A warrant has been issued for the arrest of Pakistan's Interior Minister, Rehman Malik, while Defence Minister Ahmed Mukhta is barred from leaving the country. This is the first fallout after the Supreme Court removed an amnesty protecting politicians from corruption charges.



Cambodia's UN-backed war crimes court on Friday charged Khmer Rouge former head of state Khieu Samphan with genocide over the regime's slaughter of Vietnamese people and ethnic Cham Muslims. The 78-year-old was already charged with war crimes and crimes against humanity.
African nations have demanded commitment on reductions in global warming and help to poorer countries at the UN's Climate Change Conference. With the continent facing the worst effects of climate change, a Namibian official says the question is vital for his country.Conservation is one of Namibia's "fundamental laws", says Teofilus Nghitila, the head of Environmental Affairs at Namibia's Ministry of Environment and Tourism.
MOSCOW, (Xinhua) -- NATO Secretary-general Anders Fogh Rasmussen on Wednesday asked for greater Russian assistance for the Western military alliance's operations in Afghanistan, but received no immediate promise of more help from Moscow.
Tehran tests upgraded long-range missile
THE soldier accused over the assassination attempt on Captain Moussa Dadis Camara has admitted shooting the Guinean junta leader, telling French media he felt "betrayed" by his former boss.The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) and Associated Press (AP) quoted Lt Toumba Diakite as telling Radio France Internationale (RFI) radio that the military rulers intended to blame him for a massacre of opposition protesters on September28, adding that he shot Capt. Camara in the neck to avoid being arrested.
(RFI)One of Mexico’s top drugs barons has been killed along with four other cartel members in a shoot-out with Mexican soldiers. In a separate incident the heads of six police officers have been discovered in the north of the country.The Naval Ministry said in a statement that Arturo Beltran Leyva, the so-called godfather of the Beltran Leyva brothers cartel, was killed "during an intense battle between presumed members of his organisation and military personnel from the Marine infantry in Cuernavaca, close to Mexico City”.
(RFI)Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi has left hospital, four days after Sunday's attack in central Milan when he suffered serious facial injuries. He left the hospital on Thursday morning with bandages on his nose and cheek.Berlusconi was brought to hospital after being assaulted by a man who hit him with a miniature replica of Milan's cathedral on Sunday.
A lawyer acting for the families of French naval construction workers killed in a bomb attack in the Pakistani city of Karachi has accused French President Nicolas Sarkozy of being "at the heart of the corruption" which allegedly led to the blast.Sarkozy was Minister of the Budget during the period leading up to the attack, which claimed 14 lives. Lawyer Olivier Morice says that means that he was "perfectly aware" that "exorbitant commissions" were being paid to Pakistani officials.