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Two questioned over mid-air 'fight' 9 hours agoTwo men are being questioned on suspicion of endangerment of an aircraft after an RAF Typhoon jet was scrambled to escort a passenger plane over the UK. More »
- Pair grilled after UK fighter jets escort Pakistani plane 12 hours ago
Two men arrested on a Pakistan International Airlines plane after fighter jets were scrambled to escort it to a London airport remained in custody Saturday for More »
- Pakistan school bus explosion and blaze kill 17 children - media 13 hours ago
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Seventeen Pakistani children burnt to death on Saturday when a gas cylinder on the bus taking them to school exploded, media said. Ten More »
- Stansted: Fighter Jets Scrambled To Plane 13 hours ago
Two men are being questioned on suspicion of endangering an aircraft after a plane was escorted to London by fighter jets. More »
- Obama wants to end 'war on terror' but Congress balks 23 hours ago
By Patricia Zengerle and Matt Spetalnick WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama wants to roll back some of the most controversial aspects of the U.S. "war on More »
- Swiss free trade deal underscores China's globalisation: Li 23 hours ago
Chinese Prime Minister Li Keqiang waves during an official ceremony on May 24, 2013 at the Lohn residency in Kehrsatz, near Bern. Li hailed a free trade deal with More »
- Security services in spotlight after soldier murder Fri, May 24, 2013
By Peter Griffiths LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's security services faced questions on Friday over whether they could have done more to prevent the murder of a More »
- UK treating plane incident as criminal, not terror-related Fri, May 24, 2013
STANSTED, England (Reuters) - Police said on Friday they are treating an incident involving a plane carrying almost 300 passengers from Pakistan as criminal rather More »
- Two men quizzed on mid-air 'fight' Fri, May 24, 2013
Two men are being questioned by police after a passenger plane was diverted from Manchester to Stansted Airport. More »
- Fighters escort Pakistan plane to airport, two arrests Fri, May 24, 2013
By Rhys Jones and Peter Griffiths LONDON (Reuters) - British fighter jets escorted a Pakistan International Airlines passenger plane to Stansted Airport near London More »
- Threats made aboard diverted Pakistan plane - passenger Fri, May 24, 2013
LONDON (Reuters) - A passenger aboard a Pakistan International Airlines plane flying from Lahore to Manchester that was diverted under military jet escort to More »
- Passengers leaving Pakistani jet in Britain, no one injured Fri, May 24, 2013
LONDON (Reuters) - Passengers were disembarking from a Pakistan International Airlines jet diverted to London's Stansted Airport on Friday and no one has been hurt, More »
- Pakistan remains opposed to drones after Obama speech Fri, May 24, 2013
The Pakistan government Friday repeated its view that US drone strikes in its territory were illegal, after President Barack Obama laid out new guidelines for their More »
- British police arrest two men on diverted Pakistan flight Fri, May 24, 2013
LONDON (Reuters) - British police arrested two men on a Pakistan International Airlines flight on Friday on suspicion of "endangerment of an aircraft" after it was More »
- Source says appears Pakistani plane not subject of terror attack Fri, May 24, 2013
LONDON (Reuters) - A British security source said early indications suggested that a Pakistan International Airlines plane diverted from Manchester to Stansted More »
- RAF scrambled after plane incident Fri, May 24, 2013
An RAF Typhoon jet has been scrambled after an incident on board a Pakistani passenger aircraft within UK airspace. More »
- Militants kill four soldiers in Indian Kashmir Fri, May 24, 2013
Militants killed four soldiers Friday in an ambush outside Srinagar, the main city of Indian Kashmir, sparking a gun battle in which one rebel also died, local More »
- Guantanamo Policies Must Change, Says Obama Fri, May 24, 2013
In a wide-ranging, impassioned speech to define US foreign policies on terrorism, President Barack Obama has outlined new policies governing the use of unmanned More »
