Pakistan on Monday beat England by 71 runs in the third and final Test being played here, and achieved a three nil series whitwash.

Chasing a victory target of 323, England scored 252 in their...

At least 13 people have been killed and 40 are believed missing after an earthquake struck the moutain village of Planas in the Philippines on Monday.

The 6.8-magnitude quake buried as many as 30...

Pakistan has failed to announce a new date for its judicial commission to visit India to record statements of key officials linked to the investigation of the Mumbai terror attacks.

The team was...

Pakistan Interior Minister Rehman Malik has asked opposition leader Chaudhry Nisar to apologise for his statements on the army.

Malik said that if the people of the country start criticising the...

Pakistan Supreme Court Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry has taken suo moto notice of the target killing of Balochistan lawmaker Bakhtiar Domki's wife and daughter.

Chaudhry has reportedly...

Pakistan Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani has said the issue of the NATO attack was also referred to the Parliamentary Committee on National Security (PCNC), which comprised of chosen...

Pakistan has lost over 8,500 billion rupees in corruption, tax evasion and bad governance during the last four years of Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani's tenure, Transparency International Pakistan...

WASHINGTON (AP) - The United States is easing one of its many sanctions against Myanmar as a reward for political reforms after five decades of direct military rule. The step is very limited, and...

MANILA (AFP) - Rescuers were fanning out across the central Philippines on Tuesday after a powerful earthquake triggered landslides, collapsed homes and killed dozens of people. The 6.8-magnitude...

UNITED NATIONS (AFP) - Indonesia on Monday formalised ratification of the nuclear test ban treaty at the United Nations and its foreign minister called on eight key holdout nations to take a...

A top United Nations envoy on Sunday hailed dramatic changes in Myanmar but said by-elections would be a "key test" of the army-backed regime's commitment to reform. UN special...

Perhaps it's our natural eurocentricity, but we've been hearing a lot more about recession and the risk of worse in Europe than about the resilience of our own region. Fortunately, the...

Tokyo and Washington have agreed to move 4,700 Marines from the Japanese island of Okinawa to Guam in a bid to revive a stalled plan for the realignment of US forces in Japan, according to reports....

North Asian companies will lead a wave of acquisition activity out of the region this year as South Korean executives increasingly join those from Japan and China in acting on their overseas...

A top United Nations envoy warned Myanmar Sunday not to backtrack on its ongoing reform programme and said the civilian government should acknowledge its past human rights violations to allow the...

Rescue workers look for survivors in the debris of a building that collapsed in Lahore. AP photo Rescue workers struggled to reach dozens of people trapped in the rubble of a factory that...

Nef Luczon, Journalist Michael Tolang, Camera operator Michael Cabulay, Camera operator (CMFR/IFEX) - 6 February 2012 - A village councillor allegedly threatened a TV news crew in Cagayan de Oro...

Criticism of a Senate campaign ad featuring a young Asian woman talking in broken English about China taking away American jobs grew Monday as some warned it could revive discrimination against...

A magnitude 6.7 earthquake struck the central Philippine island of Negros on Monday, triggering landslides that toppled houses and killing at least 12 people, including two children, officials...

At least 14 people were killed and some 50 believed to be missing after a gas explosion at a pharmaceuticals factory in the eastern Pakistani city of Lahore, local Geo TV channel reported on Tuesday....

Rescue workers struggled to reach dozens of survivors trapped in the rubble of a factory that collapsed in Lahore yesterday, killing at least nine...

Pakistan whitewash England in a series for the first time with Dubai victory England lose by 71 runs as wicketkeeper-batsman Matt Prior finishes unbeaten on 49 South Africa can now usurp England...

NEW: Six dead, eight rescued from factory explosion NEW: As many as 49 people remain in the rubble, a police official says Authorities suspect a boiler explosion caused the building's...

Lahore - Ten women and three children were killed and dozens of others trapped under rubble when a factory collapsed in the Pakistani city of Lahore on Monday, officials...

LAHORE, Pakistan - Long unchallenged, Pakistan's top spy agency faces a flurry of court actions that subject its darkest operations to unusual scrutiny, amid growing calls for new restrictions on its...

Dozens of people are missing and at least 43 dead after a 6.8-magnitude earthquake struck central Philippines on Monday. The quake hit at 11:49 a.m. local time off of the island of Negros, according...

Bandar Seri Begawan - Vietnam's Minister of Foreign Affairs Pham Binh Minh will pay an official visit to Brunei Darussalam today as part of his three-country visit. According to Vietnam Foreign...

Burma pro-democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi, right in front, accepts candidate list of her National League for Democracy at Yangon District Elections Commission Office for upcoming elections Monday,...

WASHINGTON (AP) -- The U.S. is easing one of its many sanctions against Myanmar as a reward for political reforms after five decades of direct military...

Recent reforms in Myanmar have already had a positive impact, the United Nations expert on the human rights situation in the country said today, but warned that serious challenges remain and must be...

Band members of Burma's all-girl band Me N Ma Girls. (Photo: myspace.com/me-n-ma-girls) Me N Ma Girls is an all-girl group from Myanmar (Burma). The girls conjure up images of the Spice Girls...

England skipper Andrew Strauss had no complaints with his side's 3-0 series defeat to Pakistan.The final Test finished in Dubai on Monday, with England bowled out for 252 in pursuit of 324 to...

The epicentre was located five kilometres northwest of Tayasan town in Negros Oriental province. A strong earthquake has jolted central Philippine islands, killing at least 43 people and triggering...

Pakistan's spinners "outclassed" England's batsmen for a thoroughly deserved 3-0 Test series whitewash in their Middle East 'home from home'. Captain Misbah-ul-Haq...

A 6.9 magnitude earthquake struck the Philippines on Monday morning, killing at least 13 people and leaving dozens trapped under houses and buildings. Governor Roel Demago said that as many as 30...

Feb. 6 (Bloomberg) -- Pakistan must stem risks to a "highly vulnerable" economy that include inflation projected at 12 percent, a widening budget deficit and declining currency reserves,...

Release Date: February 1, 2012 BUFFALO, N.Y. -- An active and forceful grass roots movement committed to expanding democratic freedom for women is essential to curbing the dramatic and widespread...