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Army secures Mingora
ISLAMABAD: Security forces battling Taliban in Pakistan’s Swat valley in the North-West Frontier Province have secured Mingora, the main town in the region, said the military spokesman on Saturday. The announcement is sure to raise ...

U.S. sees India as security partner
SINGAPORE: The United States will “look to India to be a partner and a net provider of security in the Indian Ocean and beyond” in the coming years. Such a political preference was outlined by U.S. Defence Secretary Robert ...

Mosque attack to sow sectarian strife: Iran
DUBAI: Iran has said that the bombing of a Shia mosque on Thursday which killed 25 persons and injured 125 was meant to destabilise the country. Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said in a late evening statement on ...

SLAS officers among displaced
MANIK FARM COMPLEX (VAVUNIYA): At least two officers of the Sri Lankan Administrative Service (SLAS - equivalent of the IAS in India) are among the hundreds of government officials sheltered in the government transitional camps for the 2.8 ...

MPs face police action over scandal
LONDON: Scotland Yard was on Saturday reported to be considering launching an investigation into the MPs expenses scandal with a view to prosecuting those who may have broken the law by, for example, claiming for non-existing mortgages or ...

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