CAIRO - Three people were killed as thousands of angry protesters clashed with security forces in Egypt's capital Cairo and other cities for a second day Friday over the deaths of 74 football fans on...

TEL AVIV - Iran is trying to strike Israeli targets around the world in retaliation for the assassination of its nuclear scientists, a top security official has warned.

Yoram Cohen, the head of...

BANGKOK - Cambodia's UN-backed war crimes tribunal has rejected an appeal by a Khmer Rouge jailer Kaing Guek Eav alias Duch, and increased his sentence to life imprisonment for crimes against...

NAIROBI, Kenya - A good harvest and food aid inflows have improved the situation in Somalia, the United Nations said Friday declaring that the country is out of "famine" situation, while underlining...

AMSTERDAM - The International Court of Justice has ordered Italy to annul all compensation claims against Germany for Nazi war crimes, saying Rome had breached international laws when its courts...

The Russian government has announced awards of $130,000 to Russian athletes who win a gold medal at the 2012 London Olympics.

The government announced Friday that silver medalists would receive...

Actress Sharon Stone will play a married woman who seduces a student in director Tony Kaye's new movie.

According to contactmusic.com, the 53-year-old, known for her bold role in "Basic Instinct",...

US President Barack Obama will host British Prime Minister David Cameron at the White House during an official visit in March, the White House said.

The meeting scheduled for March 13-14 will also...

Actor Brad Pitt says he quit smoking cannabis because he was "disgusted" with the habit, and stopped for the sake of his career.

The 48-year-old admitted that he was heavily using marijuana in the...

Iran plans to establish a national satellite launch base in the southeast of the country, adjacent to the Sea of Oman and the Indian Ocean, Press TV reported.

President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has...

Reality TV star Kim Kardashian has reportedly been "hanging out" with American football quarterback Mark Sanchez.

The 31-year-old, who was last year married to basketball star Kris Humphries for...

Police in Russia's Siberia region have uncovered a drug lab in the same building that has a court just one storey below it.

The Siberian News Agency said Friday the lab was discovered in Khakassia...

Singer-actress Demi Lovato said an eating disorder made her "very manipulative".

"I was a very manipulative person when it came to my eating disorder. You name it, I did it," showbiz.com quoted the...

Two plants to manufacture space-defence missiles will soon be built in Russia, Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin has said.

The first in Nizhny Novgorod will employ 5,000 workers and the second in...

Pop diva Madonna will dedicate a 12-minute performance at the Super Bowl to her winemaker dad.

The 53-year-old singer will take the stage at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis Sunday.

Madonna is...

Two American tourists and their Egyptian guide were kidnapped by local tribesmen in Egypt on their way back from a local monastery, but were later released unharmed, media reports said.

The three...

Backstreet Boys singer Nick Carter dedicated a song to his late sister Leslie Carter and got emotional while performing the song.

Leslie, 25, died Jan 31 at her upstate New York home. Reports said...

BEIJING - China, the holder of one of the world's largest foreign exchange reserves, has indicated it may get "more deeply involved" in resolving the European Union debt crisis.

This was stated...

Actress Naomi Watts has shown her disappointment towards the Academy Awards for snubbing "J Edgar" leading man Leonardo DiCaprio.

The 43-year-old said she was shocked to hear that DiCaprio was not...

TOKYO - Japan's Panasonic Friday predicted staggering annual loss of $10.2 billion, joining rivals Sony and Sharp who have also forecast combined losses of $6 billion.

Panasonic said it was headed...

LONDON - The eurozone's service sector has shown some growth, marginal though, for the first time in four months, raising expectations that a recession could be kept at bay.

The Markit eurozone...

BRUSSELS - Several countries in Europe are facing gas supply crunch with severe cold weather driving up demand and drop in Russian supplies via Kiev, raising fears of a repeat of the 2009...

LONDON - Seven National Health Services (NHS) trusts, including three in London, have been identified for a bailout from a 1.5 billion pounds government fund to relieve major financial pressures.
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Pakistani Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani Friday inaugurated the country's first luxury train in the eastern city of Lahore.

The Business Express will run between Lahore and Karachi cities.

It is...

US economic recovery was speeding up with the labor market improving, but the nation needed to take more steps to bolster the faltering recovery, President Barack Obama said Friday.

Obama welcomed...

