The killers of a Hamas commander drugged him before suffocating him, Dubai police said Sunday. Hamas military commander Mahmoud al-Mabhouh was killed last month in his hotel room in what Dubai police say they are almost certain was a hit by Israel’s Mossad spy agency. The killers used a muscle relaxant to tranquillize Mabhouh before suffocating him, said deputy police chief Khamis al-Mazeina, quoted by the Dubai police website

MUNICH: Foreign Minister Zalmay Rasul said ties were improving with Pakistan and curbing terrorism and militancy is a difficult task. In an interview with foreign news agency, improving ties with neighboring countries is top priority of Afghan government

WASHINGTON, The US Congress’ both the houses have passed a 680-billion-dollar defense spending bill for fiscal year 2010 which sets tough new restrictions on military aid to Pakistan. The US Senate voted 68-29 in favor of a 680-billion-dollar defense budget for fiscal year 2010, which sailed through the House of Representatives by a 281-146 margin on October 8 and will now go to President Barack Obama

The Obama family portrait was released today and the First Dog is missing!, The family portrait itself is beautiful. It’s the all-American family

LONDON: A Taliban detainee in Pakistan claims to have information about Osama Bin Laden’s whereabouts in January or February of this year.

TEHRAN: Preacher of Eid al-Adha prayers in Tehran Ayatollah Ahmad Khatami condemned on Saturday the International Atomic Energy Agency’s anti-Iran resolution, saying the move was “political and non-technical.” Ahmad Khatami, speaking at a Tehran University prayer service to mark the holiday of Eid al-Adha, warned world powers that Iran will not be cowed by threats or swayed by “bribery” to give up its right to nuclear technology. He was responding to a resolution adopted on Friday by the IAEA demanding that Iran halt its nuclear programs