London, Aug 31 (IANS) Oscar-winning actress Reese Witherspoon took pity on a stranger at a Los Angeles food store by paying her grocery bill after the woman said she had forgotten...More

Beijing, Aug 31 (Xinhua) Chinese police have busted nearly 280 gangs and arrested over 1,000 people for cheating, the public security ministry said Monday. ...More

Dubai, Aug 31 (IANS) Pakistani Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani said Monday that parliament would decide whether or not former president Pervez Musharraf should be tried for tamp...More

Kabul, Aug 31 (DPA) Afghan President Hamid Karzai's share of the vote in the hotly disputed Aug 20 presidential election shrank to 45.9 percent Monday, but still ahead of his near...More

Karachi, Aug 31 (IANS) Pakistan's cricket chief Ijaz Butt was off the mark when he claimed last week that Pakistan will receive around Rs.1.5 billion ($18 million) from the Intern...More

Swat, Aug 31 (IANS) The security forces have recovered 29 bodies of militants from the Panjoot area in northwest Pakistan, the Online news agency reported Monday. ...More

Makhachkala/Moscow, Aug 31 (RIA Novosti) One of the two militants killed in a shootout with the security forces in the Russian North Caucasus republic of Dagestan was an Algerian-...More

Peshawar, Aug 31 (IANS) Police in Pakistan's restive northwest, where a major military offensive against the Taliban is winding down, have been provided with 25,000 Kalashnikovs a...More

Lahore, Aug 31 (IANS) Intelligence agencies have warned that 17 terrorists from Pakistan's tribal areas have entered Lahore to possibly target sensitive installations, mosques, If...More

Washington, Aug 31 (IANS) Neuro scientists have pinpointed the brain structure regulating our sense of personal space, possibly opening the way to a better understanding of autism...More

Karachi, Aug 31 (IANS) The International Cricket Council (ICC) has assured Pakistan that it will directly deal with Indian authorities to ensure foolproof security arrangements fo...More

Lahore, Aug 31 (IANS) Former Pakistani prime minister Nawaz Sharif has urged greater interaction between intellectuals of the two countries as the way forward in the stalled subco...More

Washington, Aug 31 (IANS) Megacities, with populations exceeding 10 million, that consume energy, food, water, and other raw materials and release wastes are contributing to globa...More

Islamabad, Aug 31 (Xinhua) Fifteen militants were killed in fighting with the security forces in northwest Pakistan, officials said Monday. The security ...More

Islamabad, Aug 31 (IANS) Pakistan-based Kashmiri militant commander Syed Salahuddin has said autonomy for the Gilgit-Baltistan region will have a 'negative impact' on efforts to r...More