NATO should take a strong line with Russia over its use of force in the conflict with Georgia, but that strong line should not imperil NATO-Russia dialogue, the alliance's foreign ministers said at an emergency meeting in Brussels...

Hollywood superstar Tom Cruise is reportedly set to become a superhero in an adaptation of comic book classic...

NATO and the European Union (EU) strongly condemned Tuesday's suicide bomb attack against a police academy in Algeria that left at least 43 people...

Tbilisi/Russia and Georgia exchanged prisoners Tuesday as Russian troops slowly began pulling out of the conflict region in...

Military observers of the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) will be deployed in Georgia starting this week, after Georgia and Russia reached a compromise and the organisation approved the mission...

A cell of young Pakistani-origin men found guilty of terror offences may have been plotting to attack the queen and other members of the British royal family, a newspaper reported...

Thousands of Thai protesters marched on the British embassy here Tuesday to demand that Britain refuse asylum to former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra and his wife, Pojaman, who fled to London last week to escape pending corruption cases against...

Cheaper alternatives like ultrasound imaging can help identify those at high risk for a heart attack or other cardiovascular conditions, according to a...

Bollywood superstar Amitabh Bachchan is to join Indian-origin MP Keith Vaz this week to open the new premises of a diabetes charity in...

British reality TV star Jade Goody, who came to India to participate in the second season of Indian show 'Bigg Boss', has been detected with cancer and will now leave the...

Upcoming Welsh singer Duffy is scared that people back in her hometown might think that success has changed...

Troubled pop star Britney Spears, who is making an impressive comeback professionally, has got herself a new look and she might have found a new man in her life...

Actress Lindsay Lohan and her rumoured same-sex partner Samantha Ronson were spotted hugging and getting intimate in Hollywood...

The European Union (EU) has said it hopes the future president of Pakistan and the government can work together on developing and strengthening democracy in Pakistan, respecting institutions and the rule of law, EuAsiaNews reported...

New Delhi, Aug 19 : The eighth meeting of the Indo-Russian Working Group on Shipbuilding, Aviation and Land Systems was held on August 18-19, here within the framework of the Indo-Russian Inter-Governmental Commission on Military Technical Co-operation. ...

London, Aug 19 : Germany might be a fairly rainy and wet place, but water in the country is more expensive than anywhere else on the planet, according to a new...

POTI, Georgia (AP) — Russia took the first steps toward a troop pullback from Georgia on Tuesday but at the same time paraded blindfolded and bound Georgian prisoners on armored vehicles and...

Nato foreign ministers kept alive the hopes of Georgia and Ukraine yesterday that they could eventually become members of the military alliance. But even without the provocation to Russia of a clear...

VETO-holding Russia blocked UN Security Council action on the Georgian crisis this morning, refusing to support a Western-backed draft resolution calling for an immediate Russian military withdrawal....

POTI, Georgia — Russia took the first steps toward a troop pullback from Georgia on Tuesday but at the same time paraded blindfolded and bound Georgian prisoners on armoured vehicles and seized...

The graves were shallow, dug in haste. One was in a shed attached to a house, the stench overwhelming the building. Stones had been on top to prevent disturbance by animals. This was the grim...

TBILISI (Reuters) - The Kremlin said its forces would pull back from Georgia's heartland by Friday to positions set out under a French-brokered peace plan, amid mounting Western criticism about the...

A German geography professor has developed a controversial system of mountain "wind-catching" screens which he claims could slow or even halt the dramatic rate at which Europe's glaciers are melting....

The Bank of New York index of ADRs fell 0.9% to 151.17. The European index closed down 1% at 148.04, as a plunge in stocks in the U.K. affected European ADRs. Banks were particularly hard hit,...

"Although Saakashvili signed the six principles (peace plan), we can see that this order is not being implemented," said Col. Gen. Anatoly Nogovitsyn, deputy chief of the Russian General Staff. He...

