A suspected US drone strike has killed the number two commander of the Pakistani Taliban, according to intelligence sources.

Ireland fell agonisingly short of a first series win against a full-member nation following a two-wicket defeat to Pakistan in the second RSA Insurance one-day international in Dublin.

Ed Joyce’s maiden Ireland century steered his side to a defendable target in the second RSA Insurance one-day international against Pakistan in Dublin.

At least half a dozen gunmen have attacked a compound housing policemen in eastern Pakistan, killing nine of them.

Unknown assailants fired rocket propelled grenades at the military academy near Osama bin Laden’s compound in the Pakistani city of Abbottabad early this morning, causing damage but no casualties, police said.

A young couple have been shot dead in Pakistan in a suspected honour killing.

A roadside bomb has struck a convoy carrying a prominent hardline Islamist politician in north-western Pakistan, killing 10 people, police said.

A suicide bomber riding a motorcycle attacked a police checkpoint in north-western Pakistan today, killing 13 people, police said.

THE death toll from massive floods in northwestern Pakistan rose to 1,100 as rescue workers struggled to save more than 27,000 people still trapped by the raging water.

The death toll from massive floods in Pakistan has risen to 1,100 people, officials said today.

Rescue workers struggled today to save more than 27,000 people still trapped by massive flooding in Pakistan’s north-west that has killed over 900 people and destroyed thousands of homes, officials said.

A suicide bomber struck today near the home of a Pakistani provincial minister whose only son was recently killed by suspected Islamist militants, officials said. Seven people were killed and 25 wounded.

A man described as an “al Qaida operative” and another labelled as “willing to participate” in his plans today won the right to stay in the UK.

A man described as an “al-Qaida operative” and another labelled as “willing to participate” in his plans today won the right to stay in the UK.

KIDNAPPERS released a five-year-old British boy unharmed almost two weeks after abducting him from his grandparents’ house in central Pakistan, British and Pakistani officials said.

A roadside bomb has hit a vehicle in Pakistan’s volatile north-west region, killing a former minister and his bodyguard, police said today.

A SUSPECTED suicide bomber killed 41 people in an attack on the Pakistani military yesterday as the Taliban claimed responsibility for a weekend raid on the army’s headquarters.

Two Pakistani Taliban commanders acknowledged that top leader Baitullah Mehsud is dead, saying he died 18 days after a US missile strike and disputing reports that the al Qaida linked movement he left behind is falling apart.

A Pakistani intelligence agency has revealed that they have proof that a banned militant group was directly involved in last year’s terror attacks in Mumbai.

US drones prowled the sky over Pakistan’s South Waziristan yesterday, a day after one of the aircraft attacked a stronghold of Pakistani Taliban leader Baitullah Mehsud, killing about 70 militants.

One of a group of Pakistani students held in Britain on allegations of terrorism described his detention as “mental torture” after returning to his native country today.

Masked gunmen armed with rifles and rocket launchers attacked Sri Lanka’s national cricket team in Pakistan today, wounding at least two players and killing five police officers.

Pakistanis today protested over a suspected American missile strike that intelligence officials said killed a British citizen linked to a plot to blow up jetliners, saying their Western-allied government must stop the cross-border attacks.

PAKISTAN’S main ruling party have proposed the widower of assassinated former premier Benazir Bhutto as Pakistan’s next president.

Pakistan president Pervez Musharraf’s spokesman says he will not resign despite the move by Pakistan’s ruling coalition to finalise impeachment charges against him over the weekend.

IF Wolves are serious about ending their tumultuous season with a scarcely credible promotion, they should look to Andy Keogh for inspiration.

British forensic experts assisting the investigation into Benazir Bhutto’s assassination met President Pervez Musharraf today to share their initial findings.

President Gen Pervez Musharraf will step down as army chief and restore civilian rule to Pakistan, but only after he secures re-election as president, a government lawyer said today.

Suspected Islamic militants decapitated one Afghan man and shot dead another after accusing them of spying for the US in a tribal region in north-western Pakistan, an intelligence official said today.

About 2,000 people gathered today for the funeral of the defiant cleric killed in the army assault on Islamabad’s Red Mosque, while dozens of suspected militants were placed in temporary graves in Pakistan’s capital.

STEFAN BAILEY was sent off in shame and Zesh Rehman scored a calamitous own goal as QPR gifted Luton a lucrative televised FA Cup fourth-round clash with Blackburn.

DARYL MURPHY and Grant Leadbitter fired Sunderland to a deserved win over QPR as Roy Keane’s side continued their steady rise up the Coca-Cola Championship table.

The death toll from flooding in north-western Pakistan reached 17 after more bodies were recovered from the rubble of three homes that washed away when a rain-swollen canal burst its banks, police said today.

Fulham are set to welcome Moritz Volz and Sylvain Legwinski back to the squad in time for tomorrow night’s visit of Spurs.

New signing Wayne Bridge goes straight into Fulham’s starting line-up for Monday’s Barclays Premiership clash with West Ham.

New signing Antti Niemi goes straight into the Fulham squad to face Newcastle after joining from Southampton.

Teams for today's 3pm Premiership kick-offs.

Fulham’s injury crisis has taken a turn for the worse with Sylvain Legwinski (groin) and Dean Leacock (groin and ankle) the latest casualties.

Fulham are without suspended captain Luis Boa Morte after he received five yellow cards and injured Claus Jensen and Carlos Bocanegra for Sunday’s trip to Middlesbrough.

Fulham midfielders Claus Jensen, Papa Bouba Diop and Steed Malbranque should be given the green light for tomorrow’s Barclays Premiership clash with Manchester City.

FORECASTS of rain showers and light snow on earthquake-hit regions of northern Pakistan are threatening to compound the misery of hundreds of thousands of people living with little or no shelter.

Pakistan’s top army spokesman today claimed that a 26-year-old man has been pulled alive from the rubble of his quake-ruined home in northern Pakistan more than three weeks after South Asia’s massive earthquake, but a doctor treating the man said he doubted such a tale could be possible.

Fulham manager Chris Coleman will be without a number of regulars for tomorrow’s Carling Cup tie at home to West Brom.

Teams for all today's 3pm kick-offs in the Premiership.