25 killed, 75 wounded in Iraq suicide car bombing

Baghdad : At least 25 people were killed and 75 others injured Thursday in a suicide car bomb attack on the Iraqi police south of Baghdad, Xinhua reported citing a police source.

Ayman al-Zawahiri betrayed Osama: Saudi paper

Dubai: al-Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden was betrayed by his deputy Ayman al-Zawahiri who led US forces to his hideout as the two were involved in an intense power struggle, a Saudi newspaper has reported.

Osama bin Laden's youngest bride in US-Pakistan tug of war

London : The US might have eliminated Osama bin Laden, but this has left Washington and Islamabad locked in a diplomatic stand-off over the fate of the Al Qaeda founder's youngest bride.

Ship hijacked with 24 Chinese crew in Arabian Sea

BEIJING – Chinese state media say pirates have hijacked a cargo ship with 24 Chinese sailors in the Arabian Sea.

Magnitude 6.1 quake strikes off Japan: U.S. geological survey

TOKYO  – An earthquake with a magnitude of 6.1 struck off the coast of eastern Japan early on Friday, the U.S. Geological Survey said. but there were no immediate reports of any casualties or damage.

Pakistan army orders cut in US military personnel

ISLAMABAD – Pakistan's army ordered a reduction in U.S. military personnel operating inside the country on Thursday in apparent protest at a unilateral American commando raid that killed Osama bin Laden.

Pakistan army says to review U.S. cooperation if more raids

ISLAMABAD  – Pakistan's army threatened on Thursday to review cooperation with the United States if it conducted more raids like the one that killed Osama bin Laden.

Earthquake rattles Mexico City, buildings shake

MEXICO CITY  – A strong earthquake rattled the Mexican capital on Thursday and buildings shook but there were no immediate reports of damage.

Hockey : Pakistan opens Azlan Shah Cup campaign with 4-2 win over New Zealand

Ipoh, Malaysia : Asian Games champion Pakistan Thursday launched its campaign in Sultan Azlan Shah Cup hockey tournament with 4-2 victory over a fighting New Zealand here.

Pakistan is "an important partner for European Union and crucial for security in region": European Union

Brussels : Pakistan is "an important partner for the European Union and it was crucial for security in the region," a spokesman for the EU's Foreign Policy Chief Catherine Ashton said on Thursday.

Pakistan warns misadventure, miscalculation in future to result in terrible catastrophe: Foreign Secy

Islamabad  : Pakistan has warned that no one should have any doubt about its defence capability and misadventure or miscalculation in future would result in terrible catastrophe.Briefing newsmen here Thursday about different aspects and questions surrounding Abbottabad operation by the United States,

Pakistan categorically denies that a section of intelligence agency linked to Al Qaeda

Islamabad : Pakistan on Thursday categorically denied allegation that a section of its intelligence agency was linked to Al Qaeda.

Shoaib Malik backs Javed Miandad as the batting coach of Pakistan cricket team

Karachi,May 5(ANI): Former Pakistan skipper Shoaib Malik has suggested cricket legend,Javed Miandad as the batting coach of the Pakistan cricket team.

Sussex sign Pakistan paceman Umar Gul for Twenty20

Sussex have recruited Pakistan pace bowler Umar Gul for their Friends Life t20 campaign.

Suicide bomber kills 18 policemen in central Iraq

BAGHDAD — A suicide car bomber crashed his vehicle into a barrier outside a police building in central Iraq on Thursday morning, killing 18 policemen and wounding dozens more, a local councilman said.

Pakistan warns US, India against covert operations

Islamabad : Pakistan Thursday warned the US and India against any further covert operation in Pakistani territory, saying this would lead to a 'terrible catastrophe'.

Interior Minister Rehman Malik urges the nation to unite

Karachi : Interior Minister Rehman Malik Wednesday urged the nation to unite and said ISI, Army and Police operations will continue against terrorists, miscreants and militants.

