UNITED NATIONS - An obviously frustrated UN official in devastated Gaza has made impassioned appeal to Israel to open all border crossings and allow thousands of tonnes of aid to flow into the territory to stem rising tide of anger among Palestinians following the deadly three-week military ...

UNITED NATIONS " After a long night of voting in neighboring Djibouti, the newly expanded Somali parliament elected opposition leader Sheikh Sharif Sheikh Ahmed as the new president of the Horn of Africa nation, as the UN envoy to the country applauded the "open and transparent" nature of the ...

BANGKOK (AFP) - Thousands of supporters of ousted premier Thaksin Shinawatra rallied outside Thailand's main government offices in Bangkok Saturday, vowing to fight on until the new administration left office within 15 days. The protesters spent nearly two hours marching towards Government House, ...

LAHORE - The new Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) of the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority is going to come into force from today (Sunday), according to which every mobile operator will issue the SIMs after verification of user's antecedents. According to a press release issued here on ...

KARACHI (APP) - Advisor to PM on Petroleum and Natural Resources Dr Asim Hussain said that interest rates will go down in the month of March, 2009. He was addressing the members of Karachi Chamber of Commerce and Industry (KCCI) here Saturday. He pointed out that the government has met all the ...