The US has released emails exchanged between the various wings of the Obama administration about Benghazi terrorist attack last September that left three American nationals, including its ambassador to Libya, dead.

At least nine people were killed and 65 others wounded as six car bombings struck the Iraqi capital, an Interior Ministry official said.

Over 1,400 prisoners went on hunger strike at Kot Lakhpat Jail on Wednesday where Indian national Sarabjit Singh was killed, to protest the hostile attitude of the prison staff.

US President Barack Obama has congratulated PML-N chief Nawaz Sharif, set to become Pakistan's next Prime Minister, on his election victory and pledged to further strengthen friendly ties with Islamabad.

Infighting has broken out in Imran Khan's Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf over choosing Chief Minister for the crucial Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province, with two top leaders jockeying for the position.

The US government wants states to crack down more on people driving under the influence of alcohol by lowering the permitted blood-alcohol limit.

Myanmar President Thein Sein's landmark state visit to the United States could be delayed because of a cyclone threatening to strike his country's northwest coast, the government said on Wednesday.

Four Indian Americans, including a physician and three co-owners of a health clinic from Chicago area, have been charged with healthcare fraud estimated to be running into millions of dollars.

Three Chinese airlines were on Wednesday targeted by false bomb threats, officials said.

A team formed to investigate former military ruler Pervez Musharraf over the sacking and detention of judges during the 2007 emergency had said in a preliminary report that he cannot be tried under the Anti-Terrorism Act.