- Obama seeks end to perpetual U.S. 'war on terror' Fri, May 24, 2013
By Matt Spetalnick and Warren Strobel WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Twelve years after the "war on terror" began, President Barack Obama wants to pull the United States More »
- U.S. drone guidelines could reduce 'signature strikes' Fri, May 24, 2013
By Tabassum Zakaria and Mark Hosenball WASHINGTON (Reuters) - New U.S. guidelines for conducting armed drone operations overseas set a higher bar for attacking More »
- Obama shifts U.S. from 'perpetual war-footing,' limits drone strikes Fri, May 24, 2013
By Matt Spetalnick and Roberta Rampton WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama on Thursday shifted the United States away from a "boundless global war on More »
- Obama seeks to redefine the US war on terror Fri, May 24, 2013
President Barack Obama laid out new guidelines for drone strikes and launched a fresh bid to close Guantanamo, warning that a "perpetual" US war on terror would be More »
- Lawsuits seek more than U.S. acknowledgement of drone killings Thu, May 23, 2013
By David Ingram WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama is facing demands in court to reveal more about the U.S. drone program, despite his speech addressing More »
- Obama tackles drones, Guantanamo in reset of war on terror Thu, May 23, 2013
President Barack Obama Thursday laid out new guidelines for drone strikes and launched a new bid to close Guantanamo Bay, warning that a "perpetual" US war on More »
- UN sees weak economic recovery this year Thu, May 23, 2013
A Pakistani woman leaves a currency exchange shop in Quetta on November 22, 2010. The world economy should start to make a weak recovery this year, but the United More »
- Woolwich: Why Do Britons Become Radicalised? Thu, May 23, 2013
The radicalisation of young British men - such as the suspects in the killing of a soldier in Woolwich - is a problem intelligence agencies are well aware of but More »
- Second child contracts polio in Pakistan's Waziristan Thu, May 23, 2013
A second child has contracted polio in a restive Pakistani tribal region near the Afghan border after the Taliban banned vaccinations there nearly a year ago, a UN More »
- U.N. investigator seeks world moratorium on "killer robots" Thu, May 23, 2013
By Stephanie Nebehay GENEVA (Reuters) - A United Nations human rights investigator called on Thursday for all states to declare a moratorium to prevent so-called More »
- US Drone Strikes Have Killed Four Americans Thu, May 23, 2013
The US government has admitted publicly for the first time that four American ciitizens have been killed in drone strikes since 2009 in Pakistan and Yemen. More »
- Huawei's Middle East revenue rose 18 pct in 2012 - executive Thu, May 23, 2013
By Matt Smith DUBAI (Reuters) - China's Huawei Technologies Co's Middle East revenue rose 18 percent to $2.08 billion in 2012 and the roll-out of 4G mobile networks More »
- Taliban claim bomb in southwest Pakistan that kills 13 Thu, May 23, 2013
PESHAWAR, Pakistan (Reuters) - The Pakistani Taliban claimed responsibility on Thursday for a bomb that killed 11 security personnel and two civilians in the More »
- China's Li effusive in praise of Pakistan, but not everyone buys it Thu, May 23, 2013
By Nick Macfie ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Chinese Premier Li Keqiang praised the Sino-Pakistan relationship to the hilt on Thursday, urging the "all-weather friends" to More »
- Bomb kills 12 in southwest Pakistan Thu, May 23, 2013
A bomb planted in a rickshaw tore through a vehicle used by security forces in southwest Pakistan on Thursday, killing at least 12 people, police said. More »
- Obama to reset US terror war in key speech Thu, May 23, 2013
Barack Obama will renew his failed vow to close Guantanamo Bay and argue his drone war is legal and just Thursday, in a speech reframing US anti-terror policy that More »
- Switching from scandals, Obama to address drones and Guantanamo Thu, May 23, 2013
By Jeff Mason WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama will seek to draw attention away from a series of domestic scandals with a speech on Thursday that More »
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