Human rights groups have expressed outrage after most of those accused of the gang rape of Mukhtaran Mai, who was assaulted on the orders of a village council, were freed by Pakistan’s supreme court. Nine years after the gang rape, Mai’s...

Libya’s embattled government has flatly rejected rebel calls for a ceasefire, describing their terms as “mad”. At least ten opposition fighters are reported to have been killed late on Friday by mistake in an attack by the international...

The U.S.-backed coalition led by caretaker Prime Minister Saad Hariri is on the verge of losing its grip on power after Jumblatt’s defection to Hezbollah.he U.S.-backed parliamentary coalition led by caretaker Prime Minister Saad Hariri was on the...

The governor of Pakistan’s largest province–a sharp-tongued supporter of embattled President Asif Ali Zardari and an outspoken critic of religious extremists–was assassinated Tuesday at a genteel market in the nation’s capital,...

If she had wanted to melt into the crowd, she failed. There was no missing Angelina Jolie when she visited victims of the Pakistan floods. With her head covered in a black scarf, she did her best to blend in with a group of women she was meeting who...

The US Critical Languages Program has begun offering Persian and Arabic courses due to the increasing popularity of the two languages in the country. The US government launched the initiative in order to assist Americans who are becoming increasingly...

At least one man was killed and four wounded Friday when a suicide bomber blew himself up outside an Ahmadi place of worship in Mardan, police said. “A suicide bomber was trying to enter the Ahmadis’ worship place, but he was intercepted by the...

At least 28 people were killed and over 150 injured today when three suicide bombers blew themselves up in back-to-back attacks targetting Shia processions in Lahore, even as unidentified gunmen wounded seven people in Pakistan’s commercial...

Police confiscate mobile phones from three players after allegations of spot fixing during the Lord’s Test.Scotland Yard detectives have confiscated the mobile phones of three of the Pakistan cricket team’s leading players as part of an...

High military and civilian officials in Peshawar said that the Security forces had freed two people, who had been taken hostage by fleeing militants in an army intelligence office, without any causality. Chief military spokesman Major General Athar...