Afghan officials say a U.S.-led coalition air strike has killed 22 civilians in eastern...

US experts, investigating the collapse of the third tower at the World Trade Center, say building fires on several different floors probably caused the collapse....

Leading defense officials from the United States and Israel, meeting in Israel this week, raised the controversial attack on the U.S. ship USS Liberty, by Israel, in June...

North Korea has refused to take further steps to dismantle its nuclear...

In Pakistan, nuclear scientist, Abdul Qadeer Khan, has said his country may have supplied nuclear centrifuges to North Korea under the supervision of the...

Israeli Defence Minister Ehud Barak has asked for demolition orders for two homes belonging to Palestinians behind recent deadly attacks against...

An angry Robert Mugabe, after flying home from an African Union summit, has told thousands of his supporters that opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai should not think he will renounce the...

California firefighters appear to be holding two bushfires burning along the California...

Two days after she and 14 other hostages were rescued dramatically from the captivity of Colombia's leftist guerrillas, former presidential candidate Ingrid Betancourt has urged the insurgents to be 'good losers' and stand down, EFE reported...

President George Bush has reiterated that there will never be an effective agreement on climate change without the participation of emerging economies like China and India. He also said the world must wake up to the "beauty of nuclear power" that produces renewable energy with "zero greenhouse gas...

Anaconda, an innovative wave energy concept, holds the key to cheaper energy from the sea...

Chandigarh, July 5 : Punjabi women have always taken an extra care to look beautiful, and now those behind their beauty i.e. beauticians, are taking international tips to make their clients look more...

London, July 5 : European Union scientists have created a prototype T-shirt that uses small sensors to monitor the activity of individual muscles, and thereby may help people ensure that they do not overstrain their muscles during any activity....

Americans across the United States are celebrating Independence Day Friday, commemorating the country's birth as a nation 232 years...

Former hostage Ingrid Betancourt arrived in Paris Friday as questions arose about the official story regarding her...

The International Cricket Council Friday said it was overwhelmed by the response of the member countries to preserve the sanctity of the Test cricket and holding a Test Championship could be a way to...

The price for crude oil produced by the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) jumped above $140 a barrel for the first time Thursday, a statement issued by OPEC said...

New Delhi, July 4 : The Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) and WorldSkills Korea today signed a Memorandum of Understanding to enhance and promote the international exchange of skills through the WorldSkills Competition. ...

A Pakistani court on Friday allowed controversial pacer Shoaib Akhtar to return to international cricket for the summer by temporarily suspending his 18-month ban but the player will have to prove his fitness to make his comeback in the Pakistan team, an official...

Khabarovsk (Russia), July 4 (RIA Novosti) Russia would hand over two border river islands to China in August, a senior Russian security official said...

Washington, July 4 : An international team of researchers has determined that species over the years have come and gone at different rates than previously believed....

A British minister says Muslims in Britain 'feel like the Jews of Europe' and related how he has been targeted for physical...

Washington, July 4 : Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama has been branded a "flip-flopper" by the rival Republican Party in the context of the timetable withdrawal of American troops from...

All nine defendants in Austria's biggest banking scandal BAWAG fraud case were given prison terms Friday, with the bank's former CEO getting the maximum sentence of nine and a half years in...

Zimbabwe Friday voluntarily offered to withdraw from the World Twenty20 tournament to be held in England in 2009, it was announced by the International Cricket Council (ICC)...

Britain's senior most judge has put up a strong defence of the country's top Christian priest, saying Sharia principles could be applied to British Muslims without setting up Islamic...

Singer Annie Lennox is the latest artist linked to the next James Bond movie's title...

Oscar winning actor Forrest Whitaker was mobbed at the Eiffel Tower and the security was forced to shut it down so that he could see it in...

Country singer Kenny Chesney was so depressed after his brief marriage to Renee Zellweger ended that he couldn't write songs or perform for...

The Oasis lead singer Noel Gallagher was upset when his partner Sara McDonald told him that the title he wanted to give to his new album was a Geri Halliwell...

Troubled supermodel Naomi Campbell was snubbed by rapper Jay-Z at a party thrown in London to launch the champagne Armand De...

Washington, July 4 : A new research into the creation of Kankakee Sand Islands of Northwest Indiana is lending support to evidence that the first humans to settle the Americas came from Europe, a discovery that overturns a previous theory that hypothesized that the Americans had come from Asia....

The U.S. government is concerned a Supreme Court ruling about the legal rights of detainees at Guantanamo Bay, could see suspected terrorists walking...

The Chinese government has told the Dalai Lama they will not hold further talks with him unless he publicly declares that the activists of Tibetan Youth Congress should not disturb the Beijing Olympic...

At least eight policemen have been in a Taliban insurgent attack on a check post in southern Afghanistan, while three suspected rebels were held for weapons smuggling in the...

Boosted by the boom in commercial, retail and residential sectors and a strong demand for total facilities management (TFM), the regional market for bundled and total facilities management in the...

BAQOUBA, Iraq (AP) — It's Staff Sgt. Edgar Covarrubias' second Fourth of July in Iraq. No family barbecue, no fireworks, but Covarrubias says he'll call his mom, wife and kids to share the...

First, Aaron Peirsol of Longhorn Aquatics tied the world record in the men's 200m back, turning in a time of 1:54.32. Then Michael Phelps of Club Wolverine broke his own world record in the men's...

KABUL (Reuters) - Two gunmen shot dead an Afghan parliamentarian near his residence in the southern Afghan province of Kandahar, the Interior Ministry said on...

Basra last March, the eventual ceasefire wasn't hammered out inside Iraq. Instead, the agreement was negotiated in Iran with the help of the commander of the Revolutionary GuardQuds Force. For now,...

By The Associated Press CHEYENNE - The cost of change is great.Trevor Harris knows that first hand.The sacrifices he saw in Iraq as part of last year's "surge" - which continues - are not something...

The Thai foreign minister left Bangkok Saturday to attend a World Heritage Committee meeting in Quebec, Canada, to explain Thailand's withdrawal of support to Cambodia's application to list the...

WASHINGTON — Environmentalists are bracing for a final battle with the Bush administration over its efforts to weaken clean water, air and toxic waste regulations before a new president moves...

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (AP) - President Bush's final Fourth of July as president has been marred by protesters who called for his impeachment during a naturalization ceremony where Bush welcomed new...

SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korean police said they expect about 35,000 to gather on Saturday for a protest against a U.S. beef import deal and the polices of the new president, whose government has...

DENVER - The blasts returned to Coors Field long before the fireworks. In a throwback to the pre-humidor days, Colorado homered six times and beat the Florida Marlins 18-17 on Friday night after...

PARIS (AFP) - The strange teenage cult of manga, the Japanese world of fantasy cartoons and their gaming and toy offshoots, came to Paris at the weekend, with tens of thousands of youngsters queuing...

GENEVA -- An international standard for tomatoes has been adopted, ending about seven years of intense debates between countries on what qualifies as a proper tomato. According to the new standard,...

Starting Monday, authorities will intercept some food from Mexico at the border Sources say salmonella inquiry expanding to cilantro, peppers and scallions 943 people in 40 states, the District of...

There was no sign of the tension that gripped the capital, Ulan Bator, just a few days ago, when stone-throwing mobs set the ruling party's headquarters on fire in a night of violence that killed...