PAKISTAN

Pakistan removed restrictions on the import of 12 goods from India as part of measures to normalise trade between the nuclear-armed rivals.

India’s Supreme Court has expressed its “shock” over the large numbers of Pakistani prisoners languishing in Indian prisons without having been charged.

Impoverished children with severe pneumonia fare better with in-home care than more common hospital referrals, according to a study released Thursday, a potential policy game-changer.

Malaria-resistant people have mutated red blood cells that resist the parasite's ability to steal that necessary cellular scaffold, according to research published Thursday in the online edition of Science, uncovering a puzzle years in the making.

At the top of the agenda is the relationship between India and Pakistan, the historic nuclear enemies who have recently renewed peace talks.

The prime ministers of India and Pakistan said on Thursday that their next round of talks should further improve ties between the two countries.

Pakistani Interior Minister Rehman Malik Thursday said that Ajmal Amir Kasab, who has been sentenced to death for the 2008 Mumbai attack, should be hanged. This could be a new strategy from the side of Pakistan which is trying to change the image it appears to have of a nation following double standards while dealing with the global concern about terrorism.

An Indian court on Wednesday found 31 people guilty of killing 33 Muslims by setting a building on fire during religious riots in the state of Gujarat in 2002.

Christians and Hindus together account for only about 3 or 4 percent of Pakistan’s population.

The Greek nation has had a vastly different history and trajectory from the dominant countries of Western Europe.

Pakistan is on a clandestine mission of hiding its nuclear arsenal from the Pentagon and is transporting weapons of mass destruction in low-security vans on roads used by civilians, The Atlantic and National Journal report, quoting unnamed U.S. officials.

Toyota has withdrawn its profit and sales forecasts for the full fiscal year given the continuing uncertainties posed by the Thai flooding.

Toyota Motor Corp posted a 32 percent drop in quarterly operating profit and withdrew its full-year profit forecasts.

Al-Qaida's current leader, Ayman al-Zawahiri, set up his boss Osama bin Laden to be killed, a former U.S. Navy SEAL says. The charge comes from the forthcoming book, Seal Target Geronimo, by Chuck Pfarrer.

American drone strikes in Pakistan have killed hundreds of innocent people, as a result of often having missed their target or hit the wrong one.

Actress Jessica Chastain will play Princess Diana in Caught in Flight, based on her affair with Dr. Hasnat Khan. According to sources who've read the script however, the film casts the beloved Princess of Wales in a very unflattering light as a love-struck stalker, and the choice of an American actress to play a British icon is similarly under fire.

Putin and Gilani also reportedly discussed other important topics, including battling against terrorism and extremism.

Documents provided by secret intelligence to United Nations' nuclear watchdog, International Atomic Energy Agency has mentioned that the Iran Government has reached its full nuclear capability with the assistance of foreign scientists.

Pakistan's troubled foreign relationships scenarios have improved in recent months, said a top diplomat on Saturday, pointing to forthcoming trade talks with New Delhi and a broad agreement on regional security goals with Washington as evidence.

A Pakistani court indicted five Islamist militants and two police officers in the high-profile assassination of former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto.

Bhutto was killed in a gun and bomb attack in the city of Rawalpindi while campaigning.