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40 killed in US bombing in Afghanistan: Official
Kabul: US bombing killed 40 people at a wedding party in Southern Afghanistan late June 30 night, a local official told AFP on July 1, as the Afghan Islamic Press (AIP) reported over 100 deaths.
Russia wants Pak to continue crackdown on terror
Moscow: Russia on July 1 said it expects Pakistan to stick to its commitment to
crack down on terrorist outfits in the country even as it ruled out an early visit to Moscow by President Pervez Musharraf.
Impossible for Laden to hide in Pak: Musharraf
Pakistan's President, General Pervez Musharraf, has said it is "impossible" that Osama bin Laden could be hiding in Pakistan.
Israeli troops crack down Jewish settler outposts
Jerusalem: Israeli Defence Minister Binyamin Ben Eliezer on July 1 said his troops had dismantled sites illegally built by Jewish settlers in the West Bank while pressing on with their crackdown on militants, killing a top bomb-maker of the radical Islamic group Hamas.
Prabhakaran orders cadre to honour pact with SLMC
Colombo: Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) supremo V Prabhakaran has ordered his group to maintain cordial relations with Muslims in Eastern Sri Lanka and honour an agreement he signed in April with the island's largest Muslim party undertaking not to target them for harassment or taxation.
Grenade attack near US airbase in Afghanistan
Two rocket-propelled grenades have been fired at an airfield used by US special forces in Southern Afghanistan, said a military spokesman.
Lanka to speed up bail applications, siege ends
A two-day siege at a jail in Sri Lanka has been resolved peacefully after the Interior Minister visited the prison and the government agreed to speed up bail applications.
Laden may have survived intense assaults: Report
New York: A short handwritten letter bearing signature of Osama bin Laden to al-Qaida operations chief Abu Zubaydah, now in custody, shows that bin Laden was alive as recently as last days of December, thus surviving bombing by Americans of Afghanistan and Tora Bora areas, reports said.
US to hold joint military exercises with Pak
Islamabad: Close on the heels of the recent joint military exercises with India, United States would hold joint exercises with all the three wings of Pakistan's armed forces.
Lanka asks air chief to resign or face mishap probe
The Sri Lankan Defence Ministry has said the country's Air Force chief has been asked to resign or face investigation into a traffic accident.
'Terror camps identified at Baluchistan'
Islamabad: Pakistani law enforcement agencies have identified a number of terrorist camps in the North West Baluchistan province and chalked out comprehensive plans to wipe them out, officials said.
Annan welcomes creation of Int'l Criminal Court
United Nations: UN Secretary General Kofi Annan hailed the creation of the International Criminal Court designed to prosecute crimes against humanity.
3 aircrafts intrude airspace over Camp David
Washington: Over three small airplanes intruded into airspace over Camp David this weekend while President George Bush was at the mountain retreat in Maryland, including one that was escorted to a nearby airport by fighter jets, the secret service said.
HK celebrates handover anniversary under tight security
Hong Kong: Police on July 1 imposed tight security to keep political and religious protestors at bay as Hong Kong marked the fifth anniversary of its return to Chinese sovereignty.
UN mission at Bosnia gets extension of 72 hours
United Nations: UN Security Council managed to pass a unanimous resolution for a 72-hour extension for its peacekeeping mission in Bosnia, hours after the United States had vetoed its full renewal.
US will work hard for Palestinian state: Powell
Washington: The United States will "work hard" to help Palestinians establish their own state, but they must first overhaul their leadership, Secretary of State Colin Powell said on June 30, echoing President George W Bush.
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