Chaudhry Shujaat says PML-Q respects mandate of people, take no step to destabilize Punjab government

Islamabad : PML-Q President Ch. Shujaat Hussain says his party respects mandate given by thepeople and will take no step to destabilize Punjab government.

8% claim they have atleast one person who returned to settle permanently in Pakistan: Survey

Islamabad : Only 8% Pakistanis claim that they have atleast one person in their household who has now returned to settle permanently in Pakistan after working abroad for a while, revealed the findings of a survey conducted by Gilani Poll/Gallup Pakistan. 

20,000 children with small heads are run by the shrines for beggary

Karachi : No one knows about the reality and sad saga of these greenish veiled and shavedhead individuals carried by their masters with a chain about their necks to get the sympathies of the masses for the sake of begging.

Imran Khan threatens blocking NATO-supply route again

Multan : Tehrik-i-Insaf will observe sit-in at the route of NATO supply line if even a single drone attack was done in Pakistani territory and would not let US and its allies to attack the innocent people of Pakistan, said Imran khan, chief of Tehrik-i-Insaf.

China urges the world to support Pakistan in fight against terrorism

Beijing : China on Thursday reaffirmed its support for efforts by Pakistan in the fight against terrorism after the killing of Al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden early Monday in Abbotabad by special forces of the United States, and urged the world to help Islamabad.

'US likely to add more names to terror watch list'

Washington : More people are expected to be added to the terrorist watch list as an interagency team gleans through the material recovered from the hideout of slain al-Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden in Pakistan, US Attorney General Eric Holder told lawmakers today.

Hillary Clinton asked to stop aid for flood victims in Pak

Washington : A powerful Republican Congresswoman has asked Secretary of State Hillary Clinton to immediately stop American aid program for flood victims in Pakistan, where al-Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden was killed by US special forces on Monday.

Hillary Clinton calls on Gadhafi to 'leave power'

ROME – U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said Thursday that ousting Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi is the best way to protect Libya's civilians.

Hosni Mubarak's security boss jailed for 12 years

CAIRO – Former President Hosni Mubarak's top security official was convicted Thursday of corruption and money laundering and sentenced to 12 years in prison.

Syrian troops start withdrawal from besieged city

BEIRUT – The Syrian army began a gradual withdrawal Thursday from a southern city at the heart of the uprising against the country's authoritarian regime, 11 days after President Bashar Assad unleashed tanks and snipers to crush dissent there.

Pakistan,France to set up Joint Economic and Trade Committee

Pakistan and France have agreed to set up a Joint Economic and Trade Committee at the official level.

UN concerned over fresh clashes in Sudan

The UN Mission in Sudan (UNMIS) dispatched patrols to Todach, the scene of reported fighting late on Monday, and discovered the bodies of 11 uniformed personnel and three civilians, the mission's spokesperson Kouider Zerrouk told the UN News Centre.

Exercise protects heart from injury through nitric oxide

A study has found new evidence that the nitric oxide generated during physical exercise protects the heart from injury.

Playing video games makes teen boys eat more

A new study has found that teenage boys eat more food after playing a video game.

White House bunker during Osama bin Laden raid virals sweeping the web

Witty pictures of White House bunker during Bin Laden raid and about his demise are sweeping the Internet.

Prince William spotted driving to work like millions of regular hubbies

Newlywed Prince William was seen driving into work in his Audi, just like millions of regular husbands.

Ayman al-Zawahiri, America's new most wanted

One-time Egyptian doctor Ayman al-Zawahiri is now America's new most wanted person, given his status as Al Qaeda's number two.

Sutherland says his comments were not intended to embarrass PCB

Melbourne : Tensions between Australian and Pakistan cricket boards eased after Cricket Australia (CA) chief executive James Sutherland clarified that his comments on Judge Qayyum's recommendations were not supposed to embarrass the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB).

Depression too has a positive effect

London : Traits likes sadness, pessimism and defeatism define depression, the world's most frequently diagnosed mental disorder -- but it does have a positive side-effect.

