 US Defense Secretary Robert Gates in AfghanistanUS Defense Secretary Robert Gates is in the south of Afghanistan after touching down on... | |
 Suspicious package at US airport leads to arrestMiami police swooped on the main airport on Friday when screeners detected a suspicious article in a checked... |
 Soldiers and criminals die in Mexican shootout25 or more people have died in a gunfight between Mexican soldiers and suspected drug gang members near the northern Mexican city of... |
 Cordial relations shown at Mideast peace talksIsraeli president Benjamin Netanyahu has said it is time to finalize a deal on the Middle East peace... |
 10 election campaign workers killed in precision airstrikeAfghanistan President Hamid Karzai condemned the attack which killed 10 parliamentary campaign workers and injured two others including a... |
 No cash coming in for Afghan TalibanA US general has revealed the Taliban in Afghanistan are very short of money with their drug labs and supply routes under pressure from US... |
 Muslims asked for 2.5 per cent of wages for Pakistan floodsThe relief effort in the area hit by floods in Pakistan may be helped by a new request for Muslims to tithe for the aid... |
 Hawking says God did not create universeA new book written by famous British physicist, Stephen Hawking, claims that God did not create the universe and the "big bang" was an inevitable consequence of the laws of... |
 Canadian Arctic waters trap fuel tankerA fuel tanker is aground on a sandbar in Canada’s far... |
| Russia to resume tests of submarine-launched missile Test launches of Russia's Bulava ballistic missile will resume between Sep 9 and 12, a defence industry source said... |
| Indian-origin woman killed self over failed marriage A 24-year-old Indian-origin woman, who tried to keep her failed marriage alive for her family's sake, burned herself to death in Britain, a court was... |
| Canadian honour for M.S. Swaminathan M.S. Swaminathan, one of the pioneers of the Green Revolution in India, will receive an honorary doctorate from Canada's University of Alberta for his contribution to food security in the... |
| Have balanced approach to curb population: Hasina Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, who heads the National Population Council that resumed work after 14 years, has called for 'a balanced approach' to curb Bangladesh's population growth that is projected to reach 170 million by... |
| Wikileaks founder admits having sex with accuser Julian Assange, founder of whistle-blowing website Wikileaks, has admitted he had sexual relations with one of two Swedish women who have accused him of sex... |
| Mistaken alcohol use kills baby during surgery A seven-month-old baby died after doctors at a hospital in the US flushed his system with alcohol instead of saline solution during a heart... |
| Policeman killed in Peshawar blast A powerful explosion near a police van in Pakistan's Peshawar city left one policeman dead and three injured Friday, two days after horrific serial blasts in Lahore killed 35... |
| Croatian coach to revamp Bangladesh football Croatian Robert Rubcic has been named as the chief coach of Bangladesh's national football team for the Asian Games to be held in... |
| Pakistan's n-arsenal prevented war with India: A.Q. Khan Pakistan's nuclear arsenal has prevented a conventional war with India, ensuring 'our survival, our security, and our sovereignty', besides making the 'nation walk with head held high', boasts A.Q. Khan, the disgraced scientist considered the father of Islamabad's clandestine nuclear... |
| Reese Witherspoon, beau to get engaged? Oscar winning actress Reese Witherspoon's beau Jim Toth has sparked rumours that they might get engaged soon after he was spotted shopping for a... |
| Most New Yorkers don't want Islamic centre near Ground Zero Two-thirds of New York City residents want a controversial Muslim community centre and mosque to be relocated farther away from the site of 9/11 terrorist attack, according to a New York Times... |
| Richard Gere injured, shooting put off for six weeks Actor Richard Gere has dislocated his shoulder while filming a fight scene for 'The Double', causing production to be put on hold for six... |
| Brendan Fraser heads to Broadway The 'Mummy' star Brendan Fraser is set to make his Broadway debut with a new play based on Norwegian writer Ingvar Ambjornsen's... |
| People dump superstition when faced with death People who believe in fate and destiny tend to dump superstition when faced with the death, says a recent... |
| Stallone's ex wife ready to tell all Sylvester Stallone's former wife Brigitte Nielsen is all set to tell her eventful life story in a book and says some parts of her memoirs will be... |
| Mistresses, wives of trapped miners clash over cash Mistresses and wives of 33 miners trapped inside a mine in Chile have clashed over compensation claims and some of the miners may face difficult questions when they make it to the... |
