Retired diplomat Marc Grossman to replace Richard Holbrooke, announcement expected later this week.

About $1.1 billion earmarked for Pakistan counter-insurgency fund.

US President Obama proposes budget that will cut US deficit by $1.1 trillion over the next 10 years.

Several hundred protesters took to the streets in the capital Algiers on Saturday against the government.

Resham Khan, a tribesman, lost 15 members of his family in what he said was a US drone strike on a funeral procession.

A New York zoo is offering the chance to name a Madagascar hissing cockroach after that special someone in your life.

Shoaib Akthar says Pakistan still has more than enough variety to succeed in the World Cup.

Foreign office spokesperson says he is confident the three-way talks will be rescheduled in due course of time.

Taliban suicide bombers kill 19 people, including 17 members of the Afghan security forces.

Scheduled high-level meeting postponed "in light of the political changes in Pakistan", says US State Department.