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Pakistan has once again assured the world that it is devoted towards fighting extremism and maintaining peaceful relations with all its neighbours.

Pakistan Minister for Information and Broadcasting Sherry Rehman met British High Commissioner to Pakistan, Robert Brinkley and stated that “Pakistan is steadfast in its commitment towards elimination of extremism and for maintaining peaceful relations with all its neighbors.”

Australia has beaten Britain to get an international award for best beer.

Barons Black Wattle Original Ale came out topper as the most popular beer out of 50 nominations at the JD Wetherspoon international beer festival in Britain last month.

And the very next day, the Wallabies savaged England 28-14 at Twickenham.

"This is just another example of something the Poms invented yet have lost to the Aussies,'''' The Daily Telegraph quoted Barons Brewing managing director Scott Garnett as saying.

Scientists at the Science and Technology Facilities Council in the UK have developed a cloud radar system that measures the individual layers of clouds, which will help predict the weather more accurately.

The Cloud Radar will not only allow forecasters to predict the weather more precisely, the information gathered will also enable aircraft pilots to judge more accurately whether it is safe to take off and land in diverse weather conditions, offering a powerful safety capability for civil airports and military air bases.

Britain might soon withdraw its troops from Iraq, going by UK Defence Secretary’s statement that a “turning point” has been reached in Iraq.

According to the Mirror, at the Labour Party''s annual conference Des Browne said, "The Iraqi armed forces, supported by British and U.S. forces, have taken on and defeated the militia in Basra."

While echoing Prime Minister Gordon Brown''s statement in July that there would be a "fundamental change of mission" early next year, a phrase understood to mean a withdrawal of troops, Browne said, "We have reached a turning point in our involvement."

London, September 14 (ANI): Archaeologists have unearthed the remains of a 12th century abbey in Abbeytown, UK, which has revealed hundreds of years of history.

According to a report in the Cumberland News, a team of volunteers painstakingly pieced together some of the buried secrets of Holme Cultram Abbey last week during a 12-day dig.

The abbey was founded in 1150 by the Cistercian Monks from Melrose Abbey on the Scottish Borders. It grew to be larger than Carlisle Cathedral in the 15th century.