New Delhi: Former Army General (retd) V K Singh today said he stands by his statement that money was indeed transferred to politicians in Jammu and Kashmir as part of `stabilising work.’ He also said

Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf on Wednesday contended that Pakistan would have a crucial role in India's efforts to acquire energy from the Central Asian Republics, saying peace and stability are e

A Pakistani goldsmith has fashioned a collection of flags of different countries, including India, with a combination of gold and gems to send out a message of peace to the world community.

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Egypt's decades-old state of emergency came to an end on Thursday as its last renewal expired, the ruling military said, vowing to continue to "protect" the nation.

The military will continue its "na

A senior Afghan peace negotiator and close ally of President Hamid Karzai was shot dead on Sunday, dealing a major blow to Kabul's efforts to broker peace with Taliban insurgents.

Arsala Rahmani, a f

A senior Iranian official has said that Israel's undeclared nuclear weapons pose the greatest threat to Mideast peace and accused the United States and other nuclear powers of hypocritically ignoring

India and Pakistan got a pat on the back from United Nations Secretary-General, Ban Ki-moon for their efforts to get back on track a peace process that got derailed after the Mumbai attacks.

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Beijing: China on Thursday upped its hostile rhetoric against the Nobel Peace Prize for jailed dissident Liu Xiaobo, saying it was 'equivalent to encouraging crime'.

"Liu Xiaobo is a convicted crimi

Stockholm: Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo has won the 2010 Nobel Peace Prize 'for his long and non-violent struggle for fundamental human rights in China'.

The Norwegian Nobel Committee says it has lon

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has made a passionate appeal for peace and harmony following the 'outcome of a long judicial process' on the Ayodhya land dispute.

In his appeal, put out as a half-page