The use of Israeli-made weapons indicates “foreign hands” behind the Karachi unrest, Interior Minister Rehman Malik has said. “Over 200 persons have been arrested and Israeli-made weapons including AK-45, have been recovered from them. It proves that foreign hands are behind the unrest in Karachi,” Associated Press of Pakistan quoted Malik as saying here Sunday. Spiralling violence in Karachi, which began July 5, has left over 100 people dead. …

Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari has called for a collective global effort to tackle the threat of terrorism. Addressing a conference on “Global Fight Against Terrorism” in Tehran, Zardari said law enforcement measures temporarily contain terror but long term solutions must address political, economic and social aspects. “The way to permanently defeat militancy is to remove the fear and instability on which it thrives,” the Associated Press …

Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari has called for a collective global effort to tackle the threat of terrorism. Addressing a conference on “Global Fight Against Terrorism” in Tehran, Zardari said law enforcement measures temporarily contain terror but long term solutions must address political, economic and social aspects. “The way to permanently defeat militancy is to remove the fear and instability on which it thrives,” the Associated Press …

Thousands of people stampeded during a festival in the Cambodian capital, leaving at least 345 dead and hundreds injured in what the prime minister called the country's biggest tragedy since the 1970s reign of terror by the Khmer Rouge. Some in the panicky crowd -- who were celebrating the end of the rainy season on an island in a river -- tried to flee over a bridge and were crushed underfoot or fell over its sides into the water. A witness who …