At least nine extremists were killed and their three hideouts destroyed in security forces operation against militants here in Orakzai on Wednesday.According to details, security forces engaged the suspected militants in Mamozai and surrounding areas of Orakzai Agency with heavy artillery fire.In ...

beirutThe minaret of Aleppo's ancient Umayyad mosque was destroyed on Wednesday, Syrian state media reported, with the regime and the opposition blaming each other.An archaeological treasure in Aleppo's Unesco-listed Old City, the mosque has been the centre of fighting for months and had already ...

BERLIN : A German police bomb squad Friday destroyed a letter containing an explosive substance that was sent to the Berlin residence of President Joachim Gauck, his office and security sources said. Gauck, whose post as head of state is largely ceremonial, was not at the Bellevue Palace ...

MOSCOWAFPRussia said Wednesday it had destroyed nearly three-quarters of its world-topping stock of chemical weapons and expected to eliminate its entire arsenal by 2015 in line with a self-imposed deadline.The United States has been concerned about Russia's ability or desire to eliminate the ...

 At least 20 suspected militants were killed early on Wednesday when army jets pounded militant hideouts in the northwestern tribal regions of Orakzai and Khyber.According to Media reports, the jet planes pounded militant hideouts in Khyber Agency at the area of Dwatoie, three hideouts of the ...

WASHINGTON - The United States is likely to replace the two recently destroyed P3C Orion maritime surveillance aircraft it supplied to Pakistan as the two countries work out a new framework of cooperation that would end Washingtons 'domineering role in their relationship, according to diplomatic ...

MAZAR-I-SHARIF (Agencies) - Afghan protesters angered by the desecration of Quran by an obscure US pastor killed up to 20 UN staff, beheading two foreigners, when they overran a compound in a normally peaceful northern city on Friday in the worst ever attack on the UN in Afghanistan. At least eight ...

KARACHI - The Provincial Disaster Management Authority (PDMA) on Monday said that a total number of 13,15,012 flood affected people are accommodated in 3,551 relief camps set up by the Government of Sindh. The PDMA also stated that a total number of 7,277 villages are affected due to floodwater, ...

LAHORE-The provincial Irrigation and Power Department has found out an embezzlement of Rs 26.44million in the purchase of the flood fighting material, while another inquiry for bigger magnitude of Rs 140m corruption is in progress in one sub-division of worst flood-hit district Muzaffargarh. After ...

LAHORE - Pakistan Electric Power Company (PEPCO) on Friday said that the miscreants destroyed 220-KV Double Circuit Uch-Guddu-Sibbi transmission line at Chattar Flouji District Naseerabad, Quetta. The miscreant also destroyed 9 electricity towers by removing accessories like 2100 net bolts, 1251 ...

SWAT (Online) - The security forces have destroyed Maulana Fazlullahs headquarters in Imam Dheri. According to sources, the security forces planted IEDs at the headquarters and cleared the area before blowing up the headquarters. According to information, the mosque and residences were also ...

WASHINGTON - The Central Intelligence Agency destroyed 92 videotapes documenting the harsh interrogations of two Al Qaeda suspects in C.I.A. detention, a greater number of destroyed tapes than the government had previously acknowledged. The revelation came in a letter filed Monday by federal ...

Twelve Indonesians drowned early Tuesday after a wooden boat carrying dozens of suspected illegal migrants capsized off the coast of Malaysia, maritime officials said. The boat, believed to be carrying about 150 people, sank 1.2 nautical miles off Port Klang on the west coast en route to ...

At least 25 people have been gored or injured in annual festival of bull fighting in South Columbia. Columbia's Health Secretary said Huamantlada, which is often compared to the running of the bulls event in Pamplona, takes place every year in this small rural town, leaving several dead and inuring ...