While foreign climbers have won plaudits for their feats, Pakistani mountaineers are largely overlooked

The government has not offered any public explanation for his arrest or the conditions of his release

Nearly six million Americans are excluded from voting because they are imprisoned, on parole or awaiting sentencing

Sister Patricia Fox was escorted to airport by about 200 human rights activists

Coptic Christian minority make up 10 per cent of Egyptian population

Portuguese's form will soften the blow of having to do without playmaker in Manchester derby

Ghani's presidency is marred by record-high civilian casualties and fading hopes among Afghans

Tiger numbers had risen to more than 2,200 from low of less than 1,500

More than 2,000 American soldiers have been killed in Afghanistan since start of the war in 2001

The area in which the fossils were found is unusual for dinosaurs as it would have been a desert