The release of American security contractor Raymond Davis, who killed two men in Lahore, is understood to have been based on a clandestine deal between Pakistani intelligence agency ISI and the CIA, a media report said Thursday. A court in Lahore Wednesday acquitted Davis after payment of “blood money” as compensation to relatives of the victims Read more here: Davis’s release based on ISI-CIA secret deal:... Read More

The Japanese military Thursday began using helicopters to dump water on a damaged nuclear reactor after the Fukushima nuclear plant’s power operator failed to cool it down. The Japan Self-Defence Force (SDF) dumped water on the damaged No.3 reactor after the operator – the Tokyo Electric Power Co. – failed in its efforts, Xinhua reported Originally posted here: Choppers dump water on Japan nuclear... Read More

Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh will work out a plan for his exit within a year, opposition members said after meeting him. Both sides have reached a “common ground” on opposition demands, the Wall Street Journal reported Thursday. Go here to see the original: Yemeni president working on exit... Read More

A special anti-terrorism trial court in Pakistan’s Rawalpindi city Saturday adjourned the hearing of the 26/11 Mumbai terror-attack case till March 5. The rest is here: Pakistani court adjourns hearing of Mumbai terror-attack... Read More

Embattled Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi said he was unperturbed by the approaching trial for his suspected involvement in an underage prostitution case and dismissed political observers who said his government is on the verge of collapse. “It’s something that doesn’t worry me in the least,” Berlusconi said Wednesday during a press conference, responding to a question about the trial that is slated to begin in a Milan court April 6 Go here to read the rest: Berlusconi says he isn’t worried about upcoming sex... Read More

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has told Egyptians that his country was committed to its 1979 peace treaty with Egypt, and urged any new Cairo leadership to uphold it as well. “Every single Egyptian should know that the people of Israel are committed to the peace,” he told a conference for Jewish-American leaders in Jerusalem Wednesday. “Israel wants Egypt to succeed in its quest for genuine and lasting democracy,” he said, but reiterated warnings of a worst-case scenario in which a non-democratic, Islamist militant government would replace ousted president Hosni Mubarak View original post here: Israel committed to peace treaty with Egypt:... Read More

An anti-terrorism court (ATC) has issued a warrant for arrest of former Pakistani president Pervez Musharraf in the assassination case of former prime minister Benazir Bhutto, a media report said Saturday. According to the Geo TV, the warrant was issued by the anti-terrorism court in Rawalpindi Original post: Arrest warrant issued against... Read More

Still floundering to form his cabinet almost a week after he became Nepal’s new prime minister with the support of the Maoist party, communist chief Jhala Nath Khanal now faces a critical test – the budget. The 61-year-old will need to have the current budget ratified by parliament by Feb 15 – Tuesday – or else face the collection of revenue and state expenditure coming to a grinding halt. Read more: New Nepal PM faces acid test over... Read More

Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) leader Benazir Bhutto had been assured that she would be the prime minister after the 2007 general elections, revealed a forensic report that was compiled after retrieving data from her personal BlackBerry phones. Read the original here: Benazir was promised she would be PM: Forensic... Read More

A village in Afghanistan’s Kandahar province has been completely wiped out of the map after an offensive by the US Army to get rid of the Taliban militants in the area, a media report said here. Tarok Kolache, a small settlement in Kandahar near the Arghandad River Valley, has been completely erased from the map, according to the Daily Mail. Taliban militants had taken control of the village and battered the coalition task force with home-made bombs and improvised explosive devices. Original post: US bombs erase Afghan village from... Read More