AFP, SRINAGAR: Eight protesters were killed and more than 200 others injured in disputed Indian-administered Kashmir Saturday after thousands defied a curfew following the death of a top rebel commander, officials said. Shiv Murari Sahai, a top police official in the region, told reporters that seven…

AFP, LONDON: The British government on Saturday formally rejected a petition signed by more than 4.125 million people calling for a second referendum on Britain’s membership of the EU. “We the undersigned call upon HM (Her Majesty’s) government to implement a rule that if the remain…

AFP, WARSAW: French President Francois Hollande said Saturday he hoped that whatever the outcome of this year's US presidential election, it would not undermine American ties with the European Union. "Transatlantic links are very important... the US elections must not jeopardise these ties,"…

AFP, WASHINGTON: The United States has expelled two Russian officials over an attack on a US diplomat in Moscow last month by a policeman, the State Department said. The news comes after complaints from Washington about what it deemed a mounting campaign of harassment and intimidation of American diplomats…

AFP, NAIROBI: Kenyan police said Saturday that “more than 100” Islamist fighters raided a police station in north-east Kenya overnight, injuring one officer and making off with arms and ammunition. The attack on Diff police station in Wajir district, close to the Somali border, happened…

AFP, LONDON: Tony Blaipleaded with his critics to stop questioning his intentions over Britain’s disastrous war in Iraq, after a blistering verdict…

AFP, KARACHI: A gloomy Pakistan on Saturday bade farewell to its national hero Abdul Sattar Edhi, the founder of the country’s largest welfare organisation…