LONDON: A leading Pakistani politician living in exile in Britain has been murdered outside his London home, his party and sources said Friday.Imran Farooq, a senior member of Pakistan`s Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) party, was found with head injuries and stab wounds in north London on

WASHINGTON: The International Monetary Fund on Wednesday announced it would give Pakistan a 451-million-dollar loan to help the country recover from devastating floods."The board`s approval enables the immediate disbursement of the full amount of this emergency assistance," the

PHNOM PENH: CAMBODIA`S UN-backed tribunal on Thursday indicted four former Khmer Rouge leaders for genocide, war crimes and crimes against humanity, including the regime`s most senior surviving member.`Brother Number Two` Nuon Chea, who served as deputy to Khmer Rouge founder Pol Pot,

WASHINGTON: Scientists have sequenced the genomes of two trees that produce cocoa beans, the basic ingredient in chocolate and a crop which millions depend on for a living, researchers said Wednesday.In the United States, researchers from food-maker Mars, technology giant IBM, several

EDINBURGH: Pope Benedict criticized Catholic church leaders on Thursday as "insufficiently vigilant" during decades of sexual abuse of children as he arrived in Britain to win over one of Europe`s most secular countries.The German pope was greeted by Queen Elizabeth at the start of his

JERUSALEM: US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton was to meet Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas Thursday after he renewed his threat to quit peace talks in a row over Jewish settlements in the occupied West Bank.The meeting at 10:30 am (0830 GMT) follows two days of inconclusive peace

SEOUL, Sept. 16 (Xinhua) -- The Democratic People`s Republic of Korea has proposed to hold military talks with South Korea, Yonhap news agency quoted military authorities in the South as reporting on Thursday.Pyongyang Wednesday suggested the working-level talks via a military

Kolkata:  "Kashmir is a tough and sensitive job. We should give Omar some time and support". That`s how Congress General Secretary Rahul Gandhi described the Kashmir situation while addressing the media after concluding his 3-day visit to Bengal.Rahul Gandhi spoke extensively on Kashmir.

YANGON: Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi`s party on Wednesday protested against its dissolution by authorities in the military-ruled country for its boycott of the first election in 20 years.State media, quoting the election commission, reported late Tuesday that the National

New Delhi: Protest in Srinagar on 14 September 2010 Analysts say the protests are the biggest security challenge to Indian rule in 20 yearsIndian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has appealed to protesters in Kashmir to shun violence - as police shot dead four more demonstrators.He spoke

ISLAMABAD:  Afghan President Hamid Karzai arrived in Islamabad Wednesday for talks with Pakistani leaders covering issues between the wary neighbours, a foreign office spokesman told AFP.Karzai was greeted by food and agriculture minister Nazar Muhammad Gondal and other senior officials

PHNOM PENH: A mass strike by tens of thousands of Cambodian garment workers entered its third day Wednesday, with unions warning the stoppage could go on for weeks if employers ignored their wage demands.Estimates for the number of workers taking part in the industrial action varied

Paris:  Paris police evacuated the Eiffel Tower late Tuesday after an anonymous caller said a bomb had been placed on the popular tourist attraction, France Info radio reported.Some 2,500 people were on the tower and on the Champs de Mars, the green area surrounding it, when the alert

JERUSALEM:  US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Wednesday presides over fresh Israeli-Palestinian peace talks in Jerusalem aimed at narrowing the gap on Jewish settlements and tackling core issues.She arrived in Jerusalem on Tuesday for more three-way talks with Israeli Prime

MEXICO CITY: Human rights groups Tuesday urged US lawmakers not to authorize 36 million dollars in anti-drug trafficking aid to Mexico because of human rights violations by its security forces."Releasing these funds would send the message that the United States condones the grave human

STOCKHOLM: From speeches to press conferences, Sweden`s centre-right government has been tirelessly putting forth the country`s sound economic performance in a bid to get re-elected on Sunday."This is a very interesting position to have in an election campaign," Prime Minister Fredrik

LONDON: A dissident republican terror group in Northern Ireland threatened Wednesday to target banks and bankers as it seeks to destabilise the peace process, in comments to a newspaper.The Real IRA launched a tirade at financial institutions in Britain`s "colonial and capitalist" system

BEIJING: China said it had summoned Japan`s ambassador a fifth time to demand Tokyo release a Chinese fishing boat captain arrested after a collision between his and two Japanese vessels in disputed waters.Vice Foreign Minister Liu Zhenmin called in ambassador Uichiro Niwa on Tuesday to

SEOUL: South Korea`s government said Wednesday it has approved a plan by local groups to send flood relief aid to North Korea, amid growing signs of a thaw after months of tension on the peninsula.The Unification Ministry said it approved Tuesday requests to send emergency supplies worth

SYDNEY: Australia`s opposition leader Tony Abbott Wednesday threatened to bring down Julia Gillard`s fragile minority government, one day after it was sworn in, by persuading independent MPs to support him.Neither leader won an outright majority at August 21 polls but Gillard`s ruling