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After a decade of near double-digit growth, the Afghan economy has stalled in the last two years

Cai, 59, replaces Li Congjun, who turned 65 in October and reached the age limit for ministerial-level posts

Sabity is one of 23 Saudis wanted in connection with protests and violence in Eastern Province

Indian toops again targeted the civilian population in the border villages in Shakargarh sector

Alleged mastermind of Mumbai attacks remanded in 14-day custody

Slang term of endearment is on a list of words that should be banned.

Park Sang-hak plans on dropping 100,000 DVDs and USBs with the film by balloon in the hermit kingdom.

Police initially tried to brush off criticism, saying skullcaps were used "to give them a different look"

The 25-year-old wrote in a newspaper about the night of December 5 when she dozed off in a taxi while returning home

About 17,000 foreign soldiers, most of them from the US, will still be deployed in Afghanistan

Injures dozens as people pack Bund area

Nuclear facilities list exchanged under bilateral agreement which bars from attacking each other's atomic facilities

Petitioners say Islamabad court suspension order is illegal, passed without due consideration of relevant facts

Clashes kill four Pakistani Rangers, one Indian border guard

Envoy summoned to lodge ‘strong protest’ over ‘unprovoked firing’ .

Karzai advises Ghani to be cautious of US

At least 33 bodies, including women and children, transferred to two hospitals in the city of Ibb

The kingdom executes 13th Pakistani prisoner for drug trafficking since mid-Oct

Overall, the number of journalists who died in targeted killings or shootings around the world rose to 118 in 2014

Sanctions forbid Americans from doing business with those on the list and freezes any assets they hold on US territory

Palestinians have warned if resolution failed, they would seek to join a number of international organisations

Floods have left almost a quarter of a million people displaced

Although officials promised another search on Wednesday, storms forced them to halt the hunt

Second wife, living in England, allegedly orders murder of seventy-year-old man in Azad Kashmir

Representative says entities interested in LNG terminal at Port Qasim.

Taliban couldn't have given Douglas Livermore a more memorable welcome when he landed in Kabul in June 2013.

Rubabuddin Sheikh, the brother of one of the victims, said his family would challenge the ruling

Officials announce third bird flu outbreak in less than a month, pledge "all necessary measures" to contain spread

Azharul Islam is the assistant secretary general of the nation's largest religious party, the Jamaat-e Islami

Navy spokesperson Manahan Simorangkir says earlier report of 40 bodies recovered was a miscommunication by his staff

Minister says half of the money will be used for rehabilitation of TDPs.

With 5 new members joining the Security Council on January 1, the ambassadors may decide to hold off on a vote

What the Americans and others were fighting was a set of ideas and ideals, neither of which has been much affected

US President Barack Obama tops the most admired men ranking. Clinton earns 12% votes, Oprah gains 8% & Malala 5%

Business groups have complained the rules are skewed too heavily in favour of landowners

At least four Pakistani citizens sustained minor injuries in the back-to-back explosions

In a letter dated August 1907 Churchill’s soon to be sister-in-law wrote: "Please don’t become converted to Islam"

Telegraph says Buckingham Palace, police fears that militants could see Royal Guards as high-profile targets

A boy survives an Israeli strike on Gaza which killed his younger brother and three cousins

While some people's highlights included a wedding, others contained devastating highlights like death of a loved one

The blaze comes days after an arsonist set fire to a mosque in central Sweden on Christmas Day

Attack took place in the southeastern Saravan region

Search teams scour area where sea is 40-50 metres deep, National Search and Rescue Agency chief confirms

Special posts to be established at Torkham and Spin Boldak to coordinate action against Taliban

A man was wounded but his condition was stable.

After change of plan due to stormy weather Malaysian Airbus disappears from radar

Iraq War veteran Eddie Ray is to stand trial for murdering Chris Kyle, whose autobiography the film was based on.

The event was arranged in secret due to the threat of Taliban strikes in the Afghan capital

It is unclear if have been casualties or if there are any passengers in the water

Diplomats annoyed with misrepresentation of the capital, Islamabad, being displayed as a grimy hellhole and war zone