The LeJ's Naeem Bokhari and Sabir Khan, as well as Farooq Bhatti, deputy chief of al-Qaeda in the Indian Subcontinent (AQIS), were captured by Pakistani forces in recent raids, Lieutenant General Asim Bajwa told a press conference on Friday. The 97 men had been i ....

 Major powers agreed on Friday to a cessation of hostilities in Syria set to begin in a week and to provide rapid humanitarian access to besieged Syrian towns, but failed to secure a complete ceasefire or an end to Russian bombing. Following a marathon meeting in Mu ....

The new tough stance follows South Korea’s decision to shut down an inter—Korean factory park that had been the rival Koreas’ last major symbol of cooperation, but that Seoul said had been used by North Korea to fund its nuclear and missile programs. N ....

Aimed at designing a reconciliation mechanism in the post-civil war Sri Lanka, Foreign Minister Mangala Samaraweera on Friday appealed to the victims on both sides of the divide to participate in a consultation process. A task force, comprising 11 citizens, has been cons ....

 Diplomats trying to secure a ceasefire for the civil war in Syria fell short early on Friday in organising an immediate truce but agreed to try to work out details and implement a temporary “cessation of hostilities” in the coming week. Although foreign ....

The boy is believed to be the son of Muslim convert Grace “Khadija” Dare from south-east London, who fled to Syria in 2012 and married Swedish extremist fighter Abu Bakr, who is believed to have been killed since. His name is Isa Dare The boy, identifi ....

Kensuke Miyazaki bowed repeatedly and apologized profusely at a news conference broadcast live on Japanese television. “I did something very cruel to my wife who just delivered a baby. I am in deep remorse,” he said, speaking with some difficulty as camer ....

Both Mr. Christie and Ms. Fiorina stated their decision on Facebook, a day after the New Hampshire primary where they fared poorly in the poll won by Donald Trump by a huge margin while Ohio Governor John Kasich finished a distant second. In a Facebook post, Mr. Chri ....

Ms. Clinton’s loss to Mr. Sanders in the New Hampshire primary by 22 percentage points was especially painful because she lost with women, her presumed base of support as she tries to become the country’s first female president. With Nevada next, Mr. Sand ....

Koirala (78) was a major contributor in the drafting Nepal's first democratic constitution that, its authors hoped, would take the Himalayan country closer to stability and peace after years of conflict and the abolition of a 239-year-old monarchy. His death could m ....