President Barack Obama met his top military chiefs Friday to discuss Afghanistan strategy and troop numbers as he neared a crucial decision on whether to send thousands more Americans to war. No final decisions were made at the talks...link
Clinton hits out at Pakistani government over al Qaeda
US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton struck an assertive tone in Pakistan on Thursday, criticizing its government for not doing more to root out al Qaeda and calling for better management of the economy...link
Slumdog stars battle Boyle
New Delhi - Oscar-winning Slumdog Millionaire director Danny Boyle is embroiled in a tussle with a child-star's family over an apartment in India's western city of Mumbai, a news report said on Friday...link
Madonna Appears To Make Gaffe In Africa
Madonna has been pictured waving what appears to be a bottle of hand sanitiser at orphans in Malawi. The unfortunate photograph was taken as the pop star left the Home of Hope orphanage in Mchinji, where her adopted son David, four, used to live...link
Director falls for Lennon film star
Artist Sam Taylor-Wood has announced she is to marry again after finding love with the star of her new movie - who is 23 years her junior...link
Google brings online music to the masses
How far we've come in such a short time. When I began this blog in 2007, finding a particular song online was an exercise in frustration...link
Rock duds and a genie
There's a point in the story of London Dreams when Manjit (Salman Khan), a hard-boiled Punjabi from Bhatinda who has found sudden success as a rock star in Europe, is seduced into snorting cocaine and guzzling tequila shots.
London Dreams Times of India
London Dreams Times of India
King scraps Saudi woman flogging for sex talk show
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia - Saudi Arabia's king waived a flogging sentence on a female journalist charged for involvement in a risque TV show, the second such pardoning of such a high profile case by the monarch in recent years.
Delay and declaim: will Radovan Karadzic follow the Milosevic route?Delay and declaim: will Radovan Karadzic follow the Milosevic route?
The cat and mouse game begun by Radovan Karadzic with the judges in The Hague has raised fears that he will follow the same strategy as Slobodan Milosevic and use every opportunity to frustrate the course of justice.
Iraq Blast Toll Worse Than Feared, Including 30 Children
BAGHDAD - As the flooding from broken water mains and sewers ebbed on Monday, workers pored over the wreckage from the Baghdad bomb blasts a day earlier, recovering still more bodies, including 30 children at a day-care center ...
DEA personnel, embassy staff among 14 dead in Afghan chopper crash
Kabul, Afghanistan (CNN) -- Drug Enforcement Administration personnel were among 14 Americans killed in two helicopter crashes in Afghanistan on Monday, said a US military official with access to information about the crash.
PREVIEW - Afghanistan in focus at trilateral meet in India
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - The foreign ministers of Russia, India and China will meet on Tuesday with the threat of rising Taliban violence in Afghanistan and ways to rebuild the war-torn country expected to be major topics.
Morrissey discharged after collapse
Morrissey has been discharged from hospital after collapsing on stage with breathing difficulties. The 50-year-old former Smiths singer was performing at the Oasis Leisure Centre in Swindon on Saturday night when the gig was cut short after a ...
Katie denied love making to Andre!
Former glamour model Katie Price aka Jordan's cross-dressing lover Alex Reid is said to have become obsessed with a Thai ladyboy he met in a sex club.
PCB to decide Younis's fate on Monday
The Pakistan Cricket Board will announce on Monday whether Younis Khan [ Images ] will continue as captain of the Test and ODI sides or a new skipper will take over.
Security alert in Bangalore alarms CL teams
BANGALORE: The Champions League match between Victoria and Cape Cobras was delayed on Saturday after police detained an Under-22 cricketer from Jammu and Kashmir staying at the Karnataka State Cricket Association (KSCA) complex in the Chinnaswamy ...
Younis likely to lead in New Zealand, Australia series
By Our Sports Reporter LAHORE: Younis Khan is likely to be retained as captain of the Pakistan team for the back-to-back upcoming series against New Zealand and Australia.
