Yousuf Raza Gilani

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — Millions of Pakistanis braved threats from militants and voted Saturday in national elections that marked the country's first democratic transfer of governance and appeared to put former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on track for...

Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about today: 1. EX- BUS DRIVER CHARGED WITH KIDNAPPING, RAPING THREE OHIO WOMEN Investigators say Ariel Castro, who is to appear in court today, only allowed...

CHINIOT, Pakistan — Even from his hospital bed, with a gash in his head and three broken vertebrae from a 15-foot fall, Imran Khan stumped for votes. "I have done whatever I could do," Khan told the nation as a Pakistani television crew...

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan -- Gunmen on Thursday abducted provincial assembly candidate Ali Haider Gilani, the son of former Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani, at a campaign gathering in the southern city of Multan -- a dramatic escalation of the wave of...

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan— A top U.N. investigator has criticized Washington’s drone missile campaign against Islamic militants in Pakistan as a violation of the South Asian nation’s sovereignty, a stance that echoes Islamabad’s public...

Distracted by the deadly violence in Mali and Algeria, no one seems to be paying adequate attention to the tragicomedy under way in Pakistan. This matters because recent events demonstrate without equivocation that Pakistan is an utterly failed state --...

Gunmen in Pakistan’s Swat Valley opened fire Tuesday on a 14-year-old girl who won national acclaim for championing the cause of girls’ education in the country’s troubled northwest, injuring her and another girl as they sat in a...

Pakistan's Supreme Court rules against government: The Pakistani Supreme Court on Friday struck down a controversial law that critics contend was enacted solely to shield the new prime minister from suffering the same fate as his predecessor, who was...

For the second time this year, Pakistan's Supreme Court is setting the stage for a potential contempt case against the country's prime minister for ignoring its order to revive longstanding graft proceedings against President Asif Ali Zardari....

KABUL, Afghanistan -- The bloody 11-hour siege of a lakeside resort ended Friday morning when the last of a four-member team of Taliban assailants was killed, Afghan police said. Sixteen hotel guests and workers, three guards and a police officer also...

From a Mexican whodunit to an alleged CIA "black site" in Poland, here are five stories you shouldn't miss from last week in global news: Egypt revolution suffers crushing blow U.S. weighs plan to send military aircraft to aid Yemen Poland shaken by...

Political stakes rise in fight over student loans as both sides see chance to show priorities WASHINGTON (AP)— Democrats and Republicans alike say they want to prevent the cost of federal loans from ballooning for millions of students. But the...