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Pakistan Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani stays defiant despite conviction of contempt by the Supreme Court saying he could not be forced out of the office.

A would-be 'underwear bomber' ordered by the Al Qaeda's branch in Yemen to blow up a US-bound airliner was actually a double agent who infiltrated the group, US media reported.

Major General Robert Mood in the town of Al-Rastan, Homs province, Syria.

Indonesian rescue helicopters have spotted the wreckage of a Russian jetliner that disappeared Wednesday during a demonstration flight with up to 50 people on board.

A day after accusing Islamabad of not doing enough to book Hafiz Saeed, the Pakistan-based terrorist blamed for masterminding the 2008 Mumbai terror attack, US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton Tuesday called on Pakistan to do more to crack down on violent extremism.

The United States is sending a team of energy experts to help India reduce its dependence on Iranian oil, while acknowledging that New Delhi has cut back its oil imports from Tehran.

Kofi Annan, Joint Special Envoy of the UN and the Arab League, briefs reporters in Geneva.

A Democratic Republic of Congo researcher says north Kivu residents are expressing concerns about a resumption of violence as the national army’s imposed ceasefire expires Wednesday.

After Greece's mainstream conservatives failed to cobble together a coalition, the radical leftist Syriza party was Tuesday given the mandate to start building a unity government.

Avoiding early general elections, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has struck a deal with the opposition Kadima party to form a unity government.