England off-spinner Graeme Swann, whose 10-wicket haul in the first Test against Bangladesh lifted him to second place in the world bowling rankings, has said that he is proud to be first England bowler to have reached the spot in last six...

Rubbing salt into the wounds of banned senior players, the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has omitted the names of former captains Mohammed Yousuf, Younis Khan, Shoaib Malik and all rounder Rana Naved-ul-Hasan from the list of players given a central contract, while offering the same to Shahid Afridi and wicketkeeper Kamran...

The Malaysian Government should address the grievances of its 1.8 million-strong Indian population in the 10th Malaysia Plan, according to a...

Describing the 1960 Indus Water Treaty between India and Pakistan against the interests of the country, Pakistan People's Party (PPP) leader Raja Riaz has said the government will take necessary step to the...

A day after he announced to donate all his body parts and organs after death, Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari, in yet another noble gesture, has distributed about 100 million rupees among poor girls for their...

Reiterating that Pakistan has done enough in the 'war on terror' and has successfully forced militants out of Swat and other tribal regions, Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi has said it is now Islamabad's turn to ask the international community, particularly the United States, to do more to help it fight against xtremists more...

England batsman Kevin Pietersen has defended his team-mates' aggressive approach in the first Test against Bangladesh in Chittagong, by claiming that cricket is a man's...

Ailing former Nepal Prime Minister and Nepali Congress President Girija Parsad Koirala's health condition deteriorated again on...

Influential Pakistani scholar Dr Tahir ul-Qadri has issued a 600-page 'fatwa' against terrorism and suicide...

The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has reportedly accepted former President General Pervez Musharraf's application to register a new political party named-All Pakistan Muslim League (APML), thus clearing the road for Musharraf to return to the country for another political...

Criticising the Pakistan People's Party (PPP) led government for launching military operations in country's tribal regions, cricketer turned politician Imran Khan has warned that the Pakistani army's offensive is pushing the country to the brink of "civil...

Singapore President Sellapan Rama Nathan, whose is of Indian descent, visited the Lord Venkateswara temple in...

The Pakistan Cricket Board's (PCB) chief selector Mohsin Khan has said that the final decision regarding naming the captain for the forthcoming ICC T20 World Championship would be taken by the board chairman Ijaz...

A day after giving a green signal to Mohammad Yousuf for taking part in the Bangladesh Cricket League (BCL), the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has also allowed all-rounder Shoaib Malik to participate in the tournament starting March 26 in...

Notwithstanding previous controversies, the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) chairman Ijaz Butt has appointed his 'close friend' Yawar Saeed as the manager of the national squad for the upcoming ICC T20 World Championship, which would be held in the Caribbean from April 30 to May...

The Pakistani cricketers who were banned and slapped with hefty fines by the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) are seeking legal advice after receiving a detailed copy of their punishment by the...

Pakistan Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani has said that the forthcoming strategic dialogue between Pakistan and the United States should cover the full spectrum of bilateral relations between the two...

A top United Nations (UN) official has blamed Pakistan of blocking reconciliation efforts with the Taliban by arresting several top extremist...

The Mukesh Ambani-led Reliance Industries on Thursday rejected a report appearing in Pakistan's Daily Times newspaper that suggested that former PML-Q leader and one-time Musharraf loyalist Makhdoom Faisal Saleh Hayat, who is slated to become that country's next finance minister, was its money...

FILE - In this Tuesday, March 16, 2010 file photo, traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange in New York. Stocks are trading in a narrow range Thursday, March 18, after a fresh batch...

del.icio.us The U.N.'s former envoy to Afghanistan has criticized Pakistan for arresting top Taliban leaders, saying the moves have stopped secret talks between the United Nations and the Taliban.Kai...

Anti-government protesters Friday rejected a conditional offer of talks by Thailand's premier -- saying they would continue their struggle until they had toppled his administration. The "Red...

