Pakistan, US sign NATO convoy deal
Pakistan on Tuesday signed a deal with the United States governing arrangements for NATO convoys travelling to Afghanistan, seeking to draw a line under a seven-month border blockade. Full storyUS hits out at Asian nations over religious freedoms
The United States warned the world was sliding backwards on religious freedoms Monday, slamming China for cracking down on Tibetan Buddhists and hitting out at Pakistan and Afghanistan. Full storyIraq car bombs kill 14: officials
Twin car bombs in Baghdad killed 12 people and wounded at least 27 others on Tuesday, while another attack west of the capital left two people dead, security and medical officials said. Full storyJamaat’s 1971 role was not political: SP Mahbub
Former police officer Mahbubuddin Ahmad Bir Bikram, also a freedom fighter, on Tuesday told International Crimes Tribunal 1 that the role of Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami during the war of independence in 1971 was not political. Full storyIndia names new finance, power ministers
Indian home minister P Chidambaram was switched to the finance portfolio on Tuesday in a minor reshuffle that also saw the power minister promoted as a massive electricity failure struck the country. Full storyEight killed in clashes near Yemen interior ministry
Eight people were killed in fighting on Tuesday between Yemeni government forces and armed tribesmen loyal to former leader Ali Abdullah Saleh who were trying to storm the interior ministry in the capital... Full storyFrench forces withdraw from Afghan district
