US President Barack Obama has cancelled a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin after Russia’s decision to grant asylum to intelligence leaker Edward Snowden, the White House said. But Mr Obama will still attend the G20 economic talks in St Petersburg. A White House aide said Mr Snowden’s asylum had

Tajik President Emomali Rahmon yesterday congratulated Mr. Mamnoon Hussain on his election as President of Pakistan.

The Indian Prime Minister is currently meeting senior opposition leaders and sources say he is expected to tell them that he does not plan to cancel talks with his Pakistani counterpart, Nawaz Sharif, despite a deadly attack on Indian soldiers in Kashmir on Tuesday morning, said sources.