Last Updated: March 19. 2010 2:36PM UAE / March 19. 2010 10:36AM GMT KABUL // The arrests of top Taliban figures in Pakistan abruptly halted secret United Nation (UN) contacts with the insurgency at...

Hans David Tampubolon , The Jakarta Post , Jakarta | Fri, 03/19/2010 5:52 PM | politics Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) politicians say that financial benefits must not be used to...

Hasyim Widhiarto , The Jakarta Post , Jakarta | Fri, 03/19/2010 5:37 PM | Education University of Pelita Harapan (UPH) is planning to suspend two of its students for their alleged involvement in a...

The Jakarta Post , Jakarta | Fri, 03/19/2010 5:18 PM | Business The government has expressed guarded optimism that United States investment in the country will not be affected by a delay of US...

Hans David Tampubolon , The Jakarta Post , Jakarta | Fri, 03/19/2010 4:48 PM | World The House of Regional Representatives (DPD) says that the delay of the official visit of United States President...

The Jakarta Post , Jakarta | Fri, 03/19/2010 4:53 PM | National Hundreds of people from two rival groups traded arrows in a fight over leadership at the Jayapura Baptist Church on Friday, leaving...

The Jakarta Post , Jakarta | Fri, 03/19/2010 4:41 PM | National Travel time will be cut and road safety improved for people using part of a major West Kalimantan highway being significantly upgraded...

PHNOM PENH: Cambodian police have arrested an Australian man on suspicion of paying for sex with underage girls over a number of years, they said...

Kathmandu, March 19 : In a massive crackdown on vice, police in Nepal Friday said they had arrested nearly 150 students from a discotheque here that has been raided in the past too for alleged...

Kuala Lumpur, Mar. 20 : The Malaysian Government should address the grievances of its 1.8 million-strong Indian population in the 10th Malaysia Plan, according to a...

The Metropolitan Police Friday launched a manhunt for a taxi drive who hurled a Molotov cocktail at a tank parked inside the compound of 2nd Cavalry near the Victory...

(AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)A supporter of ousted Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra sleeps on a street in Bangkok, Friday March 19. 2010. Thailand's Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva said Thursday the...

Seoul - Cambodia's government has put a temporary ban on marriages of its people to South Koreans in a preventive measure against human trafficking, an official at the South Korean embassy in...

Singapore - Singapore authorities on Friday charged an Indian man with the murder this week of a 30-year-old Philippine tourist, a media report said.Gopinathan Nair Remadevi Bijukumar, 34, was...

Hanoi - A Vietnamese transportation company is to sue the national branch of US carmaker Ford Motor Company over automatic acceleration in its 2007 Transit vans, the company said Friday.Dau Xuan...

Bangkok - Thailand's exports rose 23.15 per cent year-on-year in February to 14.4 billion dollars as agricultural exports jumped and the sales of Thai products to developing Asian countries grew, the...

(CNSNews.com) – President Obama’s decision to postpone a visit to Australia and – for the third time – to Indonesia, to focus on the final push for health care legislation...

My Father was a Freedom Fighter by Ramzy Baroud Reviewed by Robin Yassin-Kassab "From afar," writes Ramzy Baroud, "Gaza's reality, like that of all of Palestine, is often presented without...

Events like those of the past week remind one of the fundamental issues of trust and confidence that have, since the beginning of 2007, bedeviled the markets so much that it may yet turn out in...

By The Mogambo Guru Bill Bonner here at The Daily Reckoning reports that "Even if America taxed 100% of all household wealth, it would not be enough to put its balance sheet in the black",...

Cambodian police have arrested an Australian man on suspicion of paying for sex with underage girls over a number of years. The suspect, identified by police as Michael John Lines, 52, was arrested...

PHNOM PENH (Reuters) - Nearly 1,000 angry Cambodian villagers rallied on Friday to oppose what they said was land-grabbing by a local business tycoon, the latest in a series of flare-ups over land...