No investment policy sans approval of all stakeholders: Senator Waqar
The Federal Minister for Investment Senator Waqar Ahmad has said that forthcoming Investment policy will not be presented before the cabinet for approval unless and until it has endorsement of all the stakeholders including Chambers of Commerce ...
Shortage of gas forecast for winter months
'The weather will change from March, but during the period from November to February gas shortage will be a serious issue as the demand is constantly growing,' said Minister for Petroleum and Natural Resources Syed Naveed Qamar.
WEEKLY REVIEW: KSE witnesses positive trading week as index gains 69.49 pts
KARACHI: The Karachi stock market witnessed a bullish trading week due to the relaxation of the client level exposure rules at the market and positive expectations from the upcoming September result announcements.
Suicide bomber attacks Iran's Guards, kills 31
A lone bomber in tribal dress infiltrates what was to have been a reconciliation meeting between Shiite and Sunni tribesmen. Five Guard commanders are killed.
Abbas' popularity slides down after Goldstone's report delayed:poll
The Palestinian National Authority's (PNA) support of delaying vote at a UN report on Gaza war has led to a decline in President Mahmoud Abbas's popularity, a poll suggested on Sunday.
Opposition dismisses Qureshi's appeal, Kerry to arrive
Criticism of the bill is expected to carry on despite government's attempts to pacify the House. —Online Photo ISLAMABAD: While US Senator John Kerry is due to arrive in Pakistan on Sunday to address concerns on the controversial Kerry-Lugar Bill, ...
Islamabad police arrests 35 highly educated activists of banned outfit
Islamabad, Oct.18 (ANI): The Islamabad police on Sunday arrested 35 people belonging to a banned terror organization Hizb- ut-Tahrir, including their key leaders.
PML-N rejects Kerry-Lugar bill, says Chaudhry Nisar
Nisar said his party will use all political means to pressurise the government into rejecting all the conditions that undermine Pakistan's sovereignty.
Police training schools deserted after attacks
LAHORE: Life could not return to normalcy at the Police Training School Manawan and the Elite Police Training Centre Bedian one day after Thursday's terrorist attacks.
Karzai May Reject Recount Results
KABUL -- Afghan President Hamid Karzai may not accept the results of a recount of the summer's general election votes, adding a further twist to the already fraught post-poll political environment, and his supporters began mass ...
Steve Bruce stands by decision to give David Beckham England award
David Beckham was Steve Bruce's man of the match for England despite only coming on in the second half. Photograph: Phil Cole/Getty Images Steve Bruce shares Fabio Capello's puzzlement concerning Barack Obama's recent receipt of the Nobel peace prize ...
FIFA to open disciplinary probe into Maradona
FIFA is to open a disciplinary investigation into Diego Maradona after the Argentinian coach's sexually-explicit, foul-mouthed rant following his team's qualification for the 2010 World Cup.
Aleem Dar honoured by PCB
Pakistan Cricket Board Chairman Ijaz Butt honours Aleem Dar with a souvenir along with Rs 500000. –PCB Photo LAHORE: Pakistan's top umpire Aleem Dar, who recently received the ICC Umpire of the Year honour in South Africa, was awarded a souvenir along ...
Rafael Nadal survives scare as Ivan Ljubicic withdraws due to injury
Rafael Nadal celebrates winning a point during his quarter-final match against Ivan Ljubicic. Photograph: Eugene Hoshiko/AP. Rafael Nadal received a scare before being given a place in the semi-finals of the Shanghai Masters, when Ivan Ljubicic became ...
Clinton: Karzai runoff win likely, but he must deliver
With a runoff presidential election in Afghanistan appearing likely, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton told CNN on Friday that she expects the current president, Hamid Karzai, to win.
Russia and China: An Old Alliance Hinges on Energy
Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, right, walks with Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao at the Great Hall of the People beside Tiananmen Square in Beijing on Oct. 13, 2009 The images of Russian Prime Minister ...
