BAGHDAD (AFP) - Iraq's cabinet on Tuesday called for changes to a planned security pact with Washington despite a warning from the US military chief that time is running out for Baghdad to approve the deal. The cabinet of Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki met to discuss the deal that will provide ...

HILLA (AFP) - At least 15 men were killed and 14 wounded on Tuesday in fierce early morning clashes between insurgents and tribes in the central Iraqi province of Babil, police and a medic said. The ferocious firefight came just two days ahead of a planned transfer of security control in Babil ...

BERLIN (AFP) - The gap between rich and poor has grown in most developed countries over the past 20 years, leading to an increase in child poverty, an organisation of 30 leading economies said in a report Tuesday. "The gap between rich and poor has grown in more than three-quarters of OECD ...

TOYAMA (Japan) (AFP) - The technology is the same as that of the simple inkjet printer found in homes and offices, but Japanese scientist Makoto Nakamura is on a mission to see if it can also produce human organs. The idea is for the printer to jet out thousands of cells per second " rather than ...

KARACHI (APP) - In a major development in the financial sector, the sponsors of KASB Group and Atlas Group have agreed to merge their respective banks. As a result, KASB Bank, KASB Capital and Atlas Bank will merge together to form KASB-Atlas Bank. The merged entities will have a capital base ...