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Planning appears to focus on air strikes.

Pak-Afghan talks concentrate on breaking the deadlock to strike a peace deal with the insurgent group.

British lawmakers will debate Syria on Thursday.

The aid workers were Afghan staff members working for the International Rescue Committee.

US government tops list of most data requests made to Facebook in 2013 by a huge margin.

Says there is a need for floating financial products for public sector projects.

"The president has not made a decision to undertake military action," says official.

German magazine had claimed that US intelligence spied on video conferences by top UN officials.

President Barack Obama has made no final decision to use force nor established a timeline for action.

The idea is degrading and offensive to the dignity of Indonesians, says Mahfudz Siddiq.

Police in Shanghai arrest British national Peter Humphrey and his wife Yu Yingzeng, an American citizen.

The amendment includes hiking the maximum penalty for breaching the act from 10 to 14 years in prison.

Egypt's government denies wrongdoing in the incident, and the interior ministry has pledged a full investigation.

Unidentified snipers fire at the convoy.

Delegates tour Delhi Gate, Wazir Khan mosque, Gali Gol Pehlwan and Shahi Hamam.

President Karzai will hold more talks with Pakistani leaders.

PM Sharif promises full support; no statement issued on release of prisoners.

Kerry warns Syria of consequences of using chemical weapons while promising to release more information in days ahead.

Pakistan wants to ship 30,000 tons to pay unpaid power bills to Tehran.

Syrian state television blamed rebel "terrorists" for the shooting.

The Food Security Bill is seen as vote-winner by the ruling Congress party ahead of national elections next year.

Cabinet minister says 300 people have been forced to flee their homes in 10 villages.

"I am an appreciator of life," says Sarmad.

20 more were wounded in a clash in the West Bank's Qalandiya refugee camp.

Dr Zakhiwal invites Pakistani construction companies to undertake projects in Afghanistan.

Seven civilians also injured in shelling in Nakyal Sector.

The Kashmir dispute is not an international issue anymore, it is an issue between India and Pakistan, says Akbaruddin.

Militia representative rules out involvement of third country in Afghan peace process.

Release of Taliban inmates also on the agenda; Afghan leader due in Islamabad today.

Russia warns US against ‘past mistakes’, says military action will lead to escalation.

A framework for welfare of labour is more important.

The surveillance is intensive has little or nothing to do with warding off terrorists, says German weekly.

After a hearing that lasted about three hours, the judge set the next session for September14.

Two suspects rounded up for their alleged involvement in smuggling counterfeit currency.

Up to 3,600 Syrians showed ‘neurotoxic symptoms’; US weighs options for response.

Syria has yet to accede to demands that UN inspectors already in the country be allowed to visit the sites.

At the heart of the matter is the asymmetry between the domestic approaches to the peace process in both countries.

Patrick Campbell has been accused of trying to act as an intermediary to sell Iran 1,000 tons of purified uranium.

Pakistan is seen as key to ending the 12-year conflict in Afghanistan before presidential elections in April.

Rouhani stopped short of saying who had used the arms.

The bombings risk further stoking tensions between supporters and foes of the Syrian president.

A police spokesman said officers arrested the first suspect, in his early twenties, on Friday.

Sri Lankan foreign minister opens two-day trip, delivers invitations.

No serious condemnation, criticism from Indian artists, media on gallery attack.

Prime minister says Islamabad is seeking dialogue with Delhi, discusses border flare-up with US secretary of state.

Many US and other Western diplomatic missions in the Middle East, Africa and Asia closed temporarily as a precaution.

They allegedly offered kickbacks to executives for lucrative contracts.

Pipeline has been made part of Pakistan-China economic corridor.

Bales pleaded guilty to the killings in June in a deal that spared him the death penalty.

The incumbent president’s opponents suggest they will form a coalition and field a candidate out of consensus.