Stockholm, Sep 6 (Xinhua) The European Union (EU) will strengthen its presence in Afghanistan, especially its political role there, Swedish Foreign Minister Carl Bildt said here S...More

Islamabad, Sep 5 (Xinhua) Pakistani security forces demolished the headquarters of banned militant outfit Lashkar-e-Islam Saturday as a military operation against militants in the...More

Kathmandu, Sep 5 (IANS) Indian Ambassador to Nepal Rakesh Sood Saturday regretted that religion - which brings the people of India and Nepal together - was under fire on the groun...More

London, Sep 5 (DPA) British Prime Minister Gordon Brown warned Group of 20 (G20) finance ministers and central bankers Saturday against moving too hastily to roll back the $5-tril...More

Karachi/Bangalore, Sep 5 (IANS) Pakistani Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani said Saturday that delay in resuming India-Pakistan talks will only help terrorists in achieving their ...More

Kunduz (Afghanistan), Sep 5 (DPA) Three German soldiers were injured in a suicide bombing Saturday in northern Afghanistan, a day after a German-ordered airstrike in which dozens ...More

London, Sep 5 (IANS) The US has responded 'positively' to a proposal to give India and other leading emerging economies a much greater say in the running of international financia...More

Stockholm, Sep 5 (DPA) A Swedish woman bit her hairdresser because she was upset about a hairdo that went wrong, a media report said Saturday. The custom...More

Kathmandu, Sep 5 (IANS) India and Nepal sent their top officials for joint prayers at the Pashupatinath temple here Saturday to uphold bilateral amity, as demonstrators went on th...More

Madrid, Sep 5 (EFE) Spain is considering whether post-electoral security conditions in Afghanistan require an increase in the contingent that Madrid has deployed to the war-ravage...More

New York, Sep 5 (DPA) Andy Murray and Juan Del Potro fuelled ambitions as dangerous title contenders Friday at the US Open as both powered comfortably into the third round. ...More

Washington, Sep 5 (DPA) Eight security guards at the US embassy in Kabul have been fired in a hazing scandal and two others have resigned, the US State Department said Friday. ...More

Warsaw, Sep 5 (DPA) One Polish soldier was killed and five others were wounded Friday after a bomb exploded near a Polish convoy in eastern Afghanistan, local media reported. ...More

Washington, Sep 5 (DPA) A large piece of space junk flew past the International Space Station (ISS) Friday without posing any threat, US space agency NASA said. ...More

Washington, Sep 5 (DPA) US Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said Israel's plan to expand settlements in the West Bank was regretful and 'inconsistent' with the internatio...More