Pakistan

England have ripped through Pakistan's batsmen in the morning session of the first day of the second test match, being held at Edgbaston.

Aug 06, 2010

England's selectors have chosen to keep the same 12-man squad for the second test against Pakistan, due to start on Friday at Edgbaston.

Aug 02, 2010

England have started to gain some confidence after yet another shaky start against Pakistan, as the first test enters its third day.

Jul 31, 2010

England's bowlers have made up for a dismal batting performance earlier in the second day of the first test against Pakistan, with the visitors now facing the prospect of having to follow on after their first innings.

Jul 30, 2010

England have had a poor start to the second day of the first test against Pakistan after the team's tail-end collapsed following an impressive performance from Irish-born Eoin Morgan.

Jul 30, 2010

Shares in British American Tobacco were broadly flat on the FTSE 100 in morning trading after the company reported a rise in profit of 14 per cent in the half year ended 30 June.

Jul 28, 2010

A Conservative MP intent on banning the burka and the niqab in Britain has said that he refuses to deal with women wearing the garments if they visit him at his surgery.

Jul 17, 2010

Three men accused of being members of al-Qaeda have been arrested in Norway for plotting terrorist attacks.

Jul 08, 2010

Five Muslim American students have been sentenced to ten years in prison in Pakistan after they were found guilty of conspiring to commit terrorist attacks and funding banned terrorist organisations.

Jun 24, 2010

Shares in RBS were up on the FTSE 100 after the part-nationalised bank confirmed that it would be disposing of its units in Pakistan and the United Arab Emirates. It is also expected to sell off its assets in Kazakhstan.

Jun 17, 2010

A US drone attack has killed at least 10 people suspected of being Taliban militants in the region of North Waziristan in Pakistan, it is the second such attack in less than a day.

Jun 11, 2010