At least 10 million Indians will lose their jobs by March as the economic slowdown in North America and Europe hits India's exports, a key exporters' association predicted Tuesday, according to a report. The gloomy forecast comes despite ...

Acid attacks against women and girls are continuing despite legal campaigns to halt their spread. Over 2,600 cases have been reported since 1999, according to the Acid Survivors Foundation (ASF) of Bangladesh. Almost all the attacks have ...

Israel maintained its ban on foreign journalists entering the Gaza Strip despite a recent Supreme Court order to allow a limited number of reporters to enter the territory. The ban has been in place since a cease-fire between ...

Thieves stole works by Pablo Picasso, Henri Matisse and others from a Berlin gallery over the New Year's holiday, police said Friday. More than 30 works — worth an estimated 180,000 ($250,000) — were stolen, apparently between Wednesday ...

Law enforcers across the country have bravely faced the challenge posed by terrorism and the Islamabad police has also played its role towards security in the national capital with determination and commitment. A string of terrorist incidents in ...

Warning that hundreds of wounded Palestinians in Gaza hospitals face a surge in preventable deaths due to the lack of medical supplies, the UN World Health Organization (WHO) has called for an immediate end to hostilities and ...

A group of influential Iranian clerics launched an online registration drive seeking volunteers to fight against Israel in response to its air assault on the Gaza Strip. About 3,550 people registered Monday with the Web site. The weeklong ...

The luxury Marriott hotel in Islamabad was set to reopen Sunday, just three months after it was destroyed in a suicide truck bombing that killed 60 people, the worst attack in Pakistan this year. The attacker rammed a ...

Offering yet another reason to never start smoking, a new study finds that both current and former smokers run an elevated risk of the heart rhythm disorder atrial fibrillation. The condition, also known as AF, is the most ...

Millions of people in Afghanistan are living in poverty, are short of food, lack access to basic services, and are vulnerable to violence despite seven years of international help, the Afghanistan Independent Human Rights Commission (AIHRC) says ...