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President Barack Obama on Monday confirmed that US drone aircraft have struck Taliban and al-Qaida targets within Pakistan -- operations that until now had not been officially acknowledged. When asked about the use of drones by his administration in a chat with web users on Google+ and YouTube, Obama said "a ... Read More

Pakistan's former envoy to the US Husain Haqqani today left for the US after the Supreme Court eased travel restrictions that were imposed on him after he was implicated in the memo scandal. Haqqani travelled from the Prime Minister's House, where he was living for the past few weeks, to the ... Read More

Pakistan's Supreme Court on Monday further eased tension in the country's worst crisis in civilian-military ties since a 1999 coup by lifting a travel ban on a former envoy to Washington, who angered the generals after the emergence of a murky memo. Husain Haqqani was barred from leaving the country in ... Read More

Bollywood stars Riteish Deshmukh and Genelia D'Souza, who made their Bollywood debut together in 2003 romantic flick 'Tujhe Meri Kasam', are going to tie the knot on February 3, 2012. The celebrations will various rituals including sangeet (song and dance ceremony) which is coordinated by filmmaker Karan Johar. Besides Genelia and Riteish ... Read More

It has been a nightmarish series for England, the recently-crowned No.1 team in Test cricket. Since the coronation, they have been humiliated and exposed in their very first away series by a resurgent Pakistan. The annihilation of the English side is indicative of the fact that no side in today’s ... Read More

Cricket legend and opposition politician Imran Khan predicted Thursday that his party will sweep the next national elections and he will become the country’s next prime minister. The 59-year-old Khan entered politics 15 years ago when he founded Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf, or the Movement for Justice Party and struggled to translate his ... Read More

A listless India were heading for their second successive overseas whitewash after yet another irresponsible batting display reduced the visitors to 166 for six on the fourth day of the final cricket Test against Australia on Friday. Set a daunting target of 500, India were left with an arduous task of ... Read More

President Barack Obama challenged manufacturers in his State of the Union address to ask yourselves what you can do to bring jobs back to your country. Their answer may be: less than you think, Mr. President. Rising wages in China and new tax incentives at home won’t be enough to reverse the ... Read More