Silvio Berlusconi to reform Italian courts to stop 'witch hunt'
Silvio Berlusconi yesterday (fri) announced a sweeping reform of Italy's legal system, which he insists is waging a witch-hunt against him and his business interests.
Go earn it now, Mr. President
Listen to this,” my boss said compulsively scanning his inseparable BlackBerry for a zillionth time. “Barack Obama gets the Nobel Peace Prize!
Koreas family talks amid tensions
Talks have begun between South Korea and North Korea on family reunions and other humanitarian issues. At the meeting, in the town of Kaesong, the South is expected to propose more reunions in November and February.
After war of words, India seeks to douse the flames
New Delhi: India and China are seeking to put the sabre-rattling of the past few days behind then. Prime minister Manmohan Singh and premier Wen Jiabao of China are due to meet in Thailand where both sides will reiterate their respective commitment to ...
Zelaya's deadline for Honduras crisis talks
TEGUCIGALPA - Negotiators struggled over the reinstatement of Honduras' ousted President Manuel Zelaya Thursday, pushing against a deadline for resolving a four month old political crisis.
Audacious and born to rule … rise of Prince Jean, man of the people
Jean Sarkozy tossed back his trademark blond mane, gripped my arm in his famous touchy-feely style and earnestly confided that his number one concern was "helping the poor" and "solidarity" with the less well-off.
Earthquake Rocks Indonesia
By VOA News A strong earthquake rocked Indonesia Friday, even as recovery efforts continued from last month's devastating quake there.
Obama to host EU-US summit in November
WASHINGTON - US President Barack Obama will host the leadership of the European Union for a summit on Afghanistan, Pakistan, Iran and the global economy in early November, the White House said Friday.
Five Sydney men convicted of conspiring to commit terror attack
A supporter of five men found guilty of conspiring to commit a terror attack speaks to reporters outside the court in Sydney. Photograph: Paul Miller/EPA Five Sydney men have been found guilty of conspiring to commit a terror attack, by stockpiling ...
United States admits tackling Italians over payments to the Taleban
The US Government acknowledged for the first time yesterday that payment of protection money to the Taleban by Italian forces in Afghanistan was discussed by American officials and their Italian counterparts last year.
More on the Nobel
Charles Krauthammer and Bill Schneider offer contrasting takes. Krauthammer as always makes some powerful points. His catalogue of Obama's failures to date is correct, isn't it?
Bomber in deadly Iraq mosque attack
More than 12 people have been killed and 42 hurt by a suicide bomber who opened fire inside a Sunni Muslim mosque before detonating his explosives'
US officials look at scenarios for Afghanistan 'middle path'
Reporting from Washington - As the Obama administration debates whether to shift its aims in Afghanistan, officials at the Pentagon and National Security Council have begun developing "middle path" strategies ...
President Karzai's share of Afghan vote is slashed by fraud officials
President Karzai could be forced to form a coalition government in Afghanistan or face a second round of voting after electoral fraud officials slashed his share of the vote to below 50 per cent.
More Than One Billion People Are Hungry Worldwide - Ki-moon
More than one billion people are hungry worldwide, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said on Friday. In a statement read for him in Accra to mark this year's World Food Day, Mr.Xinhua...
Balloon boy: Richard Heene in bizarre Hillary Clinton YouTube rant
Richard Heene, whose six-year-old son Falcon was wrongly thought to have been on board a runaway helium balloon, once called Hillary Clinton a "shape-shifting reptilian".
Balloon boy: Richard Heene in bizarre Hillary Clinton YouTube rant
Richard Heene, whose six-year-old son Falcon was wrongly thought to have been on board a runaway helium balloon, once called Hillary Clinton a "shape-shifting reptilian".
UN rights council endorses Gaza war crimes report
The UN Human Rights Council voted Friday to endorse a Gaza war crimes report that calls on Israel and Hamas to carry out credible investigations into alleged abuses - or face possible referral to international war crimes prosecutors.
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