NEW YORK: Human Rights Watch, urged the President of Pakistan not to sign a bill to authorize a newly formed national human rights commission until it is revised to “authorize investigations of the military and the intelligence agencies for human rights violations.”

Queen Sofia of Spain has cancelled a visit to the UK to mark Queen Elizabeth's Diamond Jubilee because of disputes over Gibraltar.

KABUL: Seven people were killed and 12 others wounded in a suicide attack on the governor’s compound in Afghanistan’s western Farah province,police said.