GAZA CITY (AFP) - Six Palestinians, including an Al-Qaeda linked fighter, were killed in a string of Israeli airstrikes on the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip on Tuesday, according to medics and witnesses. Five people were killed and several others were wounded in an airstrike near Qarara village east of ...

PARIS (AFP) - French President Nicolas Sarkozy on Tuesday launched a major overhaul of the French military to confront the number one threat of terrorism and set a course for France's return to NATO command. In a major address laying out his defence strategy, Sarkozy said the armed forces would ...

GENEVA (AFP) - The global number of refugees and displaced people reached 67 million last year, the UN refugee agency said on Tuesday, swelling those under its charge to an "unprecedented" number. "After a five year decline in the number of refugees between 2001 and 2005, we have now seen two ...

THEIRS is one of the most famous feuds in Hollywood history. Now Angelina Jolie and Jennifer Aniston are to do battle once again - this time at the box office. In a supremely ironic twist even by Tinseltown's standards, Brad Pitt's current romantic partner Jolie and ex-wife Aniston will go head ...

KARACHI - Despite having similar levels of per capita gross domestic product, India rated 0.46 while Pakistan ranked at the bottom of SPI Index with 0.07 rating. Apart from China and Malaysia, the countries which are ranked below India include Philippines, Nepal, Indonesia and Bangladesh. ...