By KEITH JOHNSON And JOSH CHIN Blind Chinese activist Chen Guangcheng will remain in China under a deal struck between Washington and Beijing and will attend school, according to a U.S. official, 10 days after his escape from home confinement and flight to U.S. protection pressured U.S.-China relations. The Associated Press reported that Mr. Chen said by telephone that U.S. officials told him that Chinese a ...

By Greg Jaffe A new Pentagon report paints a mixed picture of the war in Afghanistan, describing the insurgency as capable of replacing battlefield losses and launching high-profile attacks, even as it has lost territory to U.S. and Afghan forces. The report, released Tuesday, says the Taliban has been unable to reclaim territory taken during the most recent fighting season in Kandahar and Helmand provinces ...

By Michael Gerson President Obama has been the master of mixed signals on Afghanistan. His initial policy review revealed a deeply divided administration, conducting its own internal war of leaks. Obama pursued a major surge in American forces, as well as recent reductions some military commanders viewed as premature. He has affirmed the importance of the Afghan mission when announcing new policy, but has s ...

By MARK LANDLER KABUL, Afghanistan — President Obama, speaking to an American television audience on Tuesday night from Bagram Air Base, declared that he had traveled here to herald a new era in the relationship between the United States and Afghanistan, “a future in which war ends, and a new chapter begins.” Mr. Obama’s address, during an unannounced visit to sign a strategic partnership agreement with Pre ...

There is  no "convincing evidence" that long-term use of mobile phones causes cancer, says a new report, although it still advises caution. Although the report from government scientists said overall the results have not indicated that mobile phone usage causes brain tumours or any other type of cancer, it conceded that they could not be entirely sure. This is because there was "little information beyond 15 ...

Colombo: Sri Lanka will host Pakistan for a Test match at the Pallekele International Cricket Stadium for the first time during a major Test, ODI and T-20 cricket series starting next month. Pallekele has hosted just one Test after it was commissioned in preparation for the 2011 World Cup and the match, which was against the West Indies, was a washout in November 2010. The Pakistanis are scheduled to arrive ...

Meeting Mr Miandad How the Pakistani great's biographer came to write his life story Saad Shafqat Get him in front of a TV when a Pakistan match is on Like all Javed Miandad fans, I had waited patiently to read the story of his life. I assumed it would appear soon after he retired. Yet years passed and nothing emerged. Pakistan's cricket stars are not known for their written output, but there was a feeling ...

Roseau, Dominica: Australia won the third and final Test against West Indies by 75 runs on Friday to secure a 2-0 series victory despite a valiant second-innings effort from the home side. Set a daunting target of 370, West Indies resumed on 173 for five and were bowled out for 294 shortly before lunch on the fifth and final day. Australia captain Michael Clarke finished with five wickets for only the secon ...