Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) chief Zaka Ashraf has proposed that the England and Wales Cricket Board hosts a one-day tri-series involving Pakistan and India next year, during the recent International...

Pakistan Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani will explain his country's stance on the issue of peace talks with the Afghan Taliban during hid visit to Qatar next week to meet the Gulf state's leaders,...

Pakistan Interior Minister Rehman Malik has stressed the need for improving a law to control activities of banned organisations.

The Daily Times quoted Malik, as saying that the delay in approval of...

Australia is working on finding the best blend of players for the upcoming Twenty20 World Cup in Sri Lanka this September.

The Australian team utilized the two Twenty20 matches against India to...

Concerns are being raised about the safety of a Pakistani doctor who might have played a crucial role in the final take-down of former al-Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden in his Abbottabad hideout.

Fox...

The Pakistan Cricket Board's legal adviser, Taffazul Rizvi, has said convicted spot-fixer Mohammad Aamir's rehabilitation programme would begin soon.

"Under the ICC anti-corruption code a convicted...

Speculations might be at its peak that chief of the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) Lt General Ahmed Shuja Pasha's tenure could be extended by the Pakistan government, reports suggest that he is...

England bowler James Anderson has said there is no shortage of confidence among the batters despite another nervous display in the third and final Test against Pakistan being played here.

"All our...

Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) chairman Zaka Ashraf has backed the return of spot-fixing convict Mohammad Aamir in the team after he serves his five-year ban, saying he was a talented fast bowler who...

The United Nations and humanitarian partners today revised upwards an appeal for funding to continue relief work for six months among the more than 300,000 people in the Philippines island of...

The appeals chamber of the United Nations-backed tribunal in Cambodia trying cases of mass murder and other crimes committed under the Khmer Rouge regime today sentenced the former head of a...

Former Australian captain Steve Waugh believes England cricket is still in good shape despite being thrashed by Pakistan in the UAE.

England have already lost the series 2-0 and will play the final...

Former Pakistan spinner Saqlain Mushtaq has said off-spinner Harbhajan Singh should be recalled back to the Indian team.

"I think at the moment, the main issue for him (Harbhajan) is too much...

Former Pakistan captain and coach Waqar Younis has urged the International Cricket Council (ICC) to review its five-year ban on young fast bowler Mohammad Amir over a spot fixing scandal.

"If the...

Pakistani cricketer-turned-politician Imran Khan has filed a civil miscellaneous appeal to his previous petition, seeking removal of fake votes from the voter lists and asked that the by-elections...

Seven Pakistani soldiers have been killed, while three others were wounded in a Taliban attack on their check post in the country's northwestern tribal belt, security officials have said.

The...

An Indian-origin-Australian actor has claimed that Australia is more forward-thinking than the UK when it comes to portraying ethnic minorities in soaps.

Actor Sachin Joab, who plays Ajay Kapoor, a...

Aitzaz Ahsan, Pakistan Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani's lawyer in a contempt of court case, has said a "third force" could benefit from the ongoing confrontation between the judiciary and...

Pakistan Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani has said he will appear before the Supreme Court on February 13.

"I appeared in the apex court last time and will do the same on the next hearing also,"...

Pakistani cricketer-turned-politician Imran Khan has said he will quit politics if it is proven that his Pakistan Tehrik-e-Insaf (PTI) party has been funded by the Inter-Services Intelligence agency...

Pakistan Cricket Board chairman Zaka Ashraf has said the Board Of Control For Cricket In India (BCCI) has not yet been given clearance by the Indian Government to resume cricketing ties with...

Pakistan has hinted at ending the NATO blockade possibly "within a week", which lasted for over two months in protest against the killing of 24 Pakistani soldiers on November 26.

Pakistan Foreign...

England captain Andrew Strauss doesn't believes the money-spinning Indian Premier League (IPL) is a distraction for his players, as his team stares at a series whitewash against Pakistan in the final...

Towards the end of his last State of the Union address on January 24 President Obama said "One of my proudest possessions is the flag that the Seal Team took with them on the mission to get Bin...

England captain Andrew Strauss has warned his squad to perform against Pakistan in the final Test match of the series or risk losing their spots for their forthcoming tour of Sri Lanka next...

