social media software developer that detected the attack on Osama Bin Laden’s compound and reported it first, said it established an alliance with Twitter.

Apart from the hype surrounding the young Bhutto scion, Bilawal Bhutto Zardari, Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari's private visit to India, designed as a religious pilgrimage, has failed to address the Kashmir question, which is the single most critical issue that shapes the diplomatic relations between both the nations.

Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari has arrived in India on Sunday with a 40 member entourage for a private visit. The entourage includes 14 of his family members and senior Pakistani diplomats.Zardari will have one-to-one meeting with India Prime Minister Manmohan Singh behind closed doors, in which both the leaders are expected to discuss bilateral issues on trade and current happenings.However, all eyes are on Bilawal Bhutto- 24-year-old son of Zardari, who is accompanying his father....

The avalanche rolling over a Pakistani army battalion headquarters in the Himalayan region of Kashmir on Saturday buried 124 soldiers and 11 civilian employees of the military -- with no sign of survivors yet -- according to the country's Inter Services Public Relations, or ISPR.

An avalanche early on Saturday morning buried more than one hundred Pakistani soldiers at a military camp, several Pakistani television channels said. No deaths have been reported, but casualties are expected.

Indian Prime minister Manmohan Singh will host President Asif Ali Zardari at a lunch in New Delhi before he makes a private trip to the shrine of a Sufi saint in Rajasthan state, according to officials.

Greg Mortenson, author of the bestselling 'Three Cups of Tea,' mismanaged the funds of his charity, the Central Asia Institute, according to a report released on Thursday.

India has promised not to arm the submarines with nuclear weapons, only cruise missiles, in honor of international non-proliferation and security treaties.

The Indian Express stands by its story.

French police arrested 10 more suspected Islamic radicals during pre-dawn raids across the country on Wednesday, marking the second such day of mass arrests in less than a week.

Responding to the bombshell of a story carried by an Indian newspaper on the suspicious military movements insinuating a military coup, Prime Minister Monmohan Singh Wednesday said that the reports were alarmist and should not be taken at face value.

The United States announced a $10 million reward for information leading to the arrest of Hafiz Safeed, an alleged terrorist from Pakistan. The move, lauded by India, is likely to strain the already tense relationship between Pakistan and the United States.

After the Mumbai attacks, Saeed and other LeT members were arrested by Pakistani police, but later released on appeal.

Three wives and two elder daughters of Osama bin Laden have been sentenced to 45 days of jail time by a Pakistani court. They were also fined 10,000 rupees each. The women will serve just 14 more days before being deported back to their home countries.

Women and children in rural areas of Afghanistan consume opium on a regular basis to cure their illnesses. The Afghans believe that opium has curative powers.

A new account of Osama bin Laden's life on the run after the September 11, 2001 attacks reveals that the al Qaeda leader spent nine years moving through a series of safe-houses in Pakistan, not hiding in the mountains on the Pakistan-Afghan border as previously believed.

The BRICS nations met for a summit in New Delhi, where, among other subjects, they discussed the possible formation of a joint development bank, closer integration of their respective stock exchanges, energy security and ongoing tensions in the Middle East. But they still wield no power as a bloc, says an expert who has studied the BRICS phenomenon