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Lawmakers, rights organisations, analysts say by endorsing edict Karzai endangers hard-won progress in women's rights.

New tablets will ship from March 16.

Officials blamed the attack in the town of Spin Boldak in Kandahar province on the hardline Taliban.

Wukan election came after residents rose up against corrupt leaders.

Foreign Sunni militants are fighting alongside Syrian rebels who have taken on President Basharal Assad.

China blames incidents of violence in Xinjiang on Islamic separatists who want to establish an independent state.

The TTP leadership is split over talks with Pakistan, with some rejecting them.

Obama holding his first White House news conference in five months.

Genera­l Mattis is expect­ed to arrive in Pakist­an, within 10 days, to discus­s resump­tion of Nato supply routes.

Demands investigation and punishment for those who are responsible for this 'deplorable act.'

LGBT rights have “nothing to do with fundamental human rights” Pakistan's UN Ambassador states.

The UN agency suspects Iran of carrying out high-explosives tests at Parchin near Tehran.

French PM had urged Muslims, Jews to consider scrapping their ‘outdated’ Halal and kosher slaughter rules.

Newly-elected Russian president accepts PM’s invite.

Abdolfattah Soltani has been alleged of spreading anti-regime propaganda.

Motive of the killing yet to be ascertained.

A female-male duo spray-paint dilapidated Kabul walls, hoping to bring art back to the war-torn country.

An Indian foreign ministry official says every month, 8 to 10 families move from Pakistan.

This was the 25th incident in the past year, say rights groups, calling on the international community to take notice.

The party appears to lose in UP, Punjab and Uttarakhand but leads in Manipur and Goa.

General John Allen defends Obama’s apology, hoping it will defuse tensions sparked by the incident.

For Pakistanis in the city, life is increasingly squeezed.

The United States urged Iran to grant Hekmati access to legal counsel and to release him without delay.

Targets must pose imminent threat, capture not feasible: US Attorney General.

Younger brother trained at an IMU camp in the Afghan-Pakistani border area in 2009, according to the prosecution.

Both women featured for braving death threats while continuing their work against blasphemy law.

Former Chinese ambassador to Syria to reach the violence-hit country on Tuesday.

The attack occurred hours before Erdogan was chair a cabinet meeting.

USGS says the quake measured 5.2 on the Richter scale; Indian seismology dept puts it at 4.9.

Civil liberties groups have demanded justification for killing Americans who have joined al Qaeda or other militants.

Small military hospitals using administrative offices, waiting room to treat the wounded.

Xi Jinping’s wife Peng Liyuan is a hugely popular singer who has performed in over 50 countries.

Pakistan to use ‘all available means’ for reconciliation with Taliban, says official.

70,000 Pakistanis live in Spain, with up to half of that in the Catalan capital.

Calls for more time to allow international sanctions to work.

Iran has supplied equipment, weapons and technical assistance -- even monitoring tools -- to help suppress unrest.

Burning of Qurans at Nato base in Afghanistan advanced Taliban's cause, the Afghan army chief of staff has warned.

Commission finds no firm evidence on how he died though.

Elite operations troops could be placed under CIA control after the 2014 pullout.

Nadarkhani was arrested in October 2009 and condemned to death for apostasy for abandoning his Muslim faith.

Access to Facebook and two Russian-language news sites critical of the President, were blocked.

Singh will officially replace current army chief General VK Singh on May 31.

Some troops stationed in US embassy in Sri Lanka as part of an agreement, but no special forces in India.

If sanctions fail to curb Tehran's atomic ambitions, US military action should not be ruled out, says Obama.

Democratic vote for committee governing Wukan going ahead with official approval after long campaign by local people.

Trucks and trees were tossed aside like candy Friday as deadly funnel clouds descended on five states.

Betim Kaziu traveled from Brooklyn to Cairo, Egypt to participate in attacks against US troops.

Former Senators Bob Graham and Bob Kerry say links between Saudi Government, terrorists never fully pursued.

Saudi Arabia arrests 11 Pakistanis and Iranians allegedly involved in smuggling hashish from Iran into the kingdom.

We don't want Pakistani flags in India, we don't agree that Indian markets should look like Pakistan, says...