(Reuters) - A boy in a school uniform blew himself up at a Pakistani army recruitment center in the troubled northwest region on Thursday, killing 20 cadets, military and security officials said.

KARACHI, PAKISTAN - The assassin has been showered with rose petals, his home has become a shrine to the faithful and thousands of supporters have marched in the streets, praising him as a heroic defender of Islam.

The troops die in incidents in the south and east, making it the most lethal day for Western troops in a month. Also, militants free an Afghan diplomat held for two years and seven Afghans die in other attacks.

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has conveyed its disappointment to the US ambassador to Islamabad over its support to India as permanent member in the UN Security Council (UNSC). Conveying Pakistan’s concern, Foreign Secretary Salman Bashir told Ambassador...

Terming the floods in Pakistan as “worst humanitarian crisis”, the country’s Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi has called on the world community to come its help in dealing with the situation. Mr. Qureshi, who is on a trip to Oman to explain...

Suspected Sunni militants bombed a bus carrying Shiite worshippers and two hours later attacked a hospital treating the victims, killing 25 people and wounded 100 on Friday in a strike on Pakistan’s largest city.

Pakistan will not go as far as Washington wants, and there’s nothing the U.S. can do about it: That’s the sobering reality as the U.S. tries to persuade a hesitant Pakistan to finish off the fight against terrorists. Expand the current...

A helicopter belonging to an international military contractor has gone missing in Afghanistan, officials said Thursday. The helicopter for Supreme Global Service Solutions has been missing since late Tuesday, said NATO spokesman Maj. Steven Coll. A...

British forces should buy off potential Taleban recruits with “bags of gold”, according to a new army field manual published yesterday. Army commanders should also talk to insurgent leaders with “blood on their hands” in order to hasten the end...

Insurgents fired two rockets on Monday into a market northeast of Kabul where the head of French forces in Afghanistan was holding a meeting with tribal elders. The attack killed 12 Afghan civilians and wounded at least another 38, the French military...