WASHINGTON: President Barack Obama on Thursday revealed that an American and an Italian hostage were killed in a covert US counter-terrorism operation on the Afghan-Pakistan border in January, saying he took “full responsibility” for the tragedy. Making public the previously … read more
KARACHI: Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) leader Altaf Hussain Thursday claimed that said his party’s candidate for NA-246 Kanwar Naved Jameel will win the by-polls with a thumping majority. Addressing the workers and office-bearers in MQM’s central election camp in Jinnah … read more
Aden: At least 23 Yemeni rebels were killed in fresh Saudi-led coalition air strikes Thursday on their positions in the southern town of Daleh, a government official there said. In Yemen´s third city of Taez, meanwhile, a Red Cross official … read more
WASHINGTON: The White House said Thursday that a US operation in January against an Al Qaeda compound near the Afghan-Pakistan border killed one American and one Italian hostage, along with an American member of the jihadist group. Another American, Al-Qaeda … read more
Washington: Saudi Arabia will respond if rebels in Yemen carry out any “aggressive moves,” the Saudi ambassador to the United States warned Wednesday, a day after the Gulf kingdom declared an end to its month-long air campaign. “If the Huthis … read more