Taliban strongholds in southern Afghanistan have been infiltrated by US Marines who are part of a major operation under the imprimatur of President Barack...

An ultimatum to the new Honduran president to reinstate ousted leader Manuel Zelaya to the presidency has been...

North Korea has test-fired two short-range...

Fatah prisoners, detained by Hamas members in the Gaza Strip, have been asked to supply their own food and...

Michael Jackson’s family has now ruled out private or public services at the estate of their son and...

The black box flight recorder from the Yemenia Airlines plane that crashed into the Indian Ocean on Tuesday has not yet been located....

The top US military officer, Admiral Mike Mullen, has said the supply of weapons to Iraqi rebels by Iran has been cut...

The California state government is preparing to use promissory notes rather than cash to pay some bills, due to a $24 billion budget...

Much can be said to explain, or even justify Hamas’ recent political concessions, where its top leaders in Gaza and Damascus agreed in principle with a political settlement on the basis of the two-state solution....

Pakistani Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani Thursday warned against possible infiltration of Afghan militants into Pakistan in the wake of fresh offensives by the US and NATO soldiers in...

Pakistani Taliban chief Baitullah Mehsud is buying children as young as seven years old to carry out suicide bombing, the Online news agency said citing reports...

A leader of the Pakistan Muslim League Nawaz (PML-N) Thursday urged the government to try former Pakistani president Pervez Musharraf in court for using excessive force in the Lal Masjid operation, a media report...

North Korea Thursday fired four short-range missiles over the Sea of Japan, according to South Korean...

The Pakistani Police Thursday foiled a plan to blow up the Quetta Express by terrorists, a media report...

The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has imposed a fine of Rs.1 million on bowler Mohammad Asif over his Dubai...

The US Thursday launched a massive operation, considered one of the largest since the Vietnam war, against the Taliban in Afghanistan's southern Helmand province as part of a new initiative under President Barack...

Six people were killed when a suicide bomber blew himself up after ramming his motorcycle into a bus belonging to the A.Q. Khan nuclear research facility here in Pakistan Thursday, Geo TV...

A suicide bomber blew himself up after ramming his motorcycle into a bus in this Pakistani city, killing at least six people and injuring...

At least 51 Taliban militants and two policemen were killed in airstrikes, clashes and a roadside bombing in northwest Pakistan, officials said...

The US military Thursday began a large-scale offensive against the Taliban in Helmand province in southern Afghanistan as a local militant commander said the Taliban had captured a US...

The four-day break could serve as a fresh impetus for the travel-weary Indian cricket team to relaunch their West Indies campaign in the last two one-day internationals slated for Friday and...

Six people were killed and 25 injured in a suicide bomb attack that ripped through a crowded marked in Pakistan's Rawalpindi city, media reports...

Seven people were seriously injured when a motorist blew himself up after ramming the explosives laden vehicle into a bus that was parked in a crowded market in this Pakistani city, a media report said...

Pakistan's Taliban chief Maulana Fazlullah may have been killed during an operation in the restive Swat Valley, a media report said...

Nepal's gay community Thursday hailed the landmark ruling by the New Delhi High Court legalising sex between consenting adult homosexuals, calling it a 'liberalisation from British colonialism' and hoping it would lead to similar freedom in Sri Lanka, Bangladesh and...

Three days after Nepal reported its first cases of swine flu, health officials Thursday said the Influenza A (H1N1) virus has also been detected in two...

The pursuit of human happiness can be tripped by stress, financial trouble or chronic illness. Now, a researcher is trying to find the happiness gene, which may be partially responsible for a positive...

An internationally recognised Indian Canadian neurosurgeon is among 60 people honoured with the Order of Canada this...

The salamander is a super hero of regeneration, able to replace lost limbs, damaged lungs, sliced spinal cord - even bits of lopped-off...

Humans and animals delay reproduction during food scarcity, so that they may live longer to boost chances of reproduction later, says a new...

Tensions exist between India's Muslims and Hindus because the two communities do not know enough about each other, an Indian delegate at the global faith conference here contended...

A 50-year-old man on board a US Airways jet en route to Los Angeles has been arrested after he stripped naked and ran around, forcing the plane to divert and land in Albuquerque, according to media reports...

Twenty-nine people, including 13 Indians and 12 Nepalis, are feared to have perished in a ship capsize off Doha Port in Qatar after searches for survivors since Tuesday yielded only five...

The acquisition of the small but well-placed South African software company Cura by Softpro of Hyderabad has presented an opportunity to the Indian firm to become the multinational company that it aspires to be, Softpro chairman Bala Reddy said...

The US has frozen the assets of four Pakistani terrorists for their alleged involvement in a series of terrorist activities in India, including the July 2006 train bombing in Mumbai and February 2007 bombing in the Samjhauta Express train that goes to...

Diets high in protein and cholesterol are linked with a higher risk of hospitalization or death due to cirrhosis or liver cancer, while diets high in carbohydrates are associated with a lower risk, according to the latest...

Providing intensive dietary advice improved blood sugar control in type 2 diabetics even when they were arguably on the best available medication, according to the latest...

Simmering India-Pakistan tensions came to the fore on the concluding day of a global faith meet here Thursday but the blip was taken in its...

Movie characters who smoke while playing good or bad guys do influence teens to follow their example, says the latest...

Technologies developed by Hyderabad-based ICSA, which is into energy management and audit, could help South African power utility Eskom significantly reduce its losses, ICSA chairman and managing director Bala Reddy has said...

Do you frequent a cyber cafe? If yes, then think twice as shared keyboards in cyber cafes and elsewhere are swarming with deadly germs and are potential sources of infection, according to a recent...

Increased physical activity benefits patients with non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD), independently of weight change, according to the latest...

Debbie Rowe, the mother of Michael Jackson's two older children, may go to court to seek their custody, said reports...

It was the scene of many of his happiest moments but also the site of harrowing allegations of child...

Fiji's military regime has extended emergency powers, which ban political meetings and criticism of the government, until the end of the year, according to reports from the capital Suva...

Iranian claims that the death of a young Iranian woman was staged during the recent demonstrations to tarnish the government's image is 'shocking' and equate to a 'campaign of misinformation', the White House has...

Helicopter gunships attacked the hideouts of Islamist militants in Pakistan's tribal region bordering Afghanistan, killing at least 28 rebels in overnight action, security officials said...

Hong Kong gamblers sent out a positive note about the state of the city's economy by staking more than $155 million on the last racing day of the season, officials said...

Washington, July 2 (Xinhua) The US government has again delayed the release of a full report on the CIA's controversial interrogation...

Late singer Michael Jackson named fellow music great Diana Ross as the backup guardian of his three children in the event that his mother Katherine, 79, was unable to fulfil that role, according to his 2002 will, which was revealed...