A US drone attack has killed at least four militants in a northwestern Pakistani tribal district bordering Afghanistan, according to security officials. More »US drone 'kills four militants' in NW Pakistan
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Turkmen President … More »Turkmen leader sacks oil and gas …
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Osama bin Laden's … More »Pakistani interrogator says bin Laden …
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Osama bin Laden's three wives were fiercely loyal to him and gave little away when they were interrogated after the al Qaeda chief was killed in a U.S. raid over a year ago, a Pakistani intelligence agent who questioned them said. … More »Pakistani interrogator says bin Laden wives gave little away
America has withdrawn $33m in aid from Pakistan in protest at the 33-year sentence given to a Pakistani doctor who helped the CIA find Osama Bin Laden. More »US Cuts Pakistan Aid After Bin Laden Doc Jailed
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. senators scandalized by Pakistan's jailing of a doctor for helping the CIA track down Osama bin Laden voted on Thursday to cut aid to Islamabad by $33 million (21 million pounds) -- one million for each year in the doctor's … More »U.S. senators penalize Pakistan for jailing CIA helper
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. admiral who oversaw the operation to kill Osama bin Laden denied on Thursday that he or his staff helped advise Hollywood film makers shooting a movie about last year's secret raid to kill the al Qaeda leader. A conservative … More »Bin Laden film got no Special Ops help - U.S. admiral
Angry US lawmakers Thursday threatened to freeze millions of dollars in vital aid to Islamabad after a Pakistani doctor who helped hunt down Osama bin Laden was jailed for 33 years. More »US lawmakers eye Pakistan aid freeze over doctor row
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Pakistan's jailing of a doctor for 33 years for helping the CIA find Osama bin Laden is "unjust and unwarranted," Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said on Thursday, vowing to continue to press the case with Islamabad. "The United … More »Clinton condemns Pakistan for jailing doctor who helped CIA
GENEVA (Reuters) - The last three countries where polio is still paralysing children -- Afghanistan, Pakistan and Nigeria -- said on Thursday that they have enlisted Muslim women and religious leaders to allay fears of vaccination and wipe out the disease. … More »Muslim leaders enlisted to help stamp out polio
The international group tasked with ridding the world of polio said on Thursday it was shifting to "emergency mode" as the fight enters its final stretch. More »Emergency plan launched for endgame of polio eradication
A US drone strike on Thursday killed eight militants in a Taliban stronghold of Pakistan's tribal belt, bringing the death toll from such strikes to 12 in two days, Pakistani officials said. More »US drone strike 'kills eight in Pakistan'
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Pakistan is unlikely to re-open supply routes to NATO troops in Afghanistan unless the United States offers a politically acceptable formula in talks on ending a six-month standoff on the issue, a Pakistani official said on Thursday. … More »Pakistan seeks face-saving formula in NATO talks
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - The United States should respect a Pakistan court's decision to imprison a doctor accused of helping the CIA find Osama bin Laden, the Pakistan foreign ministry spokesman said on Thursday. "I think as far as the case of Mr. Afridi … More »U.S. should respect decision to imprison doctor who helped CIA - Pakistan
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Higher transit fees are the most difficult issue in Pakistan's talks with the United States on re-opening supply routes to NATO forces in Afghanistan, a Pakistani official told Reuters on Thursday. The official said Pakistan was … More »Transit fees toughest issue in NATO talks - Pakistan official
Defence and intelligence officials in the US have been accused of jeopardising national security by working too closely with the makers of a film about the death of Osama bin Laden. More »US Agencies 'Too Cosy' With Osama Filmmakers
MIRANSHAH, Pakistan (Reuters) - A U.S. drone strike on suspected Islamist militants in northwest Pakistan killed 10 people on Thursday, Pakistani intelligence officials said, an attack likely to raise tensions in a standoff with Washington over NATO supply … More »U.S. drone strike kills 10 in northwest Pakistan - officials
A US drone strike on a militant compound killed five insurgents in northwest Pakistan's lawless tribal region near the Afghan border, officials said. More »'Five militants killed' by US drone in Pakistan
A Pakistani surgeon recruited by the CIA to help find Osama bin Laden was Wednesday sentenced to 33 years in prison for treason, sparking a warning from US senators over American aid. More »Pakistani jailed for 33 years over bin Laden hunt
PESHAWAR, Pakistan (Reuters) - Pakistani authorities have sentenced a doctor accused of helping the CIA find Osama bin Laden to 33 years in jail on charges of treason, officials said, a move almost certain to further strain ties between Washington and … More »Pakistani doctor jailed for helping CIA find bin Laden
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. State Department said on Wednesday it saw no reason for Pakistan to detain or charge a Pakistani doctor who has been accused of helping the CIA find Osama bin Laden. "We continue to see no basis for these charges, for him … More »U.S. sees no reason for Pakistani doctor to be charged
