Pakistan

Legendary Bollywood actor Amitabh Bachchan enjoyed the privilege of carrying the Olympic Torch, during a relay leg between the City of London and the borough of Southwark

Mohammed Sajid Khan and wife Shasta planned jihad at home with bomb made on kitchen table from simple ingredients

Attack came after a protest march against the reopening of Nato supply routes passed a military camp.

While the US says the drone attacks are an effective way of combating militancy, Pakistan says a large number of civilians have been affected.

The status which comes into immediate effect will provide Kabul with special access to US arms.

Founder of equal rights NGO murdered on way to work by motorbike assassins in tribal area.

Naomi Watts, who plays Princess Diana in the biopic Diana, donned the famed black evening gown ensemble of the princess in a scene shot in Croatia.

The wounded American soldiers were taken to hospital while their condition is not known.

Man stabbed in front of girlfriend in Cairo and crowd beats man to death in Islamabad in killings motivated by religion.

Pakistan's reopening of routes for Nato troops' pullout from Afghanistan follows US apology over the killing of Pakistani soldiers last November.

British woman accused of smuggling £3.2m worth of heroin wants charge deferred to receive medical care for her and children.

Militants from Afghanistan crossed into Pakistan and killed 13 Pakistani troops, beheading seven of them.

Al-Qaida and Taliban are turning towards Arab nations as they lose footing in Afghanistan and Pakistan, says Jonathan Evans.

Indian police gather fresh evidence of sighting of actress they say involved in Pakistan terror cell's bombing of Delhi high court.

The political turmoil is set to roll further after the nomination of controversial new PM candidate Raja Pervez Ashraf.

Vince Cable, derided as anti-business business secretary, may finally appease critics by announcing plans to give shareholders binding vote on executive pay.

Pakistan claims arrest of French man accused of being al-Qaeda militant but stories emerge that he was killed in US drone strike in 2010.

UN investigator wants probe into civilian casualties in growing number of drone attacks.

Although Makhdoom Shahabuddin is the front-runner, another contender is Ahmed Mukthar, who is close to President Asif Ali Zardari.

Pakistani Prime Minister Yusuf Raza Gilani disqualified by Supreme Court for refusing to re-open corruption case against president Zardari.

Shiite students targeted in sectarian violence as car bomb explodes near university bus in Quetta, Pakistan.

Birmingham woman in jail with her two young children awaiting trial for allegedly carrying 63kg of heroin through Islamabad airport.

The second highest price achieved in the sale was a work by M F Husain titled The Blue Lady which made £97,250.

Women and children among dead as government workers' bus targeted by unknown killers in northwest Pakistan.

White House reaching limits of patience with Pakistan's perceived continued failure to tackle terrorism threat.

Justice secretary supports Conservative co-chairman, Baroness Warsi, who is under fire over business and expenses disclosures.

Abu Yahya al-Libi, the al-Qaida's deputy leader, reportedly the target of recent drone attacks.

The attack is the third in the past three days and seventh such strike within the past two weeks in the same region.

Illegal trade in kidneys is increasing, following a rise in diabetes and other diseases, making the organ trafficking industry even more lucrative business.

In a separate incident, a British soldier was among four Nato troops reportedly killed in a bomb attack.