Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has called for a “new beginning” in relations with India amid high tension over the disputed region of Kashmir, in comments published Tuesday.

UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon arrived in Pakistan on Tuesday on a two-day visit for talks on disaster management, peace and education, officials said. Ban will meet Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari, Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and

The head of the rebel Free Syrian Army has visited the coastal province of Latakia, according to video footage, a show of force in President Bashar al-Assad’s family’s home province. Several villages in Latakia, which is a stronghold of Assad’s