China has agreed to buy 24 fighter jets and four submarines from Russia, Chinese state media report. It is reported to be the first time in a decade that China has made a large-scale military purchase from Russia. Two of the submarines will be built in Russia and two in China. The deal, signed just before last weekend's visit to Moscow by the Chinese President, Xi Jinping, comes as both sides increase milit ...

[caption id="attachment_6418" align="alignright" width="411"] A Russian soldier in Chechnya, November 1999 (Courtesy Reuters)[/caption] Mistaking Syria for Chechnya. Few issues better illustrate the limits of the Obama administration’s “reset” with Russia than the crisis in Syria. For more than a year, the United States has tried, and failed, to work with Russia to find a solution to end the violence. Mosco ...

By Zaheerul Hassan The two were cycling from Orchha, a heritage tourism spot, to Agra when they decided to camp in a jungle near Jhadia village. Around 9pm, the criminals, mostly in their 20s, broke into their camp, handcuffed the husband and raped the woman. They then fled with their mobile phones, a laptop and Rs. 10,000. Battered and bruised, the couple took a lift from a passerby and reached the police ...

By Salman Shaikh The humanitarian tragedy unfolding in Syria is probably the most serious crisis facing the world today. And yet, the international community is struggling to find a way forward. With more than four million Syrians in need of humanitarian assistance and three million internally displaced – a conservative UN estimate based on surveys of 6 out of 14 governorates in Syria – the humanitarian res ...

By AFP March 23, 2013 "Information Clearing House" -"AFP" - The US Central Intelligence Agency has been feeding information to select rebel fighters in Syria to try to make them more effective against government troops, The Wall Street Journal reported Saturday. Citing unnamed current and former US officials, the newspaper said the new CIA effort reflected a change in the administration's approach that aims ...

By Rida Zaheer Islamabad: The former Pakistani President and Ex-military chief of the country Pervez Musharraf 69, who ruled the country from 1999 to 2008 landed on Karachi airport on sunday. The  former head of the state and President All Pakistan Muslim League (APML) Pervez Musharraf will address a large gathering on the airport . Reportedly, a slight change in his programme for addressing the large publi ...

By Rida Zaheer ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan named Mir Hazar Khan Khoso as the caretaker Prime Minister on Sunday. Earlier, the Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) had proposed the names of Dr Ishrat Husain and Justice (retd) Mir Hazar Khan Khoso for the slot, while Pakistan Muslim League Nawaz’s (PML-N) nominees were Justice (retd) Nasir Aslam Zahid and Rasool Bux Paliejo.   Ishrat Husain and Na ...

By Balbir Singh Sooch Or; The mindset is troubling as the facts about the mindset are enshrined in the article, ‘Sanjay Dutt’s punishment & Hindutva mindset’. That 'Pardon won't be easy for Sanjay Dutt': WHY? Why not to satisfy the collective conscience of the society in case of Sanjay Dutt by pardoning him? There should not be any hitch and the restriction should also not come in the way to pardon Sanj ...