JAMMU - The Jammu and Kashmir government has removed the security cover of around 400 activists of major parties following a review of their security needs against the backdrop of declining militancy and diminishing threats, an official said Monday.

ISLAMABAD - Shah Mahmood Qureshi faces "serious disciplinary action", Pakistan's ruling PPP said here after the former foreign minister disclosed that the US had "forced" him to confirm diplomatic immunity for Raymond Davis, who shot dead two people in Lahore.

SANA'A - Yemeni police clashed with over 3,000 anti-government protesters marching toward the presidential palace in Sana'a.