U.S. soldier held in Afghan massacre could face death penalty-Panetta
Leon Panetta now new secretary defense of US WASHINGTON, March 13 (PFP) — U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta indicated that the U.S. soldier accused of killing 16 Afghans could face death penality if convicted. Panetta told reporters aboard his plane en route to Kyrgyzstan, late on Monday, that the shooting suspect would be brought to justice More...
Obama says no Israel decision on Iran attack
WASHINGTON: US President Barack Obama said on Sunday that he did not think Israel had made a decision on whether to launch a pre-emptive strike on Iran’s nuclear installations, a threat that has rattled the region. More...
New York mosque firebombed in ‘hate crime’ spree
NEW YORK(AFP/PFP) : New York’s mayor expressed outrage Monday after a mosque was hit by a firebomb in an arson spree that police said they were investigating as a hate crime. The Imam Al-Khoei Foundation More...
FBI Most Wanted: Mullah Omer removed from list
Taliban leader Mullah Omar. — File photoWASHINGTON(PFP): Mullah Omer’s name has been removed from FBI’s website for most wanted terrorists. However, the names of Ayman Al Zawahiri and Hakimullah Mehsud still More...
Ijaz never said Haqqani was involved in writting the memo: James Jones
WASHINGTON(PFP): Former US National Security Advisor, General James Jones said that he had known Mansoor Ijaz since 2006 and was contacted by him a few days prior to May 9, Geo News reported. It is pertinent to More...
Kayani, Allen did not discuss Nato supply: ISPR
RAWALPINDI: The ISPR has issued a statement saying that during the conversation between Chief of Army Staff General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani and ISAF Commander General John Allen the issue of reopening the NATO supply More...
US drone strikes ‘on hold’ in Pakistan: US official
WASHINGTON(pfp): As the US-Pakistan relationship continues to unravel, the US has placed its covert air campaign that targets Al-Qaeda and Taliban operatives in Pakistan’s tribal agencies “on hold.” Several More...
Obama not to offer formal apology to Pakistan: Report
WASHINGTON(PFP): President Obama will not offer formal condolences to Pakistan over the death of more than dozen soldiers in NATO air strikes last week, New York Times report stated. The report stated that the White More...
Jackson doctor gets 4 years in jail
LOS ANGELES: A judge sentenced Michael Jackson’s doctor Conrad Murray to the maximum four years in jail on Tuesday, three weeks after he was convicted of involuntary manslaughter in the star’s 2009 death. “He More...
NATO forces were not chasing militants: DG ISPR
RAWALPINDI(PFP): Military spokesman Major General Athar Abbas said NATO could not make the excuse that they were chasing terrorists across the border because the area where the attack took place had been cleared. Abbas More...