China has distributed 20.7 billion yuan (about $3.3 billion) to over 87 million needy people across the country as part of a welfare program, the government said Friday.

The money was distributed...

British Energy Minister Chris Huhne resigned Friday, Xinhua reported.

Police said they would prosecute him for allegedly perverting the course of justice in relation to driving a car above the speed...

The US unemployment rate edged down to 8.3 percent in January from 8.5 percent in December 2011, the Labour Department said Friday.

Total US nonfarm payroll employment rose by 243,000 in January,...

Four people were killed in a suicide bomb attack Friday night in northwestern Pakistani city of Peshawar.

The bomber rammed his explosives-laden vehicle into the office of a property dealer, Xinhua...

Emirates Airlines has launched its new daily flights to Dallas city in the US, it was announced Friday.

Emirates will serve Dallas/Fort Worth daily with a Boeing 777 aircraft.

The new service is a...

Air Seychelles Friday announced direct flights from Seychelles' largest island of Mahe to Abu Dhabi.

This follows last week's announcement that UAE's Etihad Airways will form a strategic partnership...

A crematorium in Britain is to broadcast funerals live on the internet for mourners who are unable to attend, a media report said Friday.

The crematorium bosses also intend to install a big screen...

A woman who boasted of having slept with 1,000 men has confessed to once being a man, a media report said Friday.

Sex addict Crystal Warren, born Christopher Snowden, changed gender in 2005, the...

Former Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi's wedding ring and the shirt he wore when he was killed by rebels last October have been put up for sale for $2 million, Daily Mail reported Friday.

The...

A severe cold wave has killed 64 people across Russia in January.

About 1,400 people requested medical assistance, with 779 admitted to hospitals, Deputy Health Minister Maxim Topilin said, adding...

Sahara Force India Friday unveiled their car for the 2012 Formula One season as Paul Di Resta and Nico Hulkenberg pulled the covers off the VJM05 here at the team's headquarters here.

Di Resta and...

Plenty of wetlands in China's Tibet region have raised its tourism potential. It is home to 6.5 million hectares of wetland, Global Times reported Friday.

Tibet has built several Wetland Nature...

India's cricket captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni commended his side for an exceptional fielding effort in the second Twenty20 International against Australia at the Melbourne Cricket Ground here...

Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said during Friday prayers that Western sanctions have helped the country realise its potential.

Khamenei's comments in Tehran were broadcast live by...

A high level British business team led by a senior official will be travelling to India next week to pitch for UK firms for trade opportunities in the lucrative Indian defence market.

The five-day...

China will conduct naval exercises in the Pacific Ocean later this month, the defence ministry said Friday.

Naval squads of the Chinese People's Liberation Army will participate, Xinhua reported....

A total of 101 people have died so far in Ukraine due to severe cold weather, with 38 succumbing in the past 24 hours till Friday evening, authorities said.

The emergencies ministry said 64 people...

A total of 246 people have been rescued after a ferry accident off the coast of Papua New Guinea, authorities here said Friday. The vessel was carrying about 360 people.

Five ships carried the...

Over 8,300 people suffered from food poisoning in 2011 in China, of which 137 died, the health ministry said.

The figures were based on four quarterly reports posted by the ministry on its website,...

Real Madrid make the short trip to Getafe Saturday as they look to maintain their seven-point lead at the top of the Spanish Primera Liga football.

Last weekend's results gave Jose Mourinho's a...

The Zambian government has warned its footballers currently participating in the Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) that it will not tolerate any more indiscipline at the on-going tournament.

Some...

Efforts to cleanup industrial effluents from a major river in south China will take a month, authorities said Friday.

Cadmium concentration in Liujiang river is expected to drop below the official...

PSV Eindhoven and AZ Alkmaar qualified for the semi-finals of the Dutch Cup, with PSV beating NEC Nijmegen 3-2 and AZ defeating amateur side G.V.V.V 2-1.

PSV had a difficult evening in Eindhoven...

FC Barcelona have a must-win game against Real Sociedad in the Spanish Primera Liga football Saturday.

Barca are already seven points behind league leaders Real madrid and cannot afford to lose more...

A revolutionary surgical procedure could repair severed nerves within minutes and set the patient firmly on the road to recovery within mere days or weeks, reveals a study.

The study, led by...