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 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...

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

The third Pan Arab Human Genetics Conference will begin here Saturday, WAM news agency...

Cuba and Russia have signed a pact to collaborate in the telecommunications field, Prensa Latina...

Hundreds of starving sea lions are washing ashore along the California coast as El Nino weather conditions warm the Pacific Ocean and drive away their usual prey, according to media reports...

Five successive low-intensity blasts hit Pakistan's eastern city Lahore Friday, less than 12 hours after massive twin blasts killed at least 48 people and injured 95 in the...

Five successive blasts within the span of 45 minutes ripped through a market place in Pakistan's eastern city Lahore Friday, less than 12 hours after twin blasts rocked the town, killing 48...

Yet another blast rocked a market place in Pakistan's eastern city of Lahore Friday. This is the fourth explosion in the area in the past 12...

Hours after two suicide attacks targeted a military convoy in Lahore, killing at least 48 people Friday, a powerful third blast ripped through a crowded market place in Pakistan's eastern...

China warned Friday that internet search software giant Google will have to face consequence if it violates laws in the communist...

Pakistan Friday successfully test-fired new missiles and torpedoes in the Arabian Sea, the country's navy...

'Kalpana', an exhibition comprising the works of 14 renowned Indian artists, has opened at a glittering ceremony in Shymkent, the capital of South Kazakhstan at the newly constructed and prestigious art...

At least 28 people were killed in the central Asian Republic of Kazakhstan after severe flooding and a helicopter crash, local media reported...

Eight people were killed in a helicopter crash in eastern Kazakhstan, an official said...

The noose seems to be tightening around Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari, with the Supreme Court saying a Swiss money laundering case against him should be immediately...

At least 48 people, including 18 soldiers, were killed and 95 more were injured Friday when two suicide bombings targeted a military convoy in Pakistan's eastern city of Lahore, security officials...

The US has expressed concern over reported extra-judicial killings of people in custody and torture and rape by police and other security forces in...

Pakistan Army chief Gen. Ashfaq Parvez Kayani, who is due to retire in October, is unlikely to get an extension, a close aide of President Asif Ali Zardari has...

Fifty-year-old Apa Sherpa, who has become almost as legendary as the mountain that has been his permanent pursuit, is aiming to break his own incredible record by summiting Mt Everest, the highest peak in the world, for the 20th time this...

Pre-marriage health check-ups should be held as there has been an increase in the congenital defect rate among new born babies, a Chinese official said here...

Twenty people were killed and 40 injured Friday when two suicide bombers struck in a densely populated area in the Pakistani city of Lahore, rescuers...

Singer-actress Jessica Simpson, who had several failed romances, says she still hopes to find the 'right...

Google will have to 'bear the consequence' if it insists on violating China's laws and regulations, a senior official warned...

The Pakistani Supreme Court Friday expressed unhappiness over the lack of action in reopening a Swiss money laundering case involving President Asif Ali Zardari. It has asked the country's anti-corruption watchdog to speed up...

A massive bomb blast shook the Pakistani city of Lahore Friday, Xinhua news agency reported. The explosion took place near a bus...

The Pakistan Navy tested missiles and torpedoes in the Arabian Sea, authorities said...

The US has praised the Indian government for its human rights record, but expressed concern over reported extra-judicial killings of people in custody, disappearances, and torture and rape by police and other security...

Actress Kristen Stewart says she didn't mind kissing co-star Dakota Fanning in their new movie 'The Runaways' and described the experience as...

Four people, including a senior Muslim cleric, were killed in a drive-by shooting in Pakistan's southern port city of Karachi, police said...

Leading South Asia experts say the US should be prepared to take action against the Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT), blamed for the Mumbai terror attacks, if Pakistan is unable or unwilling to act against the terror outfit that remains its spearhead against...

Describing Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) as a 'deadly serious group of fanatics,' US lawmakers have asked Obama administration to push Islamabad to crush the Pakistan-based terror outfit blamed for the 2008 Mumbai...

Argentine police are investigating a spectacular assault on a Buenos Aires bank amid the trial of those accused of pulling off the 2006 heist dubbed the 'robbery of the...

There has been a 26 percent increase in Indians holidaying in Australia's Victoria state in the year ending December 2009 as compared to the same period in 2008, reveals a survey that comes in the backdrop of a string of attacks on Indian students in this...

The Indira Gandhi Cultural Centre (IGCC) has opened in Dhaka with a display of art works by 27 renowned Bangladeshi...

Brazilian state-controlled energy giant Petrobras has said that it discovered oil at a block in eastern...

Canada, home to the biggest Sri Lankan Tamil diaspora, Thursday urged Sri Lanka to lift the state of emergency imposed during the onslaught on the Tamil...

Canada's SNC-Lavalin company, that was at the centre of a headline-grabbing bribery scandal in Kerala, is now under scanner at home for allegedly overcharging in government building...

The wife of US Senate Majority Leader...

Twelve strong earthquakes shook Chile Thursday, including some just minutes before the start of the inaugural ceremony of incoming President Sebastian...

US President Barack Obama has donated the $1.4 million that came with winning the Nobel Peace Prize to charity, the White House said...

Extrajudicial killings by the Pakistani military in the ongoing fight with insurgents have further added to human rights concerns in the country, the US State Department said...

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...