A 72-year-old man in Nepal says he is just 1 foot, 10 inches tall, which would make him as the shortest adult human in Guinness World Records' history.

Chandra Bahadur Dangi's height, if confirmed,...

George Esper, 79, the Associated Press correspondent who refused to leave his post in the last days of the Vietnam War, remaining behind to cover the fall of Saigon, died Thursday. He earned...

COLOMBO (AFP) - Sri Lanka freed 1,414 convicts on Saturday to mark the country's 64th anniversary of independence from Britain, a prisons official said.President Mahinda Rajapakse granted an...

The National Narcotics Agency (BNN) arrested early on Saturday a Lion Air pilot, identified as S.S., at a hotel room in Surabaya, East Java, for allegedly using crystal methamphetamine, locally known...

A | Head of the Volcanic and Geological Disaster Mitigation Center 's (PVMBG) volcano observation unit Muhamad Hendrasto said his unit had recommended raising the status of Mount Semeru in...

A | Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao said yesterday that China has neither the intention nor the ability to buy up Europe, answering concerns over the country's increasing investment in...

A | The head of memory chip maker Micron, long known for taking risks in stunt piloting, died Friday when a small experimental plane he was piloting steeply banked, stalled and crashed near an...

A | An Army officer ordered a court-martial Friday for a low-ranking intelligence anayst charged in the biggest leak of classified in information U.S. history. Military District of Washington...

A | In a barrage of shelling, Syrian forces killed 200 people and wounded hundreds early Saturday in Homs in an offensive that appears to be the bloodiest episode in the nearly 11-month-old...

ISLAMABAD -; Pakistan's prime minister will travel to the Gulf state of Qatar next week to talk with government leaders there about moves to broker a peace deal with the Afghan Taliban. The...

The United States on Thursday urged Myanmar to address what it called worsening ethnic violence and to accept international monitors to ensure the fairness of closely watched upcoming by-elections. A...

Defaults by Asian companies are likely to rise this year as the economic environment deteriorates and as credit becomes tighter with European lenders reducing their exposure to the region, ratings...

Pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi has postponed a trip to central Myanmar because she could not obtain permission to hold a political gathering at a football stadium there, a party official said...

Asian debt markets got off to a flying start in 2012, recording all time record issuance for January as global investors look for new safe homes for their cash and issuers look to guard against the...

East Timor President Jose Ramos-Horta says his young nation is able to handle its own security after UN troops depart at the end of this year, despite fears of violence. The United Nations Integrated...

About 200 people from across Asia protested Thursday outside a shopping complex in front of the World Bank office in Bangkok. The demonstrators, primarily land rights activists, say the global...

"My american cricket-loving girlfriend who will be keeping YOU company while I go to bed in a few overs, has just asked me: "is this how it feels to be an England fan, cherishing every run...

Fitness Zone Managing Director Goh Kiat Chun (L) talks to a member of the health club. Goh said he was planning to bring in more equipment for his two-outlet fitness centre. Picture: BT/...

Customers checking out the local fruits on display during the Fruits Festival held at the waterfront in the capital. Picture: BT/Rudolf...

Ministry of Development staff participate in the Dikir Maulud ceremony last night held at Jame' 'Asr Hassanil Bolkiah mosque. Picture: BT/ Yusri...

BIBD brings a new milestone for the Islamic Banking industry in Brunei after obtaining their qualification as the first two Islamic Financial Planners...

Deputy Home Affairs Minister Pehin Dato Hj Halbi planting a tree at the Lau Motors compound in Menglait during the ``Clean and Green City'' campaign yesterday. Picture: BT/Low Leng...

The masterplan aims at an orderly development so as to make BSB a safe, friendly and livable place as well as to prepare immediate, medium and long-term development policies and strategies for BSB...

HRH Prince Hj Sufri Bolkiah (C) and YAM Pg Muda 'Abdul 'Aleem (L), accompanied by NFABD president Dato Paduka Hj Abdul Rahman Hj Mohiddin (R), arrive for the draw of the Hassanal Bolkiah...

Michael said the office would be opened in Ramallah as other countries already had their embassies there. He, however, cannot give the clear time frame on...