WASHINGTON  - WikiLeaks on Monday launched a searchable archive containing 1.7 million US State Department documents from 1973-76 that had been officially declassified but were not easily accessible to the public.The "Public Library of US Diplomacy" brings together the archived memos - ...

Father of Malala Yousafzai, a teenage Pakistani activist shot in the head by Taliban, was given a diplomatic post in the United Kingdom.Malala has been recovering at a hospital in Birmingham, England, after she was shot in October in Swat Valley. The Taliban have vowed to target her ...

SEOUL (AFP) - South Korea’s top nuclear envoy left for Washington Tuesday for talks on North Korea’s planned rocket launch, as Seoul urged China to play an active role in getting Pyongyang to cancel the mission.Lim Sung-Nam, Seoul’s chief delegate to the stalled six-party talks on ...

ISLAMABAD – To avoid any untoward incident and for the safety of foreign diplomats and embassies, security of the Diplomatic Enclave in the federal capital has been further tightened.After the protest demonstrations on Youm-e-Ishq-Rasul (PBUH) on Friday, the security arrangements of the ...

BENGHAZI (AFP) - Libyan rebels were on a diplomatic upswing Tuesday, gaining Canada's recognition one day after Germany's, but suffered a setback on the battle front against Moamer Kadhafi's troops. Tripoli slammed as "irresponsible" a visit to the rebel bastion of Benghazi by Germany's foreign ...

MUMBAI (INP) - It has been two months since the Indian Navy rescued five Pakistani crew members of an Iranian fishing trawler from the clutches of Somalian pirates but they are not sure if they would ever be able to return home. The five are caught between the diplomatic channels of the ...

VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - The Vatican may be the worlds smallest state but even its diplomatic soul has been laid bare by WikiLeaks cables covering everything from sex abuse and media blunders to old technophobic cardinals. Cables sent from the US Embassy to the Vatican to the State Department ...

WASHINGTON - The United States has, since 2007, mounted a highly secret effort to remove from a Pakistani research reactor highly enriched uranium that American officials fear could be diverted for use in an illicit nuclear device, according to classified documents published on the New York Times ...

ISLAMABAD - Chile would reopen its resident diplomatic Mission in Islamabad, which was closed down in 1989, as soon as possible. We are planning to reopen out resident diplomatic Mission in Islamabad soon, Chilean Foreign Secretary said while meeting Foreign Secretary Salman Bashir in Islamabad on ...

ISLAMABAD Deeply concerned with the apathetic attitude of the Government, some diplomatic missions have sought the Interior Ministrys cooperation regarding the details of their countrymen unlawfully residing here, but to no avail. It is reliably learnt that four foreign missions; two from Central ...

KARACHI (APP) - Karachi Chamber of Commerce and Industrys leadership have requested diplomats from various countries working here to continue their support and efforts to enhance bilateral trade and relationship between their countries and Pakistan. KCCI arranged an iftar-dinner program here to pay ...

EVIAN-LES-BAINS, France (AFP) - British Prime Minister Gordon Brown warned Iran Monday that the European Union was ready to act in response to British embassy staff detentions and expulsion of diplomats. The Iranian regime must be clear that if this action continues and we are forced to act, we ...

BEIJING (AFP) - China summoned Russia's ambassador Friday to express shock over the sinking of a Chinese cargo ship by a Russian warship and urge a thorough investigation, the foreign ministry said. Eight of the 16 crew members on board were killed when shots from a Russian naval vessel sank the ...

ISLAMABAD - In a bid to bring a shift in current American policy for Pakistan, Islamabad has decided to activate its diplomatic channels to reach out to newly elected US President Barack Obama even before his taking oath of the office in January 2009. "Pakistan Embassy in Washington and other ...