| The great grandmom who fought a mugger A great grandmother in Britain became so angry when she got mugged that she pinned the man against a wall and demanded that he return her purse. 'I'm no spring chicken,' she declared... |
| Australian ex-cop jailed for pushing wife off cliff A former police officer in Australia who murdered his wife by pushing her off a cliff was Friday jailed for 33... |
| Kim Kardashian poses with nude men for magazine cover Socialite Kim Kardashian has stunned her fans after posing with two nude men for a magazine photo shoot. She describes it as one of her most risque covers to... |
| Australian found guilty of sex crimes on underage girls A man in Melbourne who admitted coercing underage girls he met on the internet to have sex with him was found guilty Friday of committing at least 26 sex... |
| Victoria Beckham nominated for fashion award Former Spice Girl Victoria Beckham has been shortlisted for the British Fashion Council's (BFC) Designer Brand of the... |
| Kutcher to sue tabloid over cheating report Actor Ashton Kutcher is reportedly threatening to sue the editors of a US tabloid for defamation, following an article they published suggesting he had been cheating on his wife Demi... |
| Economic recovery in N.America slipping: Bank Despite reports from the US Thursday that initial jobless claims fell to 472,000 last week and pending home resales were up 5.2 per cent in July, Canada's top Toronto Dominion (TD) Bank said the economic recovery in North America is slipping after positive hints four months... |
| Two cops hurt in Peshawar blast A powerful explosion in this Pakistani city extensively damaged a police van, injuring two policemen Friday, two days after the blasts in Lahore that killed 35... |
| Fragile but happy beginning for Mideast peace talks The US brokered Middle East peace talks here have not only led to promises of a second round of negotiations Sep 14-15, but also opened the possibility of a third round later this month, according to media... |
| Independent MP submits demand list to Gillard, Abbott Independent MP from Queensland Bob Katter Friday said he has sent a list of 20 conditions to Australian prime ministerial hopefuls Julia Gillard and Tony Abbott, saying 'I'm still in a very powerful position... |
| Measure stress in hair to assess cardiac risk The levels of cortisol, a stress hormone, in one's hair can tell when a person is most likely to suffer a heart... |
| Drunk driver takes wrong turn - ends up in police car park A drunk motorist in Britain was nabbed by police after he took a wrong turn and went straight into the car park of the police... |
| Two-year-old kicks the butt A two-year-old boy in Indonesia, who used to smoke 40 cigarettes a day, has quit smoking after entering... |
| Malaysian woman wins invasion of privacy case against doctor A Malaysian woman writer has won a legal battle against her doctors who photographed intimate parts of her body prior to a... |
| Malaysian Indian party seeks to join ruling coalition The Malaysian Indian United Party (MIUP) is pressing for full membership of the Barisan Nasional (BN), the ruling coalition, a party official has... |
| 24 Indians rescued from traffickers in Malaysia At least 24 Indian men who were found locked up in a house in a Malaysian town have been rescued and two Pakistani men allegedly involved in a human trafficking racket have been detained, a media report said... |
| Top New Zealand golfer reveals affair with Japanese New Zealand's top golfer David Smail, who has been married for 25 years, revealed Friday that he had an affair with a Japanese woman but said he was no Tiger... |
| India-South America trade deal to be expanded India's Minister of State for Commerce and Industry Jyotiraditya Scindia said here Thursday that India and a trade bloc of South American countries have agreed to expand a trade... |
| Fidel Castro to deliver first public speech since 2006 Cuban leader Fidel Castro will deliver Friday his first public speech since 2006, during a meeting with students of the Havana... |
| Over 110,000 firms shut down in Spain The economic recession forced a total of 110,058 Spanish companies to go out of business, the ministry of labour and immigration has... |
| Pakistan's bomb has prevented war with India: A Q Khan Pakistan's nuclear arsenal has prevented a conventional war with India and made the 'nation walk with heads held high', boasts notorious Pakistani scientist A Q Khan, considered the father of Islamabad's clandestine nuclear weapons... |
| Indonesian volcano erupts again An Indonesian volcano spewed another column of hot ash Friday, a vulcanologist... |
| Grant, Hurley's friendship still strong It might have been a decade since they split but actor Hugh Grant and actress Elizabeth Hurley are still very good... |
| Panda still endangered despite baby boom China's giant pandas remain still an endangered species despite the birth of 23 cubs in zoos across the country in the past two months, panda researchers have... |
| 13 rescued after Gulf of Mexico oil rig explosion An offshore oil rig exploded and caught fire Thursday in the Gulf of Mexico, the US Coast Guard... |
