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Attorney General Eric Holder supplied the legal justification Monday for the decision to kill American-born radical cleric Anwar al-Awlaki , rebutting criticism that the view of executive power held by President Barack Obama's administration is overly broad.

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.

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.

India has enjoyed generally benevolent relations with the Jewish state.

Pakistani government has set the ball rolling for the arrest and extradition of former President Pervez Musharraf.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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?

Saif al-Adel, identified as a senior al-Qaeda leader, has been arrested at Cairo airport in Egypt on Wednesday, security officials said.

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.

The squad who went to demolish the al-Qaeda Chief Osama Bin Laden's Abbottabad building in Pakistan, has discovered Bibles from the building.

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.

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.

If the documents are true, suspicions of Pakistan officials’ involvement with and protection of bin Laden will only deepen and intensify.

Pakistan’s Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani said Obaid-Chinoy will be granted the nation’s highest civil ward.

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.

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.