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Iran is ready to revive talks with the world powers, President Mahmud Ahmadinejad said, as toughening sanctions aim at forcing Tehran to sharply scale back its nuclear program. Even so, he insisted that the pressures will not force Iran to give up its demands, including to continue enriching uranium that led to the collapse of […]
Police fired guns and used batons on crowds of stone-throwing opposition activists in several Bangladeshi towns Sunday, killing at least three people and injuring more than 100, a news report and doctors at two hospitals said. The opposition party said 1,200 of its activists were arrested, but the figure could not immediately be confirmed. The […]
Saying that “half the universe” was conspiring against his country, the Syrian foreign minister forcefully rejected a regional attempt to broker an end to the 10-month conflict here on Tuesday and suggested that there would be no end to the government’s use of force to put down the uprising. Speaking to reporters in Damascus, the […]
No peace talks with the Taliban this week: That was the short message on Sunday from the American envoy charged with starting those negotiations. Stopping here in Kabul this weekend on his way to Qatar, where the insurgents are in the process of opening an office, the envoy, Marc Grossman, implicitly rejected reports that he […]
Loyalists of the late dictator Col. Moammar Gadhafi have seized control of a Libyan town and raised the ousted regime’s green flag, an official and commander said Tuesday. The retaking of Bani Walid comes as Libya’s new leaders have struggled to unify the oil-rich North African nation three months after Gadhafi was captured and killed. […]
Britain could send extra military assets to the Strait of Hormuz to deter any attempt by Iran to block Persian Gulf oil tanker traffic, the country’s defense secretary said Tuesday, as Tehran accused the European Union of trying to create tension with a ban on the purchase of its oil. Two British and French warships […]
The court adjourned the hearing to Feb. 1. At a dramatic session marked by heated arguments, Pakistan’s Supreme Court on Thursday gave a brief respite to Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani, who appeared before the justices to defend himself against possible contempt of court charges. Mr. Gilani is facing contempt charges for failing to pursue […]
Pakistan’s highest court escalated its clash with the government on Monday by initiating contempt-of-court proceedings against Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani for failing to pursue corruption charges against his boss, President Asif Ali Zardari. The Supreme Court was clearly infuriated after the government’s lawyer said that the government had given no instructions on how to […]
Intercepted militant radio communications indicate the leader of the Pakistani Taliban may have been killed in a recent U.S. drone strike, Pakistani intelligence officials said Sunday. A Taliban official denied that. The report coincided with sectarian violence — a bomb blast in eastern Pakistan that killed 14 people in a Shiite religious procession. The claim […]
Pakistan’s foremost political and military leadership are set to decide on the future of the relationship between the South Asian nation and the United States of America. A set of rules is said to be prepared which will lay down the law for the relationship between the two countries, a relationship which has been under […]
U.S President Barrack Obama has taken the decision to reduce American military expenditure to make the country into a more “leaner military power”. America which has been involved in two full scale wars in the last ten years of the new millennium in Iraq and Afghanistan has now taken a step in the other direction […]
Supreme Court’s decision against the National Reconciliation Order has prompted fear and chaos in the parliamentary ranks in Pakistan. The decision which was announced on 10th of January, 2011 has compelled the sitting government to review their priorities as a few days earlier, President Zardari categorically stated that the NRO cases were history for the […]
