PESHAWAR: Militants armed with guns and grenades stormed the offices of a US-based Christian charity in Pakistan on Wednesday, killing five aid workers in an attack blamed on militants. Continue Reading

A mother has been arrested on suspicion of murdering her two young children after their bodies were found in a car on an affluent residential street in Heathfield, East Sussex. Continue Reading

NEW DELHI – In a gruesome incident, a teenage girl has killed her seven family members in the northern Indian state of Haryana, fearing that her relationship with a boy from her own clan might not be accepted and consequently she would be killed for the family’s honor, a senior police official said Sunday.

“Nineteen-year-old Sonam brutally murdered all her seven family members last week after they came to know about her relationship with Naveen (the boyfriend). Continue Reading

ISLAMABAD – MILITANTS on Saturday killed two close aides of an Islamist hardline cleric who negotiated a peace deal in the northwest between Taleban rebels and the Pakistani government, the military said. Continue Reading

KARACHI: At least three persons lost their lives and eight vehicles were torched in separate incidents in Karachi since late night, whereas shopping centres and area shops are completely closed in Gulistan-e-Johar, some parts of Gushan-e-Iqbal areas. Continue Reading

NEW DELHI: An Indian man angered by his son’s refusal to switch off the television during a cricket match allegedly stabbed him to death, a report said Monday. Continue Reading

Masked attackers with automatic weapons stormed an engagement party in southeast Turkey yesterday, killing 44 people including the bride to be, her betrothed and several children. Continue Reading

WARSAW: The body of a Polish engineer killed by the Taliban in Pakistan back in February, was returned to his family on Wednesday. The wife and son of Piotr Stanczak received the coffin at the Warsaw airport. Continue Reading

SEOUL – SOUTH Korean police said on Friday they would charge nine people in the case of a TV actress who committed suicide after suggesting she had been forced to provide sexual favours to advance her career.

Police said the nine, who were not detained, would face various charges such as coercion, physical assault or defamation. Continue Reading

SYDNEY – AUSTRALIAN police appealed to the public on Friday for help in solving the gruesome killing of a Chinese man who was shot 34 times in the head and neck with a nail gun before being dumped in a river.

Chen Liu’s badly decomposed body was found in Sydney on Nov 1, about two weeks after a friend reported him missing, but police have yet to say whether they’ve identified any suspects. Continue Reading