Afghanistan has praised Pakistan's offer to help mediate with the...

The U.S. State Department has scolded Israel for only recognizing Jewish holy...

U.S. Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates has met lkeaders in Saudi Arabia and the UAE to garner support for increasing sanctions against...

The US Ambassador to India Timothy J. Roemer on Thursday inaugurated an annual international food festival 'Aahar-2010' in the national...

The UK newspaper The Telegraph has revealed allegations contained in a new book that the CIA engaged in a mind control experiment in a village in...

Sebastian Pinera has been sworn in as Chile's new president as the country still shakes from aftershocks following February's massive...

Indian cricketer Sachin Tendulkar has been named the Goodwill Ambassador of the United Nations Environment Programme...

There has been more focus on the perpetrators of the assassination of Mahmoud al-Mabhouh than on the...

Thousands of students and teachers took to the streets here Friday to protest against French President Nicolas Sarkozy's education reforms, Xinhua...

French President Nicolas Sarkozy Friday termed as 'ridiculous rumours' the media reports about extramarital affair of his wife Carla Bruni, who was reported to have been holidaying in Thailand with an old...

Singer Robbie Williams has come forward to help former 'Take That' bandmate Mark Owen who is going through marriage...

British Airways (BA) said Friday it feared 'massive disruption' from threatened strikes by cabin crews later this month as Prime Minister Gordon Brown called for a last-ditch negotiated settlement between the airline and trade...

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will be presented the Appeal of Conscience Foundation 2010 World Statesman Award in September in New...

Actor Dustin Hoffman is said to be in final talks to direct 'Quartet', a comedy that will star Maggie Smith, Albert Finney and Tom...

Holders Pakistan Friday announced their final 15-man squad, without naming the captain, for the World Twenty20 championship in the West...

The body of former Cypriot president Tassos Papadopoulos, which was stolen from his grave three months back, has been finally laid to rest in the capital Nicosia, local TV said...

Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh has been declared World Statesman of the year 2010 by the Appeal of Conscience...

The release date of director Oliver Stone's 'Wall Street: Money Never Sleep', which is a sequel to the film released in 1987, has been pushed back from April to...

Only 48 hours after Nepal's communist-led government declared International Women's Day a national public holiday, soldiers shot dead three Dalit women, including a 12-year-old girl, while the authorities tried to hush it up by alleging it to be a...

Young golfer Rory McIlroy, who features alongside Tiger Woods on the cover of his latest video game, has broken ranks with many players by saying that he would have no qualms about being pictured with the World...

Planning to shift to Britian with your entire family? Well, then please take note: The United Kingdom is one of the worst places in the world to raise a...

Want to pep up your sex life? Then start jogging, as a new study says joggers have more active sex lives than those who don't...

Hollywood actor Robert Pattinson is keen to venture into the music world, but says he will have to take a break from acting to pursue that because he can't do...

Former Reserve Bank of India deputy governor Rakesh Mohan has been appointed professor in the Practice of International Economics and Finance in the Yale School of Management from July...

Ahead of this year's controversial Burmese elections, a senior UN official has called for an inquiry against the country's military rulers into allegations of war crimes perpetrated against Burmese...

Ace striker Wayne Rooney, whose form has made England believe that he can bring the World Cup home from South Africa, felt "weird" to be near the trophy he dreams of lifting in triumph...

Former Pakistan hockey players have blasted the current bunch of players and the team management for the deplorable show in ongoing Hockey World Cup in New...

Union Agriculture Minister and President-elect of the International Cricket Council (ICC) Sharad Pawar will not attend the opening ceremony of the third edition of the cash-rich Indian Premier League (IPL) tournament that kicks off on Friday evening at the D Y Patil Stadium...

Ace West Indies cricketer Brian Lara has applauded Sachin Tendulkar's double-century in One-Day International cricket, and says if he has a son then he would like him to bat like...

Rapper Lonnie Rashid Lynn, better known as Common, has fuelled rumours that he will marry Serena Williams by going public with his love for the tennis...

The International Cricket Council (ICC) has reportedly rejected the Pakistan Cricket Board's (PCB) application against the Indian Premier League (IPL) for snubbing Pakistani cricketers, saying it can not take action against any domestic...

Hollywood actress Lindsay Lohan says her social life has been wrecked by the 'aggressive' paparazzi of Los Angeles and as a result, she now ends up clubbing at...

An 89-year-old British woman travels 14 miles to reach a post office located opposite her home as there is no pedestrian crossing on the main road, a media report Friday...

Fresh air has now been bottled by Britain's National Trust so that it can be given to stressed city workers, a media report said...

Prince Philip, known for his gaffe-prone remarks, asked a sea cadet whether she works at a strip club, a media report said...

Princess Diana died as an attempt to scare her to leave her lover Dodi Fayed went terribly wrong, a lawyer has...

The Himalaya International Limited, India's first frozen food company, has entered the rapidly expanding nutraceuticals and dietary supplements market with the launch of its product under the brand name-'1...

Juventus, Standard Liege and SV Hamburg were the only sides to record clear wins in their first leg matches of the round of 16 in the Europa League...

Pop diva Madonna has announced to launch a range of...

A state legislator in New York wants salt banned from pre-packaged and restaurant...

With official visits overlapping in Afghanistan, Iran's outspoken president and the US defence secretary have accused each other of interfering in local...

Police officers rescued an Indian businessman a day after he was kidnapped by four unidentified gunmen in the Philippines, a provincial police chief said...

BAGHDAD: A cross-sectarian, secularist list headed by former Prime Minister Iyad Allawi on Thursday alleged major fraud in Iraq's national election this week.Members of Allawi's Iraqiya list called a...

LONDON: British computer expert Peter Moore, held captive in Iraq for 2-1/2 years until his release in December, has said he was tortured and subjected to mock executions by a well-trained kidnap...

DUBAI // Shoppers in the Mall of the Emirates were given a small sample of the Rio Carnival last night as Brazil launched their new, environmentally friendly football kit made from recycled plastic...

Last Updated: March 13. 2010 12:00AM UAE / March 12. 2010 8:00PM GMT If you follow the news in Egypt, as it is my duty as a journalist to do, reading the state-owned and independent or opposition...

NANCY, France, March 12. IT might be just three months old, but Fred Bousquet is the top sprinter in the world this year after a strong performance at the French International Meet that started...

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — The last of 10 American missionaries detained in Haiti on suspicion of kidnapping is facing a new charge. Judge Bernard Saint-Vil says Laura Silsby has been charged...

An electoral worker carries a ballot box at a counting center in Baghdad, Iraq, Friday, March 12, 2010. Partial tallies have only been released from only five of Iraq's 18 provinces, excluding...

LIMA, Peru — Peru is creating a tsunami-warning system to help protect 1.6 million residents who live along the South American country's Pacific coast. President Alan Garcia has ordered...