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

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

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 prody...

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

A woman and her husband have been sentenced following rape of eight-year-old...

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

Afghanistan has praised Pakistan's offer to help mediate with the...

The U.S. State Department has scolded Israel for only recognizing Jewish holy...

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...

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...

Pakistan's oil mafia is alleged to have siphoned Rs.90 billion annually during former president Pervez Musharraf's tenure by supplying substandard diesel at the rates of the high quality premium variety, a media report said...

Justine Henin's return to tennis stalled Friday with a second-round loss at the Indian Wells Masters as Argentine Gisela Dulko carved out a 6-2, 1-6, 6-4...

A magnitude-6 earthquake struck the eastern Indonesian province of West Papua before midday Saturday, but there were no immediate reports of injury or damage, geophysicists...

Tens of thousands of protesters arrived at the outskirts of Bangkok Saturday to participate in demonstrations aimed at forcing the Thai government to resign and call for new...

With less than 80 days left for the promulgation of a new constitution in Nepal, the nascent republic went on the boil once again Saturday with its Tharu community, believed to be the descendants of the Buddha, going on the...

Bengal Energy Ltd, a Canadian oil and gas exploration and production company based in Calgary, said Friday it is joining an Indian consortium for exploration in the Cauvery...

At least five people were killed and more than a dozen injured Saturday in a suicide attack on a security check post in northwestern Pakistan's Swat Valley, police...

Thirty people were injured when clashes broke out between Christians and Muslims in a rural area in northern Egypt, media reports...

President Barack Obama will visit India later this year though he and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh would have a chance to discuss some bilateral issues at next month's Global Nuclear Security Summit...

Welcoming India-Pakistan dialogue stalled since the Mumbai terror attack blamed on Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT), the United States has asked Islamabad to rein in the terror group with 'increasingly global ambitions and global...

Looking at relations with India 'as one of the most consequential of US foreign policy in the 21st century', the US wishes to capitalise on their converging values and interests to confront global challenges, said a senior US...

Reiterating that Washington remains 'very much committed' to the nuclear deal with India, a US official sees 'good progress' on crucial talks on reprocessing and hopes an accord would emerge well before the August...

Canadian markets Friday crossed the 12,000-mark and the Canadian dollar reached record levels against the US for the first time since...

The New York City fire department, which lost 341 firefighters on 9/11, has slammed a Canadian politician for using graphic images of the world's worst terror attack on her publicity posters for her annual fundraising...

US Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said Israel's behaviour during the visit of Vice President Joe Biden to the couintry was 'insulting', raising the level of tension in an open diplomatic rift with...

US officials are probing the case of a suspected terrorist held in Yemen after evidence revealed he had worked at several nuclear plants in the US, Xinhua...

Chile has called on China to make full use of a free trade deal that helped it become the country's top trading partner, Xinhua...

US Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton spoke with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu Friday to express 'strong objections' to plans to build housing units in occupied East...

Chilean President Sebastian Pinera has said property worth $30 billion damaged in the 8.8-magnitude quake in the country last month, Xinhua...

The US Friday condemned the bombings in Pakistan's Lahore city that left 48 people dead, saying there is no justification for killing innocent...

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...