In the third terrorist attack in two days, a Pakistani court has been targeted by a suicide bomber leaving at least ten...

US Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton, has called the timing of the announcement by Isreal of new construction in East Jerusalem...

US 9th Circuit Court of Appeals rejects challenge brought by doctor against religious references on currency and in the pledge of...

The Pope has defended celibacy as a commitment to God, following increasing allegations of sexual...

Almost Free Warehouse, a chain of stores in Israel, hopes to benefit from the media storm surrounding the Dubai assasination with a parody...

11-year-old Marcelas Owens takes his late mother's place campaigning for healthcare reform on steps of Capital...

Former astronauts who landed on the moon in the hey-day of lunar missions have voiced their concern at President Obama's decision to move back further...

British Airways cabin crew will go on strike for three days from the 20th of March and four days from the 27th of March, says Unite, the union representing...

A teacher in Alaska, whose body was found by snowmobilers, was likely to have been attacked by wolves, according to the State Medical...

Twin suicide bombings in the Pakistani city of Lahore have killed and wounded scores of...

Four suicide bombers attacked different parts of southern city of Kandahar Saturday, killing more than 30 people, and injured at least 40, officials...

A series of bombs - presumably the work of suicide bombers - shook the Afghan city of Kandahar Saturday, according to the Afghan news agency...

Two weeks before regional elections across Italy, tens of thousands of protesters once again came out Saturday to protest Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi and those allied to...

A storm in Madagascar left 14 people dead, 27,000 homeless and thousands of houses damaged after ravaging the tropical island, national television reported...

Singer-actress Jessica Simpson has admitted she does not brush her teeth and just wipes them with her...

American actor Nick Cannon wants to make a comedy film with wife Mariah Carey, saying she is the funniest person he...

Legendary rocker Ozzy Osbourne's wife Sharon Osbourne is unhappy about her weight but can't motivate herself to do anything about...

Singer Mark Owen has checked into a rehabilitation centre after being thrown out of his house by his wife Emma Ferguson when he confessed to having had at least 10...

Singer-actress Jennifer Lopez, who has two-year-old twins with husband Marc Anthony says, her family is the most important thing in her...

The Pakistani government, which has steadfastly refused Indian demands for action against Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) founder Hafiz Saeed, who New Delhi says masterminded the 26/11 attacks, has now sought the arrest of Ajmal Amir Kasab, the lone gunman captured alive during the carnage and who is being tried in a Mumbai...

Groups of young Palestinians rioted Saturday in the old city of Jerusalem and the West bank after Israeli police closed both areas to devout Muslims seeking to go to the Al-Aqsa Mosque in the Temple...

Some 1,500 delegates representing 175 parties to a treaty designed to protect endangered species around the world on Saturday gathered in Qatar to discuss how best to protect...

Afghan President Hamid Karzai is ready to include two international monitors in the country's election watchdog ahead of parliamentary polls in September, his spokesman said...

Iraq's electoral commission Saturday released, then quickly withdrew, early results from Baghdad that showed Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki's coalition leading in the...

Pundit Jankie Persad Sharma, a pioneer of the Hindu religion and culture in Trinidad and Tobago and Canada, has died. He had begun the practice of celebrating Diwali on the Caribbean island, apart from constructing several temples, conducting weddings and organising trips to India for the...

Former US secretary of state Henry Kissinger suffered a stomach ache when he attended a seminar here Saturday and was rushed to a hospital for treatment, sources...

Sri Lanka's main ethnic Tamil party Tamil National Alliance (TNA) has, in its manifesto for the upcoming parliamentary elections, called for a federal structure as the solution to the country's ethnic...

Afghanistan and Pakistan have agreed to jointly fight against terrorism and extremism in the region and emphasised that terror is a common threat for both countries, the Afghan president's chief spokesman, Waheed Omar, said...

India's Saina Nehwal stormed into the women's semifinal of the All England Badminton Championship with a stunning 21-8, 21-14 quarterfinal win over Germany's Juliane Schenk in 27 minutes at the National Indoor Arena in...

The northern Egyptian town of Marsa Matruh was quiet Saturday, following violent clashes between Muslims and Christians that left 30 people injured the night before, police...

Shaken by a rash of suicide bombings across Pakistan, the country's security agencies have asked the federal and provincial governments to postpone the March 25-31 National Games at Peshawar. Adequate security cannot be ensured for the games, the agencies have...

Singer Peter Andre, who is currently on 'The Revelation Tour', is curing his throat problem by eating Japanese...

American director Steven Spielberg has cast 'Jurassic Park' child star Joe Mazzello in his new World War II mini-series 'The...

Hollywood actress Jennifer Aniston has slammed rumours that she is pretending to date co-star Gerard Butler to promote their movie 'The Bounty...

As early results from Iraq's parliamentary elections trickled in, leading politicians Saturday began what promised to be complicated negotiations on forming a...

A suicide bomber targeted a security checkpost in a crowded area in Pakistan's Mingora town in the restive Swat Valley Saturday, killing at least 14 people and wounding 52, a day after twin blasts claimed 57 lives in...

Soldier Katrina Hodge, who represented England at the Miss World event in South Africa in 2009, has given marching orders to the swimsuit round of the beauty...

At least 14 people were killed and 52 wounded when a suicide bomber targeted a security checkpost in Pakistan's Mingora town in restive Swat Valley, police said Saturday, a day after twin blasts claimed 57 lives in...

Six civilians were killed and one injured as a roadside bomb went off in Afghanistan's southern Uruzgan province Saturday, a statement from the interior ministry...

One of the oldest available anti-seizure medications, ethosuximide, is the most effective treatment for childhood absence epilepsy, a new study...

Chilean President Sebastian Pinera has said the Feb 27 earthquake and the following tsunami had cost the nation tens of billions of dollars and left an impact that would be felt for...

Pakistan Air Force (PAF) will conduct its biggest exercise in the third week of this month. It will cover the entire country from Skardu in the north to Arabian Sea in the south and will last 45...

Putting male names before female names in writing is a remnant of sexist thinking, a new study...

At least 10 people were killed and 37 injured when a suicide bomber targeted a security forces' check post in Pakistan's northwestern Swat Valley Saturday, police...

Nepal Army chief General Chhatraman Singh Gurung has refused to hire fighters from the opposition Maoist party's guerrilla army en...

The toll in the twin suicide attacks here Friday has risen to 57, even as seven low-intensity blasts late at night kept police on their toes for over eight...

Bangladesh has decided not to bargain with foreign lenders for lowering loan interest rates in a bid to attract funds from India, China, South Korea and others for funding development projects, officials said...

Hollywood star Penelope Cruz has commissioned musician Mick Jagger's girlfriend model L'Wren Scott to design a gown for her wedding with fellow Spaniard and actor Javier...

Popular singer Shakira, who is engaged to lawyer Antonio de la Rua, says she is unable to settle in one place as her work commitments take her all over the...

Singer Jennifer Hudson and fiance David Otunga, who have been busy finalising details for their wedding, are now focusing on arranging a holiday after the...