New York - The United Nations said Tuesday that Russian armed forces remain in and around Gori, a major city in central Georgia, and that Moscow might not withdraw its vanguard troops until this...

Lang Ping, coach of the women's volleyball team of the United States, hugs her team members during the Women's Quarterfinals match U.S. vs Italy of Beijing 2008 Olympic Games volleyball event in...

Hungary cruised to a 5-0 victory against San Marino to maintain their outside chances of progressing from UEFA European Under-21 Championship Group...

Nato is useless. It has failed to bring stability to Afghanistan, as it failed to bring it to Serbia. It just breaks crockery. Nato has proved a rotten fighting force, which in Kabul is on the brink...

BRUSSELS, Belgium – NATO pulled its punches against Russia on Tuesday, suspending formal contacts as punishment for the Georgia invasion but bucking U.S. pressure for more severe penalties. ...

Nato linked the future of the alliance's relations with Moscow to the pullout of troops from Georgia yesterday and warned that "there can be no business as usual under present circumstances." ...

MOSCOW (AFP) - NATO-Russia relations plunged to their lowest point in years Tuesday over the conflict in Georgia and Russia's failure to withdraw from the...

Spain's synchronised swimmers have been banned from wearing a swimsuit with embedded waterproof lights which they had hoped would give an extra sparkle to their Olympic...

BRUSSELS : NATO foreign ministers strengthened their ties to Georgia and called for Russia to observe a ceasefire and to immediately withdraw its troops, vowing that until it does the alliance...

Former British glam rocker Gary Glitter did not board his connecting flight to London early today, an airline official says, after he left Vietnam following a child molestation prison...

European ambition The 24-year-old has signed a three-year deal with the Fir Park club after he was released from his contract by Wycombe. "I'm looking forward to getting back playing in the Scottish...

Six German MPs have been upbraided for using "unacceptable and devious" behaviour on an official visit to America, during which one of them demanded the services of a "negro" to push the wheelchair...

(AFP)--Ukraine's foreign ministry said Tuesday there was no risk of Russian troops invading the southern Crimea Peninsula, despite scenarios put forth in recent days by the country's media and...

Addressing representatives from 50 African countries, Turkish president Abdullah Gul described the meeting as a landmark event.Mr. Gul said the summit was held based on the idea that the success of...

Moscow will draw conclusions from NATO's pro-Georgian stance, and the future of the Russia-NATO Council "depends on our partners," Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Tuesday. The...

, and that "its forces are behaving in a wholly inappropriate fashion in a neighboring state," according to a transcript of the interview provided by the State Department. Rice said the longer that...

An Oslo court has rejected an inheritance claim from a man insisting he descends from Norwegian king Haakon V Magnusson, who died in 1319, since the statute of limitation for such a claim is far...

FC Zenit St. Peterburg's Russian international defender Aleksandr Anyukov is likely to miss the UEFA Super Cup as he struggles with a painful chest...

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad would pay a working visit to Russia on Wednesday at an invitation from his Russian counterpart Dmitry Medvedev, the official SANA news agency reported on Tuesday. It...

KIEV, Ukraine (AP) - Russia's foreign minister warned Ukrainian leaders Tuesday against trying to restrict the Kremlin's use of a Crimean naval base it leases from Ukraine, adding to tensions that...

U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice harshly criticized Moscow as the "loser" in the confrontation with its smaller neighbor and accused Russia of "wanton destruction of civilian infrastructure."...

President Nicolas Sarkozy is travelling to Afghanistan to support French troops a day after one of the deadliest attacks on French forces abroad. Ten French soldiers were killed and 21 injured in an...

Former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic has asked the UN war crimes tribunal to replace the judge in charge of the preparatory stage of his trial. In a letter to The Hague tribunal, he said...

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has accused NATO of adopting a policy against his country by supporting Georgia, after the alliance declared there can no longer be business as usual with...

A suspected suicide bomber detonated a car outside the Turkish city of Mersin while on the run from the police, killing himself and wounding 12...