200 websites spread al Qaeda`s message in English
Increasing number of English-language websites are spreading al Qaeda`s message to Muslims in West.

Govt probing claims of attempts on Fonseka`s life: Report
Sri Lankan government on Friday said that it was investigating claims that there was an attempt to assassinate the former Chief of Defence Staff Sarath Fonseka.

Militant linked to attack on UN office arrested in Pak
Pakistani police on Friday said they had arrested a militant suspected to be linked to several suicide attacks including on the office of the UN food agency in the federal capital in which five persons were killed.

PPP accuses Geo TV of running anti-Zardari campaign
Leaders of the ruling Pakistan People`s Party have accused two TV anchors of running a vilification campaign against President Asif Ali Zardari at the behest of "anti-democratic" forces.

CIA boss in Pak to discuss war on terror
The CIA boss Leon Panetta met Pak’s top civil and military leaders to discuss the war against terror and sharing of info between Washington and Islamabad to boost the campaign against militants operating along the Afghan border.

Suicide bomber kills 23 in western Afghanistan
Bomb attacks on Friday killed 23 people in Afghanistan, a deadly start to President Hamid Karzai`s second term that underscored spiralling insecurity nine years into the US-led war.

Nepal peace pact in tatters on third anniversary
Nepal`s historic peace pact, which ended a decade of violent communist insurgency, turned three years on Friday under the threat of unravelling.

Islamabad police arrest UN building attack mastermind
Islamabad police on Friday claimed to have arrested the mastermind of the suicide attack on the UN World Food Program building in which six UN officials were killed and dozen others were injured.

Lankan govt says ready for Prez polls any time
Seeking to keep the opposition on tenterhooks on the Presidential polls, Lankan govt has said President Mahinda Rajapaksa has two more years to complete his first term in office but is ready to face election confidently any time.

French Foreign Minister visits Afghan village
France`s Foreign Minister walked into a remote Afghan village on Friday to talk with small farmers and local tribal leaders about how to bypass corrupt officials and bring aid directly to those who need it.

No move now on Afghan troops: German minister
Germany will hold off on any decision about adding troops to Afghanistan at least until the United States makes a move, the country`s Defence Minister said.

13 militants, one soldier killed in Pak operations
Thirteen militants and a soldier were killed in violence during operations by Pakistani security forces in the restive tribal belt while eight rebels died in a US drone attack in North Waziristan, authorities said on Friday.

Three killed in latest bomb blast in Peshawar
Three policemen were killed and six wounded when their vehicle hit a roadside bomb in Pakistan`s volatile city of Peshawar early Friday, police said.

Motorbike bomber kills 12 in Afghan town: Officials
A suicide bomber riding a motorcycle blew himself up in a town in southwestern Afghanistan on Friday, killing 12 people and wounding dozens more, local officials said.

‘ISI helped Mullah Omar to flee from Quetta to Karachi’
Fearing that Taliban supreme Mullah Omar might be targeted by US drones, Pakistan`s ISI has helped him to flee from the border town of Quetta to the mega port city of Karachi, where he has established a new Shura council.