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Orbital rocket explodes after launch
Orbital's unmanned Cygnus cargo ship was carrying 5,000 pounds of supplies for 6 astronauts living at research outpost
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Schools in China's Xinjiang to discourage religion at home
Principals at more than 2,000 schools in Kashgar sign pledge to 'defend schools against the infiltration of religion'
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Bangladesh Jamaat chief sentenced to death for war crimes
Motiur Rahman Nizami, 71, found guilty of murder, rape and looting during Bangladesh's 1971 war
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Need for normalisation: India’s rise linked to Pakistan, says US envoy
Dan Feldman advises Islamabad, New Delhi to engage in dialogue.
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EU urges stay on executions
Since 2008, Pakistan executed only a couple of prisoners while more than 8,000 prisoners are on death row
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Fresh Indian firing across LoC kills 70-year-old
ISPR says Pakistani forces responded effectively to Indian firing
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Modi’s hostility to Pakistan
Modi’s ambition of putting India into big league can only happen if it's at peace with neighbours, internally stable
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Nobel laureate Malala wins World's Children's Prize
Malala becomes the first Nobel Peace Prize winner to be awarded the World's Children's Prize
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Suspected plot to assassinate Bangladeshi PM uncovered in India
Indian police say the militants were Bangladeshis and were using India as a safe haven to plan the attacks
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UN Security Council to meet on Israeli settlements
Israel pledged to build more than 1,000 new settler homes in east Jerusalem on Monday
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Can someone's genes make them a criminal?
Scientists fingered two genes which can cause a "substantially higher frequency" in violent offenders.
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Afghanistan's Ghani, China's Xi pledge long-term partnership
Xi's "vision" for the continent had opened "not just a new chapter for Asia, but an entirely new book", says Ghani
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David Cameron invites PM Nawaz to attend Afghanistan conference
According to official handout, Cameron invited PM Nawaz via phone on Tuesday
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Saudi executes fourth Pakistani in two weeks
Three other Pakistanis found guilty of heroin smuggling have also been beheaded this month
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Afghan Taliban claim victory after British withdrawal
The last British combat troops in Afghanistan were airlifted out of Camp Bastion on Monday
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Bangladesh to deliver war crimes verdict on Jamaat leader
Motiur Rahman Nizami could face death penalty if convicted on Wednesday
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Salmaan Taseer's killer incited shooting of blasphemy accused in Adiyala
Inquiry by 4-member committee found Qadri prepared two other prison officers to hunt down blasphemy convicts in prison
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Jordan arrests influential al Qaeda scholar for 'incitement'
Think tank of the US West Point military academy has called him the most influential living militant mentor
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Australia stops processing visas from Ebola-hit countries
Australia has not recorded a case of Ebola but has had a number of scares
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Pentagon isolates soldiers over Ebola fears, nurse freed from NJ quarantine
US CDC seeks voluntary isolation for those at high risk for Ebola
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Pakistan second to last in global gender equality report
Pakistan is ranked 132 in terms of education attainment, 119 for health and survival and 85 for political empowerment
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Dharna blues: Not so fast on the American-style democracy, scholar cautions Pakistanis
Punishing criticism of govt needs to be balanced as political processes take time
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Crucial talks on IP project in Tehran today
Officials say Iranian authorities would be asked to wait till the lifting of US sanctions on Tehran
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Black day observance: In unanimous resolution, MPs champion Kashmiris’ rights
Lawmakers also condemn bid on Maulana Fazlur Rehman’s life
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Defusing tension: Pakistan, Iran agree to maintain border peace
Both sides to ensure effective border controls and frequent meetings of established mechanisms
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UN chief criticises restrictions imposed on Ebola health workers
US troops returning from west Africa were being placed under isolation at a base in Italy as a preventative measure
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Working at odds
With a US pullout planned within months, Afghanistan must work with Pakistan in order to overcome militancy
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India officials red-faced over video of child cleaners
Video shows children as young as 10 sweeping the college grounds in UP before the arrival of its chief minister
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'Outrage' as South Africa football captain shot dead
The 27-year-old was killed late Sunday at the home of his pop-star girlfriend Kelly Khumalo after an altercation
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Family tortures, kills Indian woman for 'witchcraft'
When protesting her innocence, relatives attacked her with sticks, punched and kicked her in front of her son
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Taliban storm Afghan court, kill seven: officials
Chief prosecutor Amruddin Amin said gunmen went door-to-door in the court, shooting their victims at close range
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India reveals names in quest for hidden foreign assets
BJP govt says it is committed to disclose names of persons holding illegal money
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Rousseff vows dialogue, reform after narrow Brazil win
Rousseff is the first woman president of the world's seventh-largest economy
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US sees Syria rebels in political, not military solution
Syrian air force has ramped up its own bombing campaign on insurgent-held areas since the US-led air strikes began
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Israel greenlights plans for 1,000 Jerusalem settler homes
Israeli official says plans would be advanced for infrastructure projects in the West Bank
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NYC boy being observed for possible Ebola symptoms
It was reported he had been vomiting and was transported from his home in the Bronx by emergency medical workers
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Iran appoints acid attacks probe chief
Victims were targeted on the face and body because they were not properly veiled
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Tall claims: 134 mobile schools for Pakistani IDPs in Afghanistan
Afghan officials say 93 more schools planned for 45,000 families living in camps
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Indian occupation: Kashmiris world over to observe ‘black day’ today
Demonstrations and rallies will also be held in different parts of Pakistan to highlight the issue
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Operation Zarb-e-Azb: TTP sets up new sanctuaries in Afghanistan
Security official claims Pakistan has evidence of safe havens near the border with North Waziristan
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Naval partnerships
It is good geopolitical housekeeping for Pakistan to service bilateral relations with the Russians
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Concerns mount over US Ebola quarantine
Health authorities expressed concern that new rules will discourage health workers from volunteering in West Africa
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Palestinians say Gaza truce talks in Cairo postponed
Palestinians will be effectively banned from riding the same buses as Israeli settlers in the West Bank
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Delhi Jama Masjid’s Imam attacked
Bukhari was leading evening prayers when a man threw a bottle of kerosene on him
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German spies warn IS has anti-aircraft rockets: report
BND reportedly warned that IS fighters possess portable rocket launchers captured from Syrian army stocks
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British forces hand over control of last base in Afghanistan
All Nato combat troops will depart Afghanistan by December
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Quarantined for helping Ebola patients, US nurse slams rules
Teen isolated, tested for Ebola virus in Australia
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Afghan cleric jailed for raping 11-year-old girl
Mohammad Aminullah Barez has been jailed for 20 years
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Fishermen of Pakistan and India: In enemy waters
Fishermen from both Pakistan and India have long been victims of history and geography
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List of global terrorists: TTP faction says US move validates its ‘jihad’
Azam Tariq says Mehsud faction will not pledge allegiance to ISIS

















































