ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — More than 3,000 people jailed under emergency rule have been released, the Interior Ministry said today, the latest sign that President Gen. Pervez...
BAGHDAD — Three members of Iraq's Olympic soccer team and their assistant coach left the team during a trip to Australia and are seeking asylum in the country, Iraq's so...
BARGUNA, Bangladesh — Dhalan Mridha and his family had ignored the high cyclone alert issued by authorities until just before midnight, when he says "the winds came like...
Southern coast of Bangladesh blasted
DHAKA, Bangladesh — A cyclone killed 242 people and left much of southern Bangladesh cut off from the rest of the country before head...
LAHORE, Pakistan — President Gen. Pervez Musharraf on Friday swore in a caretaker administration and declared he had "introduced the essence of democracy in Pakistan," t...
BAGHDAD — U.S. helicopters dropped 600 troops into two villages south of Baghdad before sunrise today, launching an assault on militants believed to be involved in the M...
LONDON — Attention all shoppers: taking the stairs protects your heart.
That's the message researchers tried at a suburban shopping mall by putting up colorful signs alo...
Bhutto calls for orderly transition
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan —Detained opposition leader Benazir Bhutto said today she hopes to form a national unity government to replace Pre...
LAHORE, Pakistan — A senior official said today that Benazir Bhutto will remain under house arrest for at least another day, while the Bush administration was sending it...
Prime ministers to talk economics
SEOUL, South Korea — The prime ministers of North and South Korea met today for the first time in 15 years, hoping to extend the detente...
