A British man working for the Red Cross has been killed by his captors in south western Pakistan, the organisation said today.

Gunmen in south western Pakistan torched eight Nato oil tankers and shot dead a driver today, police said, in the latest strike against supply convoys heading for Afghanistan since Pakistan shut a key border crossing to international forces last week.

A bomb ripped through a bus parked at a terminal in south western Pakistan today, killing seven people and wounding six others, police said.

At least 26 people, mostly women and children, were killed when a crowded bus carrying a wedding party hit an anti-tank mie in a volatile region of south western Pakistan today.

An unmanned US spy plane has crashed near a remote village in south western Pakistan.