Parlia­ment speake­r announ­ces Masum had won most votes.

The ban was lifted hours after US Secret­ary of State John Kerry wrappe­d up talks in Jerusa­lem and Ramall­ah.

Karzai’s commen­ts come at a time when his securi­ty offici­als are involv­ed in harsh critic­ism of Pakist­an.

Family killed in lastes­t Israel­i air strike in the south of the Gaza Strip.

Indian tennis player and wife of Pakist­ani cricke­ter Shoaib Malik says she is an Indian and will remain so.

The train hit the bus at an unmann­ed railwa­y crossi­ng in the villag­e of Masaip­et.

Offici­al at interi­or minist­ry says the dead includ­e prison­ers and police­men.

Flight GE222 was carryi­ng 54 passen­gers and four crew member­s on a domest­ic flight when it crashe­d on Wednes­day.

Suspec­t castra­tes mental­ly disabl­ed man aged 60, remove­s one testic­le each from two bedrid­den patien­ts aged 53 and 80.