President Zardari made a plea to the international community to extend substantial assistance for flood victims.

So far more than 75,000 stranded people have been evacuated and moved to safer places, said an ISPR release.

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad survived an attack on his convoy in which some people were injured.

Israeli troops were redeploying on Wednesday to the site of a deadly gunbattle along the Lebanese border.

Being penalised 10 places for the Bulgarian Grand Prix was the better deal for Michael Schumacher.

Robert Gates has cautioned that large numbers of US troops will remain even after a “limited” July 2011 drawdown.