A bomb in southwestern Pakistan has killed at least 85 and left more than 200 others injured, activists in Balochistan have reported.

Amid political turmoil in the birthplace of the Arab Spring, young Muslims in Tunisia see a better future for their country in the application of Islamic Shari`ah.

Confusion surrounded an explosion near Qayyumabad Bridge in Karachi’s Defence area when three different reports regarding nature of the blast surfaced on Monday night.

A massive explosion was heard near Gao in northern Mali late Saturday, hours after villagers near the city detained two youths preparing for suicide bombings.

Tunisian Prime Minster, Hamadi Jebali, vowed to resign yesterday, if his proposal to appoint a nonpolitical Cabinet by mid-week is rejected.

An explosion rocked the largest city in northern Mali early Monday following heavy clashes between Islamist militants and French and Malian troops.

A suicide bombing at an army checkpoint in the northern Malian town of Gao has killed only the attacker, military officials say.

The United States has started the withdrawal of military equipment from Afghanistan as at least 25 containers crossed the Torkham border point heading to the Pakistani port city of Karachi for shipment, local media reported on Sunday.

Jamiat Ulema Islam (Fazlur Rehman) leader Hafiz Hussain Ahmed has said that the party’s chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman is in Qatar as he is invited in the US-Taliban talks.

Exploiting the public fear of the militant group, criminal gangs in Pakistan are using Taliban’s name to extort money from businessmen, traders and citizens in the south Asian Muslim country.