LOS ANGELES - A massive wildfire raged in the rugged countryside outsideLos Angeleson Thursday, forcing the closure ofCalifornia’s scenic coastal highway as hundreds of residents were evacuated. Wind-driven flames ripped through tinder-dry brush and were soon racing towards thePacific ...

SIALKOTThe electioneering reached at fever pitch as rival candidates are flexing muscles diligently wooing voters to muster their support across the district. The candidates and their supports are also utilising social media as a tool to disseminate their message. The contesting candidates belong ...

KARACHI Interesting electoral contests are expected in Khairpur, Tharparkar, Ghotki and Dadu districts as four former Sindh chief ministers Qaim Ali Shah, Arbab Ghulam Rahim, Sardar Ali Muhammad Mehar and Liaquat Jatoi have thrown their hats into the provincial ring - eying to regain the chief ...

PESHAWAR  - Fifteen militants and one soldier were killed on Thursday when the Pakistani military mounted another operation in a week of fighting designed to seize control of the Tirah Valley, the army said.The military has faced fierce resistance from the Taliban and its allies in the Khyber ...

WASHINGTON (AFP) - One month into its unrest, the shutdown of Libya's oil fields is creating strains in the world's oil networks as consumers scour the world to replace its highly-prized "sweet" crude. With strongman Moamer Kadhafi entrenched and the conflict with rebels raging on, producers see no ...

LAHORE As expected usually, it was neither the Opposition nor the Treasury becoming clamorous about their claims of having better democratic credentials, rather it were the female MPAs of the Punjab Assembly on Tuesday, who tried to reinvent the wheel and dilated upon the ages-old debate about ...

TEHRAN (AFP) - Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad again slammed US President Barack Obama on Saturday for interfering in Iran, as debate over the Iranian Presidents re-election showed no sign of abating. Tehrans streets appeared quiet after authorities warned that any further protests would be ...

Israel's army fought street battles with Hamas fighters in Gaza's main city on Tuesday and bombarded the southern border from the air as the death toll from its war on Hamas neared the 1,000 mark. "This is the 18th day of the Israeli aggression against our people, which is becoming more ferocious ...