"At what point do we decide that a political system has become decadent?" asks Washington Post columnist E.J. Dionne. For Dionne, America lost its last shreds of dignity and restraint a la ancient Rome during the media "circus" over Rep. Anthony Weiner's (D-N.Y.) sex scandal. Others believe our ...

Talks between Pakistan and International Monetary Fund (IMF) will start in Dubai on Wednesday. The talks were scheduled to be held in Islamabad but the International Monetary Fund (IMF) officials rejected to visit Pakistan due to security reasons. According to experts, these talks are very ...

India and Pakistan kicked-off the mind games ahead of their World Cup semi-final blockbuster on Sunday while New Zealand attempted to halt a three-pronged Asian assault on the title. Pakistan, the 1992 champions, insist all the pressure will be on India in Mohali on Wednesday where the hosts' ...

UNITED NATIONS - The long-running talks aimed at enlarging the UN Security Council to bring the 15-member body in line with the Organisations current membership may move into higher gear this year, General Assembly President Joseph Deiss said Monday. The situation for the moment is quite complex ...

CHICAGO (AFP) Manchester United, missing many of their big names, began training for their North American tour Wednesday with an hour-long workout at the Chicago Fires Toyota Park ground. Some 1,500 fans turned out to watch the training session, which took place in 90-degree heat. The English ...

NEW DELHI (Agencies) India and the United States have begun talks here on the price and onboard equipment for the 10 Boeing C- 17 military transport aircraft that the Indian Air Force (IAF) wants, reports Zee News. According to reliable sources quoted by India Strategic defence magazine ...

BP Plc is to begin testing additional methods over the weekend to capture oil gushing out of a well in the Gulf of Mexico, as President Barack Obama travels to the region again next week to get a first-hand look at clean-up efforts. The second rig-based system could be operational as early as ...

LAHORE - A two-day Ambassadors Investment Conference jointly organized by the Lahore Chamber of Commerce and Industry and Gilgit-Baltistan government will start on May 15 at a local hotel in Skardu. Basic objective of the event is to bring the limelight the potentials of treasured land of ...

The foreign secretaries of India and Pakistan Thursday began official talks here, the first formal engagement since the Mumbai terror attacks 14 months ago. Indian Foreign Secretary Nirupama Rao greeted her Pakistani counterpart Salman Bashir at Hyderabad House as the two top officials along with ...

Irans state TV is showing thousands of pro-government demonstrators rallying to mark the anniversary of the 1979 Islamic Revolution. The opposition has vowed to stage counter demonstrations, but eye-witnesses say police have deployed hundreds of forces in central Tehran to confront them. Opposition ...

ISLAMABAD - The fifth round of Pak-Afghan Transit Trade (PATT) began in the Federal Capital to finalise the draft of the agreement between Islamabad and Kabul here on Saturday. The fifth round of PATT would continue for three days and end on Monday. Both the countries are mulling over removing ...

The seventh bilateral consultative meeting between India and Nepal on security issues began here on Friday. The three day talks will deliberate on a range of issues including information sharing, training of army officials and construction of an airstrip at Surkhet with Indian help. The Indian team ...

The United States and Russia on Tuesday began the first round of talks aimed at replacing a landmark Cold War-era nuclear disarmament treaty that expires in December. The talks on the Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START) are a central part of US President Barack Obama's desire to "reset" ...

LONDON (AFP) - China is likely to begin deploying its military increasingly further from its borders, analysts at a top think-tank said on Tuesday. The Asian power was also unlikely to constrain its defence budget because of an economic downturn that has left the World Bank forecasting the slowest ...

GUANTANAMO BAY US NAVAL BASE, Cuba (AFP) - Several days of pre-trial hearings began at the US naval base here Monday as incoming US president Barack Obama prepares to shut down the controversial "war on terror" detention camp. Final evidentiary motions began for Omar Khadr, a Canadian citizen ...

Israeli troops have begun a gradual withdrawal from Gaza after a deadly 22-day war against the Palestinian territory's Islamist rulers Hamas, an army spokesman said on Sunday. "I can confirm that there is a gradual withdrawal from the Gaza Strip," an army spokeswoman told a foreign news agency. The ...

The trial of Muntazer al-Zaidi, the Iraqi man who threw his shoes at US President George W. Bush, will start on Wednesday, his case investigating judge told foreign news agency Monday.

Indus Water Commissioners of India and Pakistan met here on Thursday in the backdrop of Islamabad's allegations that New Delhi had blocked Chenab river water flow affecting cultivation in that country. In the two-day talks which began this morning, Pakistan is expected to seek compensation for the ...

Pakistan's presidential hopefuls began a final push for support Friday on the eve of an election that slain opposition leader Benazir Bhutto's widower is expected to win. Asif Ali Zardari is the frontrunner in a three-way race to take power in a country riven by Islamic militancy and economic ...

National Assembly session will begin at 5:00 pm today (Wednesday). Ruling coalition members in the National Assembly on Tuesday called for former president Pervez Musharraf's trial under Article 6 while opposition members asked the government to move on by setting aside the past and asked ruling ...

The fifth round of composite dialogues between Pakistan and India on foreign secretaries level will begin tomorrow here. Foreign Secretary, Salman Bashir would discuss with his Indian counterpart matters relating to peace and harmony including confidence-building measures besides Jammu and Kashmir ...

Sindh Agriculture Department has proposed in the upcoming budget launching of 15 new schemes besides setting up of Benazir Bhutto Agriculture Services Centre for providing facilities to the growers. Provincial Agriculture Department has submitted its Rs2 billion development budget proposals for the ...

KOBE, Japan (AFP) - Environment ministers from the world's richest nations and a clutch of fast-growing economies kicked off talks Saturday to try to inject fresh momentum into efforts to tackle climate change. Japan, home to the landmark Kyoto Protocol, hopes to use its chairmanship of the ...

Zimbabwe's opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai was to return home on Saturday bidding to deliver a knockout blow to weakened President Robert Mugabe in a run-off election scheduled for June 27. Mugabe acknowledged Friday that he had suffered an electoral disaster in losing a first-round poll ...