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  • Pakistan needs to come out of its India centric mindset

    Top US lawmakers and experts have asked Pakistan to come out of its India-centric mindset which they argued is nothing but destructive for it, a day after Islamabad resorted to rhetoric against New Delhi. “Pakistan’s strategic view and posture vis-a-vis India is, at least in this senator’s judgment, and I think for many people who […]

    Obama lays wreath at Ground Zero, says ‘we never forget’

    US President Barack Obama on Thursday made a symbolic visit to the Ground Zero site of the fallen twin towers and said that 9/11 orchestrator Osama bin Laden’s death shows America’s unfailing commitment to bring terrorists to “justice”. During his solemn visit to New York, days after bin Laden was killed by US forces, Obama […]

    Pak army says ties with Washington to be review if US launches more raids

    Pakistan’s army has said it will review ties with Washington if the U.S. launches any more raids on its territory. The statement came yesterday just hours after Pakistani Foreign Secretary Salman Bashir defended the work of Pakistan’s military and the ISI, following the U.S. operation that killed Osama bin Laden early Monday. The army warned […]

    Iraq suicide car bombing kills at least 21 police

    A suicide attacker blew up a bomb-filled car at a police station south of Baghdad, killing 21 policemen on Thursday as Iraqi forces braced for Al-Qaeda revenge attacks after Osama bin Laden’s death. The attack, which also wounded at least 75 policemen, was the worst in Iraq in more than a month, and pushed security […]

    Syria troops arrest more than 300 in Damascus suburb

    Syrian troops arrested more than 300 people in the town of Saqba just outside Damascus on Thursday as they pressed an ironfisted crackdown on seven weeks of unprecedented protests, a rights activist said. “Security service agents backed by troops detained more than 300 people in Saqba, among them a number of clerics,” the activist told […]

    Fearing incitement of violence Obama vetoes pix release

    The US will not trot out the “gruesome” images of slain al-Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden with a bullet hole in his head as “trophies” because it feared that it will incite violence and lead to national security risk. The decision not to release the pictures was announced by President Barack Obama in an interview […]

    Fatah, Hamas reach deal, prompts angry reaction from Israel

    Warring Palestinian factions Fatah and Hamas Wednesday ended their four-year-old feud by striking a landmark Egyptian brokered deal, prompting angry reactions from Israel which described it as a “hardblow” for West Asia peace. Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas and Hamas leader Khaled Meshaal reached the agreement in cairo which provides for the creation of a joint […]

    Will carry out Abbottabad-type attacks in Pak if needed: US

    The US will again carry out special operations in Pakistan if required like the attack that killed Osama bin-Laden to target high profile terrorists, a top White House official said, asserting this had been “very successful”. Notwithstanding the reaction from Pakistan that Americas covert operation against bin Laden was an “unauthorized unilateral action”, White House […]

    Pak diverting US money for missile launch programme: Senator

    A portion of the US financial aid is being diverted by Pakistan for its nuclear weapons missile programme, a top Senator has claimed, giving a new dimension to anti-Pakistan rhetoric being experienced in America in the aftermath of the killing of Osama bin Laden in that country. “Possibly some of our monies are being diverted […]

    Pak military top brass holds intense consultations post-Osama

    Pakistan’s military top brass is holding “intense consultations” within its ranks and with some important civilian personalities to craft a response to “outside pressure” over Osama bin Laden’s killing in a US raid, according to a media report thursday. Top military officials have been holding marathon meetings in the General Headquarters in Rawalpindi to discuss […]