Osama bin Laden killed by rapid-fire shots in chest and forehead

Washington : A US commando team that fought its way upstairs at Osama bin Laden's compound killed the unarmed Al Qaeda leader with rapid-fire shots to his chest and forehead, US media reports said citing officials.

Libyan govt shelling kills Four as aid ship docks

MISRATA, Libya – Moammar Gadhafi's forces showered the port area of this besieged rebel city with rockets just minutes after an international aid ship docked there Wednesday, killing four people as part of the regime's increasingly bloody attempt to choke off Misrata's remaining lifeline.

Obama refuses to release Osama bin Laden photos

WASHINGTON  – President Barack Obama decided not to release photos of Osama bin Laden's corpse, citing national security risks and saying the United States should not brandish "trophies" of its victory.

Afghan Taliban likely to rethink ties to al-Qaida

KABUL, Afghanistan – Now that Osama bin Laden is dead, some analysts are speculating that al-Qaeda and its Afghan Taliban allies could go their separate ways, increasing the chances for a negotiated settlement in Afghanistan.

11 bodies found in Mexico pits, total now 121

MEXICO CITY – Investigators in the northern Mexico state of Durango said they found the remains of 10 men and one woman in mass graves in the state capital Wednesday, bringing the total of bodies recovered there to 121.

Several deaths, injuries in Amsterdam shooting

AMSTERDAM – A number of people were killed and injured in a shooting at a car dealership in Amsterdam and five people were arrested, Dutch police said Wednesday.

President Bashar al-Assad sends more soldiers to crush Syria uprising

AMMAN  – Syrian army units backed by tanks have tightened the siege of two defiant urban centers, in a sign that President Bashar al-Assad is widening the use of the military to crush demonstrations against his autocratic rule.

People don’t keep in mind its consequences while committing wrong doings: CJP Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry

ISLAMABAD: Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry has remarked people don’t keep in mind its consequences when they commit wrong doing.

NATO demands Pakistan to do more

Brussels: NATO’s chief Anders Fogh Rasmussen urged Pakistan on Wednesday to make progress in the battle against terrorism in the wake of Osama bin Laden’s killing by US forces near Islamabad.

No apology for violating Pakistan air space: White House

WASHINGTON: The United States "makes no apologies" for making unilateral military strikes against al-Qaeda leader Osama Bin Laden in Pakistan, the White House confirmed late Tuesday.

Pakistan describes as ’disquieting’ CIA chief’s remarks

Islamabad: Pakistan has described as ’’disquieting’’ CIA chief Leon Panetta’s revelation that no intelligence about the US raid that killed Osama bin Laden was shared with Islamabad for fear that the operation would be jeopardised.

Osama Bin Laden hideout a global intelligence failure: PM Gilani

Paris: Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani said Wednesday the fact that Osama bin Laden had been found hiding in a villa in the city of Abbottabad was an indictment not just of Pakistan’s intelligence gathering, but of that of the ’whole world.

No compromise to be made on command, control system of nuclear assets: President Zardari

ISLAMABAD: President Asif Ali Zardari has made it clear country’s nuclear assets are in safe hands and no compromise will be made on their command and control system.

Pakistan still not free after passing 63 years: Shahbaz Sharif

LAHORE : Chief Minister Punjab Mian Shahbaz Sharif has said that despite getting freedom many years ago, Pakistanis were not free.

US forces operation in Abbottabd to kill Osama challenged in Lahore High Court

LAHORE : US special forces operation to kill the Al-Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden has been challenged in the Lahore High Court.

Judges’ bound to follow constitution: CJ Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry

SLAMABAD : The eleven member larger bench of the Supreme Court has adjourned the hearing of Presidential reference for revisiting of Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto case till today (Thursday).

Corps Commanders’ to discuss situation arising after Osama bin Laden killing today

RAWALPINDI : Chief of Army Staff General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani has summoned the Corps Commanders conference here on today (Thursday) to review the situation arising after the US forces operation in Abbottabad to kill the al-Qaeda Chief Osama bin Laden.