AL-AMADIA, Iraq : Iraqi Kurds living near the border are wary of thousands of Kurdish fighters leaving Turkey for northern Iraq, and hope the move does not lead to more Turkish air and artillery strikes.For years, Turkey’s military has targeted fighters from the Kurdistan Workers’ Party ...

LAHORE - The PML-Q top leadership Saturday met with Pakistan Awami Tehreek (PAT) leaders to buy time for announcing the schedule of dissolution of assemblies, but reportedly they also used the opportunity to check if the PAT would like to make a political alliance with them.The ruling coalition had ...

When the envoy Richard C. Holbrooke arrives here Monday looking for ways to stop a runaway Islamist insurgency that is destabilizing Pakistan, he will find a pro-American but weak civilian government, and a powerful army unaccustomed and averse to fighting a domestic enemy. In a nuclear-armed ...

Australian cricketers are wary of travelling to India for the second season of Indian Premier League (IPL) in April-May next year after the recent Mumbai terror attacks, according to a report. A report in The Australian said senior Australian players are uncertain about going to India in the near ...

Indian leaders rushed to praise Barack Obama on his US presidential triumph, but analysts warn that policy changes under his administration could "irritate" what has become a key strategic relationship. Obama's election as the first black US president was hailed by Prime Minister Manmohan ...