The head of the US Federal Reserve has partially opposed president Barack Obama's new rules to regulate financial...

The head of the Iranian atomic energy agency, Ali Akbar Salehi, has told local television the country will make concessions to the West by exchanging Tehran's low-grade uranium for highly enriched uranium that it needs for its medical...

US drone strikes have killed at least 10 militants in...

The Palestinian Authority has closed down the only Christian TV broadcaster in the...

A painting by Spanish artist Pablo Picasso, which was once withdrawn from sale due to links with Nazis, is to be sold by its current owner, composer Andrew Lloyd...

Lonely people are more prone to developing high blood pressure in later life, say...

A planet discovered 1,500 light years from Earth is remarkably similar to those in our own solar system, according to...

US President Barack Obama Thursday signed a nearly $18-billion jobs bill into law, hoping the measure will be the first of many to bring the labour market out of a long...

Natalie Woods' sister wants to reopen the investigation into the late actress's death at sea in...

Model Katie Price has revealed that she is trying for a baby with new husband Alex Reid and can't wait to get...

India is facing an internal divide on the issue of talks with Pakistan, Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi said here...

Singer Beyonce Knowles has had a whiff of the sweet smell of success - $3 million worth of her Beyonce Heat fragrance has been sold since its launch last...

Rapper Diddy is planning to invest in London club Crystal Palace, which currently faces...

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Thursday that the US was 'no longer an enemy, but also not yet a friend,' shortly before talks with US Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, Interfax news agency...

At least 15 people, including police and civilians, were injured Thursday during a protest here against the hike in transport fares in Islamabad and its twin city of...

Singapore police said Thursday they arrested a 34-year-old Indian man in connection with the murder of Philippine tourist Roselyn Reyes...

The world's oldest brokerage firm has faded into history after its famous name was scratched out by its Indian owners as part of ambitious plans to establish a global financial services...

Pakistan seeks a long-term strategic partnership with the US, Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi said Thursday conceding that differences still exist between the two countries but it is now Washington's turn to 'do...

The world's oldest brokerage firm has faded into history after its famous name was scratched out by its Indian owners as part of plans to establish a global financial services...

Thuraya is to develop a high-speed broadband terminal for the maritime industry in partnership with Comtech, WAM news agency reported...

Environmentally aware consumers are more likely to lie, cheat and be unkind than regular shoppers, a study...

The bodies of a convicted Indian-origin banker and her husband have been found hanging from a footbridge at a busy traffic intersection a day after she fled a London court at the end of her...

Cloves are the best natural antioxidants, which are crucial in keeping food fresh, a new study...

A five-year-old British boy who was released by his kidnappers in Pakistan after the family paid a ransom in Europe was reunited with his father Thursday, the British High Commission here...

It's important to take care of the teeth and if you are pregnant, you should be doubly careful. A new study says pregnant women with gum disease are more likely to have premature...

Sandra Bullock triumphed at the Oscars by winning the best actress trophy for her impressive performance in 'The Blind Side', but reports of her husband's infidelity gave her little time to savour the...

In the worst road accident in Nepal this year, at least 25 people were killed when a bus fell off the highway and plunged into a river in western Nepal Thursday with eyewitnesses fearing the toll could go...

Hollywood actress Sandra Bullock has reportedly moved out of the house she shares with husband Jesse James following reports of his...

Actress Lindsay Lohan's father says his daughter has been in touch with him following his heart...

North Korea has executed a former top finance official over the country's failed currency reform, South Korea's Yonhap news agency said...

A suicide-bomber in southern Afghanistan blew himself up while putting on a vest of explosives, an official...

US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton arrived in Moscow Thursday to discuss a new strategic arms reduction...

A guitar autographed by Hollywood heart throb Robert Pattinson has been put on sale on Internet auction site...

Women drivers are 'getting more aggressive' than men, a Malaysian expert said Thursday, adding 'the number of women involved in accidents is on the...

Many Canadian universities and colleges are likely to enter India after the Indian parliament passes a bill to allow foreign educational institutions to set up independent campuses in the...

An Indian origin family in New Zealand was in mourning after losing its six-year-old son who died in a road accident while going to see a kabaddi match, a media report said...

Sandra Bullock has cancelled the British premiere of 'The Blind Side', for which she won the best actress Oscar, amid claims that she is upset after learning that her husband cheated on her with a...

An Indian man and woman, working as cabin crew for Emirates airlines, have received a jail sentence here for exchanging steamy text messages, a media report said...

Hollywood heartthrob Robert Pattinson is interested in essaying the role of super spy James...

Pop diva Madonna reportedly performed a lap dance for a male model during a recent night out in Los...

At least 18 people died on the spot early Thursday when a bus fell off a highway and plunged into a river in western Nepal, the worst road accident in the country this...

Veteran actor Dennis Hopper will be honoured with a star at the Hollywood Walk of...

Toyota may be slapped with criminal charges in Canada for hiding accelerator problems from motorists even as it was trying to fix...

A 100-year-old British woman has become the longest ever resident of a house in this country by staying in the same dwelling for the past 96...

A portrait painted by Picasso when he was 22 is to be auctioned with an estimated price of 40 million...

A 'deepening tide of tolerance' over half a century has created the grounds for Britain to elect its first black prime minister, according to a new book tracking public attitudes in Britain and the...

A British computer company's advertisment seeking an applicant 'preferably of Indian origin' has been dubbed racist by...

Bolivian President Evo Morales's administration plans to invest $124.7 million this year in projects that will expand electricity generation and supply the domestic market, a minister...

A scientific discovery has shown early humans were living on the Indonesian island of Flores many years before first...

A former Colombian army captain has been sentenced by a judge to 20 years in prison for his role in the 2005 killings of eight people, including three children, in Antioquia and Cordoba provinces, authorities...