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US strike on Taliban chief a message to Pakistan

A middle-aged Pashtun man used forged documents to cross from Iran into Pakistan. A few hours later, on a lonely stretch of highway, he was incinerated by a US drone.

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Taliban supremo Mullah Akhtar Mansour dies of injuries: Afghan officials

Taliban supremo Mullah Akhtar Mansour has died of injuries, Afghan officials confirmed on Friday.

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Egypt forms fact-finding committee to probe post-Morsi violence

Egypt's interim President Adly Mansour on Sunday ordered to form a fact-finding committee to investigate violent events following the ouster of former president Mohamed Morsi, state-run Ahram website reported.

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No retreat on Egyptian transitional roadmap: president

There can be no retreat on the political transitional roadmap in Egypt, Egyptian interim President Adly Mansour said Tuesday in his first TV interview aired by the State TV.