SRINAGAR: Indian police arrested Sunday Kashmiri separatist leader Syed Ali Geelani for encouraging week-long protests over the alleged rape and murder of two Kashmiri women. Continue Reading

LONDON – BRITAIN’S newspapers said on Saturday that Gordon Brown’s premiership was fatally scuppered and called for a general election to restore some authority in the government. Continue Reading

YANGON – MYANMAR authorities have summoned members of Ms Aung San Suu Kyi’s pro-democracy party to rebuke them for provoking ‘unrest’ over a statement critical of her trial, state media reported on Saturday. Continue Reading

YANGON – THE trial of Myanmar’s opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi for allegedly violating conditions of her house arrest was delayed for a week over efforts to reinstate three defense witnesses, one of her lawyers said on Friday. Continue Reading

ISLAMABAD: The government announced on Sunday that the Swat peace deal would not be affected by the operation launched by the Frontier Corps in cooperation with the army in Lower Dir. Continue Reading

WASHINGTON: Anguish and concern grip Washington as the Obama administration gets impatient with Islamabad’s reluctance to take on the Taliban. Continue Reading

NEW DELHI: India on Friday told arch-rival Pakistan to rein in the Taliban, warning the militia posed a threat to the security of South Asia as a whole. Continue Reading

WASHINGTON: US General David Petraeus told a congressional panel on Friday that the Pakistani troops combating militants in Fata recognised the militants as an enemy and had the will to fight them. Continue Reading

WASHINGTON: Two days of continuous congressional hearings on the Obama administration’s foreign policy brought a rare concession from US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton who acknowledged that the United States too had a share in creating the problem that plagues Pakistan today. Continue Reading

YANGON (Myanmar) – TWO members of detained pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi’s political party were arrested and charged with insulting religion after they prayed for the release of political prisoners, a party spokesman said on Friday. Continue Reading