The world must not abandon Pakistan to the religious extremists On a recent Pakistan International Airlines flight from Karachi to Lahore, a local – and somewhat revealing – fashion show played out on the TV screens. Among those having to watch were a large number of people returning from the hajj, the pilgrimage to Mecca.

Luke plays with, washes and even kisses mother 'Hop-a-long' and her offspring 'Skip-a-long', who live on the Michaelides' farmland in Limpopo, South Africa.

Federal investigators are offering a $20,000 reward for information on a suspected arson attack at the site of a future mosque in Tennessee.

MAKHACHKALA, Russia (Reuters) - A senior official in the province of Dagestan in Russia's Caucasus was wounded on Saturday and his driver killed by a bomb planted in their car, a police spokesman told Reuters.

Life in the Kashmir Valley was on Saturday limping back to normal with people defying the strike called by the separatists.

COMMENT Without local elections, local government do not have the moral-authority to tax, only borrowed via democratic vote to state institutions.

Life in the Kashmir Valley was on Saturday limping back to normal with people defying the strike called by the separatists.

A self-proclaimed Maoist spokesman on Saturday claimed that the three policemen abducted by the rebels were safe and the proof about this would be provided shortly, but demanded the Bihar government immediately halt operations and call for talks.

New Zealand authorities say a strong earthquake that shook the country's second largest city of Christchurch has caused significant damage to infrastructure, but no deaths. Christchurch Mayor Bob Parker declared a state of emergency Saturday after the pre-dawn quake on New Zealand's South Island. Government seismologists put the magnitude at 7.

Rajmohan Gandhi, grandson of Mahatma Gandhi, has asked people for more help in flood relief efforts in Pakistan, saying humanitarian needs should transcend international rift.

As the US lost 54,000 jobs last month, President Barack Obama promised a new package of ideas next week on job creation and lashed out at Republicans for blocking a legislation to help small business.

Branches of Afghanistan's biggest private bank were crowded Saturday morning with government employees queuing to be paid and customers wanting to withdraw their money following corruption allegations.

Hundreds of people from the village of abducted policeman Abhay Kumar Yadav today blocked a national highway to protest the Bihar government's failure to rescue the sub-inspector who is among the three policemen being held hostage by Maoists.