Foreign minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi says the Taliban has lost 'complete credibility' in his country.

Finance for flood-ravaged nation from IMF reaches $450m as aid workers warn of "second wave of death".

Man's suicide after killing former partner in Bridgend Wendy Thomas was said to be a loving happy woman A nurse found dead at her Bridgend home was unlawfully killed by her former partner, a coroner has ruled. An inquest into the death of Wendy Thomas,

TOKYO, Sept. 2 (Xinhua) -- Prime Minister Naoto Kan on Thursday engaged in a no-holds-barred debate with Ichiro Ozawa who seeks to oust the prime minister as head of the ruling Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) in the upcoming leadership election on Sept.

KABUL, Afghanistan Airstrikes by NATO forces that killed 12 people on Thursday in northern Afghanistan have produced sharply conflicting accounts as to whether the attacks hit a team of election campaign workers, including the parliamentary candidate

Middle East direct peace talks to begin in earnest Please turn on JavaScript. Media requires JavaScript to play. Each of the leaders pledged to work diligently toward peace Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas are to begin direct peace talks in Washington later on Thursday. The talks, hosted by Hillary Clinton at the US State Department, are the first such negotiations in 20

Finance for flood-ravaged nation from bank reaches $1bn as aid workers warn of "second wave of death".

President Barack Obama said the goal of the talks was to resolve all final status issues US President Barack Obama has urged Israeli and Palestinian leaders not to let the chance of a permanent peace deal 'slip away'.'This moment of opportunity may not

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Three bomb blasts hit Shia Muslim processions in the city of Lahore, killing at least 21 people and wounding dozens.

Blair admits role in 2007 Holyrood election defeat Gordon Brown replaced Blair as Prime Minister a few weeks after the election Tony Blair has suggested that Scottish Labour might have won the last Holyrood election if he had not been prime minister and

BAGHDAD, Sept. 1 (Xinhua) -- U.S. Vice President Joe Biden said Wednesday the U.S. forces have begun a new mission in Iraq, a day after U.S. President Barack Obama announced the end of U.S. combat mission in the country. 'Operation Iraqi Freedom is over

Aid workers warn of "second wave of death" as crisis "widens and deepens" across the flood-ravaged country.

KABUL, Afghanistan The Afghan government intervened to shore up a deeply troubled bank on Tuesday, sending shock waves through the capital and prompting fears that Afghanistans pervasive corruption had now put the countrys entire financial system at

Mr Blair is to donate his reported 4m advance from his publishers to the Royal British Legion Tony Blair has reportedly described Gordon Brown as 'difficult, at times maddening' in his memoirs, being published on Wednesday. He told the BBC Mr Brown could

WASHINGTON President Obama formally declared an end to the combat mission in Iraq Tuesday night, telling the nation that, after seven years of war that claimed more than 4,400 American lives, it is time to turn the page toward another war, Afghanistan,

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Tony Blair will not be in the UK on publication day Tony Blair has described Gordon Brown as 'difficult, at times maddening' in his long-awaited memoirs, which are published on Wednesday. The former prime minister added it would have been 'well nigh

Embracing the Cordoba Mosque Initiative could create a more progressive path for US-Islam relations.

Man puts Harry Potter's Emma Watson on indecent images A further 2,000 legal images of Miss Watson were found on the laptop A man who superimposed the head of Harry Potter actress Emma Watson on to indecent images of children has been sentenced at

Share this page Arrest after teenagers' deaths in Ceredigion lake crash The car was later lifted by crane from the embankment A 21-year-old man has been arrested after a car crashed into a lake in the early hours, killing two teenagers. An inquest has

Share this page Kick boxer wanted over Thai murder is arrested A kick boxer from Birmingham wanted over the murder of a former US marine in Thailand, has been arrested at Heathrow Airport. Thai police had named Lee Aldhouse, 27, as the main suspect in

Teenagers killed in car in mid Wales lake plunge The crash happened in a lake in Ceredigion A 16-year-old girl and 19-year-old man have died after their car crashed into a lake in Ceredigion. Two other young people were freed and another escaped after

Four Pakistan cricketers 'unlikely' to finish tour Four Pakistan cricketers under scrutiny for claims of spot-fixing are unlikely to play again on the current England tour, the BBC understands. The BBC's Pat Murphy said the four may lack the mental focus

BAGHDAD - The US military formally ends combat operations in Iraq on Tuesday as President Barack Obama seeks to fulfil a promise to end the war despite persistent instability and attacks that kill dozens at a time. US troop numbers were cut to 50,000 in

Search for Shrewsbury kayaker resumes on Anglesey Elizabeth Ashbee was with four friends when she disappeared on Sunday A search has resumed for a sea kayaker, still missing off Anglesey. Elizabeth Ashbee, 53, from Shrewsbury, Shropshire, was last seen

Chile begins drilling mine rescue shaft The drilling is the start of up to four months of work to free the men Engineers in Chile have begun drilling the rescue shaft through which they hope to eventually free the 33 men trapped in a collapsed gold mine.

Two people die and three others escape after a car plunges down an embankment into a lake in Ceredigion.

BERLIN For the first time in more than half a century, Germanys political leadership appears ready to end the draft, a post World War II mandate embedded in the Constitution to prevent this nations military from ever again developing into a