President Asif Ali Zardari was in Paris on Monday at the start of a week-long trip to France and Britain.

33 Palestinians were injured early on Monday by a mystery explosion in Deir al Balah refugee camp south of Gaza City.

The chief minister of Indian Kashmir flew to New Delhi for crisis talks over an eruption of violence in the region.

A suicide attacker detonated a car bomb in the southern Afghan province of Kandahar on Monday, killing five children.

England captain Andrew Strauss hailed James Anderson as the best swing bowler in the world.

World culture body Unesco added 15 sites to its top heritage list this weekend.

Australian Mark Webber took over as leader of the drivers’ world championship with a mature and measured victory.

Police and paramilitary troops enforced a strict curfew in Indian Kashmir on Sunday as three protesters were killed.

Rock-throwing Bangladeshi garment workers clashed anew with police on Sunday.

Afghans held a rally in the capital Kabul to protest the alleged Nato killing of 52 civilians in the volatile south.