GARHI KHUDA BAKHSH: Prime minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani has said that we want good relations with India but if war is thrust on us then our nation and the armed forces will defend the country together. He said this while talking with media after...

While President-elect Barack Obama will certainly be making history when he takes the oath of office on January 20, he’ll also be repeating it — by placing his hand on the same Bible that Abraham Lincoln used during the inauguration of...

President Bush on Wednesday ordered one of 19 presidential pardons granted earlier in the week to be re-examined The pardon was for Isaac R. Toussie, a 36-year-old New York developer who pleaded guilty in 2001 to making false statements in a Long...

A strong earthquake jolted the southern Philippines on Thursday, the U.S. Geological Survey said. The 6.2 magnitude quake struck at 11:20 a.m. local time (10:20 p.m. ET). There were no immediate reports of injuries and a tsunami warning was not...

Authorities have imposed curfew-like restrictions in Srinagar in a bid to thwart separatist anti-vote protests in the capital of Indian-administered Kashmir during the final phase of state assembly elections on Wednesday. Kashmir, divided between...

President George W. Bush granted pardons Tuesday to 19 citizens charged with a variety of crimes, but none was prominent Presidential pardon lists are being closely monitored in the final weeks of the Bush administration, particularly to see whether...

The first guests checked back into the Taj Mahal Palace and the Oberoi-Trident hotels Sunday, marking the reopening of the two luxury venues damaged by terrorist attacks in Mumbai last month Along with new guests, the hotels’ five...

UNITED NATIONS: UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Thursday urged India and Pakistan to resolve all outstanding issues through dialogue, as he condemned last month’s attacks in Mumbai. “They are two big neighboring countries and they should...

The Indian parliament agreed tougher anti-terrorism laws in the wake of the Mumbai attacks, including the setting up of an FBI-style agency to plug gaping holes exposed by the atrocity. The changes also allow for the detention of alleged militants...

Important meetings of the country’s leaders are being held in the capital city to discuss the developing situation as relations between Pakistan and India have become tensed. Chief of the Army Staff, General Ashfaq Pervez Kayani met with President...