MANY victims of landmines or unexploded war munitions in Iraq are children.

Pakistan today admitted for the first time that the Mumbai terrorist attacks were plotted and put into action there.

Pakistan said today that it has asked the United Nations to investigate the assassination of former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto.

Afghanistan’s president arrived in Pakistan today for talks aimed at co-ordinating the fight against Taliban and al-Qaida militants along the countries’ shared border, a subject that has led to tension between the two US allies.

Sudan braced for a diplomatic showdown today as the government confirmed it intended to secure the chairmanship of the African Union.

Forces loyal to the governor of Herat in Afghanistan claimed to have retaken control of the western city today after fierce factional fighting that killed Afghanistan’s aviation minister and left as many as 100 people dead.

Pakistani authorities have arrested three men in connection with a May suicide bombing outside a hotel in the southern port city of Karachi that killed 14 people, including 11 French engineers, police said today.