United Press International
Pakistan, increasingly at odds with the United States over fighting al-Qaida, is reportedly moving forward with plans to build a 1,300-mile pipeline to carry natural gas from Iran. Iran would provide Pakistan with 750 million cubic feet of gas a day...
Kuwait Times
A bomb blast ripped through a Pakistani bus yesterday, killing 19 people, including seven women and a child, on the outskirts of the northwestern city of Peshawar, police said. More than 40 others were wounded in the attack on a bus rented by the...
Fox News
FoxNews.com Defense Secretary Leon Panetta has not visited Pakistan since taking over as defense secretary a year ago. In a visit to India and Afghanistan this week, he skipped Islamabad again and expressed outright frustration with the Pakistani...
The Hindu
Defence Secretary Leon Panetta's harsh remarks about Pakistan in New Delhi and Kabul have been described as unhelpful by Pakistan's Ambassador in Washington Sherry Rehman. Though the Foreign Office has maintained a studied silence over Mr. Panetta's...
Sydney Morning Herald
Story continues below This week the US confirmed that one of its planes had killed al-Qaeda's second in command, Abu Yahya al-Libi. The Obama administration has embraced the program, ordering a sharp increase in strikes against suspected terrorists...
Arab News
Pakistan opposes expanded US drone attacks against militants on its tribal areas, as well as any strikes on Balochistan, where Washington believes Afghan Taleban leaders are hiding, the Foreign Ministry said on Friday. Missile strikes from pilotless...