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - The United States hopes Pakistan will soon agree to re-open supply routes to NATO troops in Afghanistan, a U.S. official said on Wednesday, after a Senate panel threatened to cut aid to Islamabad over the standoff. Pakistan closed … More »U.S. hopes for breakthrough in Pakistan NATO supply route talks
US missiles killed four militants in a Taliban stronghold of Pakistan on Wednesday, officials said, amid increasing strains with the West over a six-month blockade on NATO supplies into Afghanistan. More »US missiles 'kill four in Pakistan'
Favourites Great Britain will be looking for a successful tune-up for the London Olympics when play begins Wednesday in hockey's seven-nation Sultan Azlan Shah Cup in Malaysia. More »Britain field hockey team seek Olympic tune-up
CHICAGO (Reuters) - NATO set an "irreversible" course out of Afghanistan on Monday but President Barack Obama admitted the Western alliance's plan to end the deeply unpopular war in 2014 was fraught with peril. A landmark NATO summit in Chicago endorsed … More »NATO endorses strategy to end Afghan war but risks remain
CHICAGO (Reuters) - NATO set an "irreversible" course out of Afghanistan on Monday but President Barack Obama admitted the Western alliance's plan to end the deeply unpopular war in 2014 was fraught with peril. A landmark NATO summit in Chicago endorsed … More »NATO sets "irreversible" but risky course to end Afghan war
CHICAGO (Reuters) - President Barack Obama spoke briefly with President Asif Ali Zardari of Pakistan on Monday in what may be a sign of easing tensions in the troubled relations between their two countries. But the leaders did not hold an individual meeting … More »Obama has brief encounter with Pakistan's president at NATO summit
The murder of a Pakistani-British college student by her parents was witnessed by her sister, a jury has heard. More »'Sister Witnessed Parents Kill Teenager'
LONDON (Reuters) - England batsman Ian Bell had nothing to prove after a poor run of form in recent test series against Pakistan and Sri Lanka, captain Andrew Strauss said on Monday. Bell scored a composed unbeaten 63 to guide England to a five-wicket … More »Bell had nothing to prove, says Strauss
US President Barack Obama and NATO allies will focus Monday on logistical aspects of ending the protracted Afghan war after President Hamid Karzai vowed his country will no longer be a "burden" for the international community. More »NATO allies focus on ending unpopular Afghan war
CHICAGO (Reuters) - NATO leaders will endorse plans to hand over combat command in Afghanistan by mid-2013 on Monday and seek practical progress in opening routes to bring an international army of more than 130,000 back home from an unpopular, resource-draining … More »NATO to endorse Afghan exit plan, seeks routes out
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Pakistan banned access to Twitter on Sunday because of "blasphemous" material, a Pakistani official said, but normal service was resumed after 12 hours. The government did not specify which users or messages had prompted the ban … More »Pakistan briefly bans Twitter access for "blasphemy"
Pakistan restored access to Twitter after briefly blocking the microblog over "blasphemous" posts about a Facebook competition involving caricatures of the Prophet Mohammed. More »Pakistan restores access to Twitter
Pakistan blocked the social networking website Twitter on Sunday because it refused to remove material considered offensive to Islam, said one of the country's top telecommunications officials. More »Pakistan announces Twitter block
Pakistan has blocked Twitter over "blasphemous content" on the microblogging website, according to a senior government official. More »Pakistan Blocks Twitter Over 'Blasphemy'
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Pakistan on Sunday blocked access to Twitter in response to "blasphemous" material posted by users on the microblogging and social networking website, a senior government official said. "This has been done under the directions of … More »Pakistan blocks Twitter access over "blasphemous content"
CHICAGO (Reuters) - Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari arrived in Chicago on Saturday for a NATO summit to what could be a chilly reception if a hoped-for deal allowing trucks to again supply alliance troops in Afghanistan fails to materialize. While … More »Pakistani leader may face friction over supply routes at NATO summit
NATO's chief urged Islamabad to back efforts to stabilize Afghanistan as he prepared for talks Saturday with Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari, on the eve of a NATO summit. More »NATO chief urges Pakistan to help stabilize Afghanistan
KABUL (Reuters) - A suicide bomber on a motorcycle detonated explosives in an Afghan district close to the border with Pakistan, killing at least 10 people including children, officials said on Saturday. The attack comes one day ahead of a NATO summit … More »Motorcycle bomber kills 10 in eastern Afghanistan
Britain's most senior Muslim politician has claimed white women are sexual abuse targets for "a small minority" of Pakistani men. More »Warsi Slams 'White Fair Game' Muslim Views
Muslim cabinet minister Baroness Warsi has hit out at the "small minority" of Pakistani men who see white girls as "fair game". More »Warsi condemns sex scandal Muslims
DUBAI (Reuters) - Al Qaeda chief Ayman al-Zawahri on Thursday urged Saudis to rise up against the kingdom's ruling Al-Saud family, suggesting they draw inspiration from uprisings that have deposed leaders across the Middle East and Africa in the past … More »Qaeda chief urges Saudis to topple ruling family
KABUL (Reuters) - Clouds of hashish and cigarette smoke float across a screen showing a dancing Pakistani woman, who evokes yowls of excitement from the hundreds of Afghan men passing their time in one of the capital's rundown cinemas. Once a treasured … More »Is it curtains for Afghanistan's fading silver screen?