WASHINGTON - The Pakistan Embassy Saturday described as an "off-the-cuff remark" a U.S. senator's statement suggesting that the drones operated from an air base inside the Pakistani territory, saying ...

JERUSALEM (AFP) - Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said on Saturday Israel would not agree to any truce with the Hamas movement without the release of an Israeli soldier seized by Palestinian fighters in 2006. "The position of the prime minister is that Israel won't reach any arrangement on a truce ...

CARACAS (AFP) - Venezuela expelled European Parliament deputy Luis Herrero late Friday after he called President Hugo Chavez a "dictator" and criticised the electoral council, ahead of a vote, which could help keep Chavez in power for another decade. "In line with instructions from the electoral ...

DHAKA (Agencies) - Bangladeshi police on Saturday said they have arrested two men suspected of committing war crimes during the 1971 conflict, in the first such case in more than three decades. Police said Daud Ali and Nure Anwar are accused of helping the Pakistani army. The first arrests since ...

LADY GAGA is at the top of the Irish singles chart with her debut song 'Just Dance' for a fifth consecutive week. The US singer's follow-up single 'Poker Face' remains in second place in the chart, while Bell X1 secure third position with 'The Great Defector', which climbs up 46 places. James ...

WASHINGTON " US President Barack Obama Saturday hailed the passage by Congress of the $787 billion economic stimulus bill as a "major milestone on our road to recovery." In his weekly radio and Internet address, Obama celebrated the passage of the measure but warned there was still much to be done ...