ISLAMABAD - SUSPECTED US missiles pounded militant hideouts on Thursday in the tribal belt near Afghanistan where Pakistani troops are building up for a major offensive against the country's top Taleban leader.
TAIPEI - TAIWANESE authorities said on Thursday they had smashed the island's largest people smuggling ring, which had transported more than 40 Chinese children to the United States.
NEW DELHI - EMPLOYEES of India's largest airline have threatened to go on strike after management delayed their salaries by two weeks because of a cash crisis, a report said Thursday.
About 20,000 employees, more than two-thirds of Air India's workforce, are pushing for a 'no pay, no work' walkout if the airline fails to pay regular salaries by June 30, said Mr Dinakar Shetty, president of the carrier's largest union, the Air Corporation Employees' Union (Aceu).
MUMBAI- A PAKISTANI man on trial in India over last year's Mumbai attacks on Thursday watched intently as CCTV footage was shown of his alleged part in a massacre at the city's main railway station.
