US calls for halt to Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood arrests

The Muslim Brotherhood says it will continue protests until Mr Morsi is reinstated The US has urged Egypt's leadership to stop the "arbitrary" arrests of Muslim Brotherhood members,...

Edward Snowden case: US rebukes China

US Deputy Secretary of State William Burns: "It undermined our effort to build the trust needed to manage difficult issues" The US says it is "disappointed" over China's...

PML-N govt good for Afghan peace, says US

US special envoy for Afghanistan and Pakistan, James Dobbins.  WASHINGTON: The new government in Pakistan with a clear majority in parliament also presents an opportunity for promoting the...

Pakistan for perseverance in peace efforts

Foreign Office spokesman Aizaz Chaudhry. ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has called for perseverance in efforts for reconciliation in Afghanistan despite the disruption in peace negotiations caused by the Taliban’s decision...

Constitution lends cover to army actions, says lawyer

ISLAMABAD: A lawyer representing the Military Intelligence said before a Supreme Court bench on Thursday that the armed forces enjoyed a special status in the constitution and their...

SC calls for vigilance against Jirga system

ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court ordered law-enforcement agencies on Thursday to remain vigilant and take swift and strict action to ensure that girls and women were not exchanged to...

Youth unemployment: it's not age that matters but lack of skills

Ed Davey, the energy and climate change secretary, visits the British Gas Training Academy in March 2013. Virtually the whole of Europe faces a crisis of escalating youth...

Finland's education ambassador spreads the word

Pasi Sahlberg believes that Gove's education reforms are a backward step. Photograph: Graham Turner for the Guardian Imagine a country where children do nothing but play until they...

Opposition warm to PM's proposal on approving 48 articles of new charter

The president of the parliamentary Reconciliation Commission, Çiçek (L), met with Prime Minister Erdoğan in this file photo dated June 12, 2012.Opposition parties have positively responded to a...

Turkey's soft underbelly CAD swells 22.4 pct in first 5 months

Turkey's current account deficit surged by 22.4 percent to reach 31.9 billion in the first five months of 2013. Turkey's current account deficit (CAD) surged by 22.4 percent to...

Egypt's Brotherhood vows to keep defying military coup

Supporters of Egypt’s ousted President Mohammed Morsi hold his portraits and wave Egyptian flags as they shout slogans during a demonstration after the evening prayer in Nasr City....

Newly appointed PKK chief threatens government with end to peace

Murat Karayılan speaks at a press conference held in northern Iraq on April 25 to officially declare the PKK’s withdrawal from Turkey. One of the chiefs of the...

GlaxoSmithKline executives face China bribery probe

Some senior executives of the Chinese division of GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) are facing a criminal investigation, the Chinese authorities have said. They are being investigated for bribery and tax-related...

South Africa's gold mine crisis

Visitors flying into Johannesburg's airports gaze down upon the small, seemingly regular hills that ring the city that is known in Zulu as eGoli, "place of gold". These...