The message was released on Wednesday to mark the upcoming Muslim festival of Id, the end of the fasting month of Ramadan, and comes a week after an official government delegation met with senior members of the Taliban outside the Pakistani capital, Islamabad. The me ....

The announcement, which comes after a recent 24-hour strike by London tube workers, is being seen as an attempt not only to further restrict the right to strike, but to also neutralise the considerable political clout of British trade unions in Parliament. Right of w ....

Gen (retd.) Musharraf, 71, took over in a coup in 1999 after the Kargil War, of which he is considered as the chief architect, months after then Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee visited Lahore for talks. Pakistan’s Federal Information Minister Pervaiz Rashid ....

Spanish officials say a French citizen has died after being gored by a bull during a festival in a small town in eastern Spain. A statement from the town hall of Pedreguer says the 44-year-old man died shortly after 1 a.m. on Tuesday. The town hall said the man, ident ....

But access at will to any site would not necessarily be granted and even if so, could be delayed, a condition that critics of the deal are sure to seize on as possibly giving Tehran time to cover any sign of non-compliance with its commitments. Under the deal, Tehran ....

Earthquake-hit Nepal will train 50,000 workers to help carry out reconstruction, Finance Minister Ram Sharan Mahat said. Delivering the annual budget on Tuesday, Mr. Mahat said the government will train tens of thousands of people to work as carpenters, plumbers, electri ....

“No deal means a greater chance of more war in the Middle-East,” Mr. Obama said in early morning remarks from the White House. Mr. Obama, accompanied by Vice-President Joe Biden, spoke shortly after negotiators in Vienna announced the landmark deal aimed ....

Malala became a symbol of defiance after she was shot in the head in Pakistan in 2012 by the Taliban for advocating girls’ rights to education. She continued campaigning and won the Nobel in 2014. “I decided to be in Lebanon because I believe that the voi ....

All 18 people were safely evacuated from the Primark store in a shopping centre in the town of Villeneuve-la-Garenne, according to a regional police official. She said police are now pursuing the assailants. Police surrounded the sprawling shopping center and cordone ....

 Heathrow Airport was forced to cancel 13 flights on Monday after activists cut through a perimeter fence and chained themselves together on a runway to protest against the possible expansion of Britain’s biggest airport. In a stunt which raised questions abou ....