India announced on Monday an immediate ban on all cotton exports until further notice, cutting off the world's second-largest exporter of cotton, in an unexplained move that could limit global supplies and drive up prices.
Joseph Orovic
Mar 05, 2012
Pakistani model and actress Veena Malik, who was recently in the news for a controversy over her nude image on FHM magazine cover, says she is uncomfortable in stripping for a film.
Drishya Nair
Mar 05, 2012
India has enjoyed generally benevolent relations with the Jewish state.
Palash Ghosh
Mar 04, 2012
Pakistani government has set the ball rolling for the arrest and extradition of former President Pervez Musharraf.
Jijo Jacob
Mar 04, 2012
A faction of the Pakistani Taliban claimed responsibility on Thursday for the killing of a Chinese woman this week, saying it was in revenge for China's killing of Muslims in its troubled northwestern region of Xinjiang.
Raymond Ronamai
Mar 03, 2012
Got 48 hours to explore Singapore? The Asian financial and business centre has undergone a makeover in recent years and it is now also a playground for Asia's rich where sleek skyscrapers meet quaint shops.
Peggy Truong
Mar 02, 2012
An apparent Taliban attack on members of the Lashkar-e-Islam group leaves at least 20 dead. The incident follows a clash between Lashkar-e-Islam and the military that killed 33 people.
Jonathan Davis
Mar 02, 2012
Gas prices have risen to above $4 per gallon in many parts of the United States, sending economists into a tizzy about its impact on consumer spending, consumer confidence and the effects it will have on the housing market.
Daniel Tovrov
Mar 01, 2012
Despite international pressure against the deal, Pakistan said it would honor a 2010 agreement to build a natural gas pipeline that will eventually send 8.7 billion cubic meters of Iranian gas to Pakistan annually.
Daniel Tovrov
Mar 01, 2012
Two NATO soldiers were shot dead on Thursday by two Afghans, including a man believed to be a soldier, NATO said, an attack that is likely to raise further questions about the future of the country's security forces.
Raymond Ronamai
Mar 01, 2012
Mohammed Ibrahim Makkawi was arrested in Cairo on Wednesday. But which Mohammed Ibrahim Makkawi was it? The al-Qaeda apostate or the militant leader behind the 1998 U.S. embassy bombings?
Daniel Tovrov
Feb 29, 2012
Saif al-Adel, identified as a senior al-Qaeda leader, has been arrested at Cairo airport in Egypt on Wednesday, security officials said.
Ankita Mehta
Feb 29, 2012
The sectarian underpinning of the Pakistani society has been clear from the time of the country's origin in 1947, but the conflict worsened during the reign of military strongman General Zia-ul-Haque in the eighties -- a time when the radical islamization of the society took place.
Jijo Jacob
Feb 29, 2012
The squad who went to demolish the al-Qaeda Chief Osama Bin Laden's Abbottabad building in Pakistan, has discovered Bibles from the building.
Sreeja VN
Feb 29, 2012
The attack, which has been blamed on Islamist militant groups, occurred in the northern district of Kohistan, which neighbors a former Taliban stronghold in the Swat valley.
Oliver Tree
Feb 28, 2012
Pakistani authorities have demolished al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden's hideout. Bin Laden was killed by Navy SEALs operatives nearly nine months ago on May 2, 2011 at the Abottabad compound. Take a look at photos of the demolition by the Pakistani government of bin Laden's Abbottabad hideout.
Julia Greenberg
Feb 28, 2012
If the documents are true, suspicions of Pakistan officials’ involvement with and protection of bin Laden will only deepen and intensify.
Palash Ghosh
Feb 28, 2012
Pakistan’s Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani said Obaid-Chinoy will be granted the nation’s highest civil ward.
Palash Ghosh
Feb 27, 2012
Defeating polio in India was no easy endeavor; a uniquely high level of cooperation between India's government and the UN World Health Organization was the key to success.
Jacey Fortin
Feb 27, 2012
Here's a list of some of the best quotes stated by the Oscars 2012 Award Winners and Host Billy Crystal, which will go down in the history of the Oscars as classics.
ambrosia sabrina
Feb 27, 2012
There was endless speculation about what he really meant to the Beatles and to the world at large.
Palash Ghosh
Feb 25, 2012
President Barack Obama has issued a letter of apology to Afghan President Hamid Karzai in response to the burning of copies of Koran at NATO's Bagram airbase, which provoked violent protests beginning Wednesday that have resulted in several deaths, including two coalition soldiers, believed to be Americans, shot dead by a man in an Afghan Army uniform.
Ryan Villarreal
Feb 23, 2012
