Gunmen storm US charity in Pak killing six aid workers
Militants armed with guns and grenades stormed the offices of a US-based Christian charity in Pakistan on Wednesday, killing six aid workers in an attack blamed on Islamist rebels.
12 killed in US drone strikes in Pak
Two suspected US drone attacks on Wednesday in Pakistan's restive tribal region near the Afghan border killed at least 12 people, intelligence officials said.
No interim relief for Lt Gen Rath in Sukna land scam
The Armed Forces Tribunal on Wednesday rejected the interim relief plea of Lt Gen PK Rath in the multi-million-rupee Sukna land scam.
Mohsina Kidwai elected chairperson of Haj committee
Senior Congress leader Mohsina Kidwai was on Wednesday elected chairperson of the Haj Committee of India, a government panel that makes arrangements for the Muslim pilgrimage to the holy cities of Makkah and Medina in Saudi Arabia.
Four Indians die in Malaysia shophouse fire
Four Indians were killed in a fire that gutted a shophouse in Malaysia Wednesday, an official said. The fire broke out in the shophouse located in Jalan Pasar, Masai, near Johor Baru.
Head of Egypt's al-Azhar dies in Saudi Arabia: TV
Egyptian religious leader Sheikh Mohamed Sayed Tantawi, the head of al Azhar, has died on a visit to Saudi Arabia, Al Jazeera television reported on Wednesday, quoting its correspondent.
Four Pakistani Taliban members arrested in Lahore
Four members of Pakistani Taliban militant group have been arrested here in connection with Monday's suicide car bomb attack on a special investigation unit that killed 14 people.
'Jihad Jane' charged with plotting terror in South Asia
An American woman, nicknamed as "Jihad Jane" and "Fatima LaRose," has been indicted for conspiracy to provide material support to terrorists to wage violent jihad in South Asia and Europe.
Morocco storms leave at least 10 dead: officials
At least 10 people have been killed in storms that have triggered flooding and landsides in Morocco, local officials and media reports said.
Abandoned ammunition blast kills three children in Himachal
Bodies of three schoolchildren, believed to have been killed in an explosion of abandoned ammunition, were found Tuesday in the forests of Himachal Pradesh's Kangra district, police said.