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A strong 7.2 magnitude earthquake hit the South Island of New Zealand Saturday morning, according to the US Geological Survey.
The quake struck at a depth of 16.1 kilometres (10.0 miles) some 30 kilometress (19 miles) from the island’s largest city of Christchurch at 04:05 am (1635 GMT Friday), the USGS said.
There was no widespread threat [...]
The US has expressed “regret” and termed “unfortunate” the interrogation of Pakistani Army officials at Dulles International Airport, but said that it had not officially apologised to Islamabad for the incident.
The USA asserted that such incidents were bound to happen in the future given the nature of travel in the era of increased terrorist [...]
US Wednesday dismissed media reports that representatives of Af-Pak Special Envoy Richard Holbrooke recently met leaders of the Afghan Taliban and Hizb-i-Islami to discuss formation of a national government after the withdrawal of US forces from the country.
“Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan (Richard Holbrooke) did not meet with Taliban leaders. The two individuals mentioned [...]
Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) Chief Altaf Hussain retracting on his previous statement has said that he is against the imposition of Martial Law and if it was imposed he would oppose it strongly.
In an interview to a private TV channel, MQM Chief said that by targeting few persons for accountability has deteriorated the situation [...]
Airliner carrying 96 passengers crashes in northeast China, government and airline sources say.
The Henan Airlines flight crashed about 10 p.m. Tuesday in Yichun City, officials told the Xinhua News Agency.
Rescuers were rushing to the scene, Xinhua said.
More to come.
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is to visit Pakistan soon following recent floods in the country, ISNA reported.
“Iranian President has chosen to travel to flood-hit sites to take required decisions to help the victims, due to massive floods,” Iranian Interior Minister Mostafa Najjar said Tuesday.
Najjar stressed Iran has been one of the three aid providers for [...]
A disgruntled ex-policeman armed with an assault rifle hijacked a bus carrying more than 20 Hong Kong tourists including children in the Philippine capital on Monday, police said.
The gunman released seven of the tourists, including three children and an elderly man, as well as one of the Filipinos, as the drama near Manila’s historic tourist [...]
Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari, who was away from his country when it was hit by the worst floods in 80 years, has topped a unique list of influential people who were conspicuously absent when they were needed the most.
Releasing the list of five such people, the prestigious ‘Foreign Policy’ magazine said Zardari was [...]
Pakistan has finally accepted the USD five million aid offered by India for flood relief victims and said such a gesture was appreciated.
“I can share with you that the Government of Pakistan has agreed to accept the Indian offer (of USD 5 million aid),” Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi said on the sidelines [...]
The White House insisted on Thursday that President Barack Obama is a Christian who prays daily as it looked to tamp down growing doubts among Americans about the president’s religion.
White House spokesman Bill Burton made the remarks hours after a poll showed that nearly one in five people, or 18 per cent, said they [...]
