Islamabad, Apr 27: Pakistan today deported 14 members of Osama bin Laden’s family, including his three widows, to Saudi Arabia, days before the first anniversary of the death of the al-Qaeda chief.

Washington: A US lawmaker has asked the Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton, to reconsider the government's decision against issuing a diplomatic visa to Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi, drawing strong reactions from the Indian American Muslim community in the US.

Washington: Around 13 per cent of the world's adults - or over 640 million people - would like to emigrate with roughly 150 million, including 10 million Indians wishing to settle in America. So suggests a new Gallup survey giving the US an undisputed title as the globe's most desired destination for would-be migrants since Gallup began tracking patterns in 2007.

New York: Al Qaeda’s slain leader Osama bin Laden had planned to follow up the September 11 attacks with shoe bombers to blow up American passenger planes, which would have brought the American economy to its knees, a British man convicted on terrorism charges testified in a trial here. 

Lahore: A powerful bomb struck a crowded platform at a railway station in this Pakistani city , killing three persons and leaving over 40 others injured.

Paris: French President Nicolas Sarkozy appealed directly to far right voters on Monday with pledges to get tough on immigration and security, after a record showing in a first round election by the National Front made them potential kingmakers.

Beijing: Continuing its tirade against the successful launch of Agni-V, Chinese state media accused India of buckling under the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) pressure to cut down the missile's range from 9,000 kilometres to 5,000 kilometres.

London, Apr 24: Food Standards Agency, a non-ministerial government  body in the UK has identified 13 products containing raised levels of the cancer-risk chemical, called acrylamide.

PARIS: Francois Hollande, a mild-mannered French Socialist who wants to take better care of the jobless and the poor, is heading to a presidential runoff election against tough-on-immigration Nicolas Sarkozy in a vote that could alter Europe's political and economic landscape.

Colombo: A Sri Lankan minister has threatened to take some 5,000 fishermen to India to protest against poaching by Indian fishermen in Sri Lankan waters.