KARACHI: At least one man was killed and three others injured in an apparent bomb blast in old city area here Friday night.
The blast was triggered by a bomb planted in a motorcycle that was parked near a trash site in Hindu Parra area of Soldier bazaar, eyewitnesses say.
One man was killed in the incident [...]
WASHINGTON: President Barack Obama says a new report on economic growth shows the U.S. is moving in the right direction. He called it “an important milepost on the road to recovery.”
Obama hailed the report Friday showing that the economy grew at a 3.2 percent pace during the first quarter of the year. He says the [...]
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KABUL: Tough times are ahead for Kandahar in southern Afghanistan where thousands of U.S., NATO and Afghan forces are gearing up for the latest offensive of the war, a top U.S. general said in an unannounced visit there Friday.
Gen. David Petraeus, the head of the U.S. Central Command, toured areas in and around Kandahar to [...]
WASHINGTON: Secretary of State Hillary Clinton says indirect Israeli-Palestinian talks will begin next week.
Clinton told reporters Friday that the Obama administration’s special Mideast envoy George Mitchell will travel to the region.
Clinton says the United States ultimately wants to see direct negotiations on an Israeli-Palestinian peace deal.
An attempt to get those talks started last month fizzled [...]
HO CHI MINH CITY: Vietnam marked the 35th anniversary of the Communist victory in the Vietnam War with a grand military parade Friday through the former Saigon, with the government basking more in its economic achievements than its historic military defeat of the United States.
The city is now named for Ho Chi Minh, the father [...]
