At least 20 people have been killed and 100 others injured in an explosion at a gas station near an Inter-Service Intelligence (ISI) building in Pakistan’s central Punjab province.

CAIRO – Several Indonesian provinces have prohibited the activities of Al-Ahmadiya minority group in an effort to prevent the eruption of social conflicts in the world’s most populous Muslim country.

At least 30 civilians have been killed after security forces loyal to Muammar Gaddafi, the Libyan leader, attempted to retake the rebel-held town of Az Zawiyah, near the capital Tripoli, that has for days been defying his rule, witnesses have said.

A report said, Gaddafi had accepted the plan, which would involve a commission from Latin America, Europe and the Middle East.Both Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi and the president of the Arab League agreed to a peace plan from Venezuela’s President Hugo Chavez to end the crisis in the North African country, a news network said […]

The Libyan air force has bombed the oil refinery and port town of Marsa El Brega as battles between forces loyal and against Muammar Gaddafi continued to rage in several towns across the North African country.

Pakistan’s minister for minorities has been shot dead by armed men in Islamabad.An official at the Pakistani capital’s Shifa Hospital said Shahbaz Bhatti arrived dead after Wednesday’s attack, in which his driver also got wounded.

Forces loyal to Muammar Gaddafi, the Libyan leader, are reported to have regained control of two strategic towns in the country’s northwest, even as opposition fighters in the east prepare to march on the capital, Tripoli.

KABUL- A US airstrike has killed at least 12 school children and wounded several others in an area of the troubled eastern Afghanistan, locals say.

Pakistani diplomatic sources say the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) is considering targeting Pakistani diplomats, in retaliation for the arrest of one of the agency’s contractors.

Internal and international pressure is mounting on Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi to stand down from power as protests continue against his 42-year rule.Within the country, anti-government protesters said the demonstrations were gaining support, and footage believed to be filmed on Friday appeared to show soldiers in uniform joining the protesters.