JERUSALEM: US President Barack Obama’s new Middle East envoy sought yesterday to strengthen a 10-day-old Gaza cease-fire that was thrown into turmoil as Israeli warplanes pounded Gaza smuggling tunnels... Full Story
RAMALLAH, West Bank: Israeli opposition leader Benjamin Netanyahu said yesterday that he would protect the unity of Jerusalem if he were elected premier on Feb. 10. “We have demonstrated in the
WASHINGTON: America’s top military officer has said that using US military force against Iran remains an option, though it would be a “last resort.” “Iran is unhelpful in many, many ways in many,
TEHRAN: Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad demanded yesterday that US President Barack Obama apologize for “crimes” committed by the United States against Iran over the past 60 years. He
SRINAGAR: Violence escalated suddenly in Kashmir after six persons including two troopers of the counterinsurgency Rashtriya Rifles (RR) and four militants were killed in three separate encounters
ISLAMABAD/WASHINGTON: Pakistan said yesterday it wanted closer cooperation with the United States in the fight against Al-Qaeda and the Taleban but had no understanding with Washington that allowed
PUNE: Known for his shrewd political moves, the National Congress Party (NCP) president and federal Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar retracted from his earlier statement that he would retire and would
