SHANGHAI: The United Nations will continue to support Afghanistan beyond the elections, the secretary-general has promised. Ban Ki-moon held out the assurance at a meeting with President Hamid Karzai in Shanghai on Wednesday, according to a statement. He called the … read more
BEIJING: Attackers killed at least 31 people Thursday when they ploughed two vehicles into a market and threw explosives in the capital of China´s Xinjiang region, in what authorities called the latest “severe terrorist incident” to hit the Muslim Uighur … read more
CAIRO: An Egyptian court on Wednesday sentenced ousted president Hosni Mubarak to three years in prison on charges of stealing public funds. “The court orders Mohamed Hosni Mubarak to be sent to jail for three years,” said judge Osama Shaheen … read more
WASHINGTON: Three years after the US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) used a vaccination programme in Pakistan to trace Osama bin Laden, the White House announced that it has ordered the agency not to use health initiatives as a ruse for … read more
WASHINGTON: The Obama administration signaled Tuesday that it will publicly reveal a secret memo describing its legal justification for using drones to kill U.S. citizens suspected of terrorism overseas. The move came on the eve of a critical U.S. Senate … read more