Campaign officials for Barack Obama say his new running mate will join the Democratic hopeful onstage this coming weekend in Springfield,...

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has accused NATO of overemphasising its support of Georgia after the alliance declared there could no longer be business as usual with...

Jordan and China have signed an agreement for cooperating in the peaceful uses of nuclear energy, mainly in electricity generation and water...

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

The leaders of Pakistan's ruling coalition have failed to agree on a consensus candidate to succeed Pervez Musharraf as president, to provide him indemnity and to work out the modalities of restoring the judges who were sacked after an emergency was declared last...

The United States says it will study any application for asylum by ex-Pakistani president Pervez Musharraf but has pointed out that no such bid had been made so...

Zambian President Levy Mwanawasa has died in the Percy Military Hospital in Paris after being hospitalised there for more than a...

Lawyers for Indian doctor,Mohamed Haneef, who was arrested in Australia on terrorism charges, which were later dropped, say he has been vindicated in a new enquiry which has criticised the methods of the Australian Federal...

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

A stolen 1933 painting by the legendary Spanish painter Pablo Picasso has been found abandoned in Sao Paulo by the Brazilian...

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...

Two senior Congress leaders in India and three others have been charged by the Punjab vigilance department for the illegal construction of a building on government land in Amritsar...

Freestyle wrestler Sushil Kumar went down in the opening round of the men's 66 kg freestyle competition, but he is still alive in the Games, as his conqueror fought his way through to the final...

The Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF), which begins Sep 3, will be a lighter affair this year in terms of film themes and their...

Miss Nepal, Nepal's oldest and best-known beauty pageant, has become the first casualty of the new Maoist government, with the organisers mulling scrapping it after the former rebels announced a Kathmandu closure and a boycott of Indian ayurvedic giant Dabur, the main sponsor of the...

Coal burning contaminated the Arctic and potentially affected human health and ecosystems in and around the polar regions, according to a new...

Colombo, Aug 20 (Xinhua) The Sri Lankan government Wednesday urged the international community to put pressure on the Tamil Tigers to allow civilians to leave the conflict zones to...

Troubled singer Amy Winehouse and her husband have become neighbours - the 'Back to black' singer has booked into a clinic which is only a short drive from the jail where Blake Fielder-Civil is...

As a breach in a river barrage turned over 50,000 people homeless in southern Nepal and threatened thousands more in neighbouring India, the Indian government rejected allegations that its negligence had caused the disaster, putting the blame squarely back on...

Actress Megan Fox is trying to be an ideal stepmother-to-be for fiance Brian Austen Green's son Kassius and says she even feels guilty when she has to travel for...

An off-colour Achanta Sharath Kamal was full of errors as he went down 1-4 to a much higher ranked Chen Wiexing, a Chinese-born Austrian, in the second round of the men's singles table tennis competition...

Minority teens need to be helped to better understand how the emergency contraception pill works and eliminate some misconceptions about side-effects, confidentiality and accessibility, according to a new...

The US has offered to help Pakistan establish a drug regulatory authority to ensure the availability of safe, efficacious and quality...

The picture postcard land of lakes, reindeers and the mystic Santa Claus - Finland - has caught the Indian traveller's fancy. Statistics reveal that the number of Indian tourists to the small Nordic country has jumped by over 50 percent in the last one...

Individuals holding senior positions or authority have higher levels of interpersonal conflict, according to a new...

"Basic Instinct" star Sharon Stone is reportedly dating a man who is less than half her...

Bangladesh's elite force Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) prevented 25 people from being transported illegally to India, even as the two South Asian neighbours are set to take up contentious issues pertaining to border management at talks beginning...

On his first day out of power, former Pakistan president Pervez Musharraf heard his favourite Hindi song 'Chal udja re panchhi, yeh desh hua diwana' (fly away bird, this country is no longer yours) but assured friends that he would not run away, writes a prominent Pakistani...

Islamabad, Aug 20 (Xinhua) At least 21 people were killed and 35 injured in tribal clashes in northwest Pakistan's Kurram tribal agency...

Indian car maker Tata Motors, which is planning to produce the world's cheapest car selling at 1,700 euros ($2,600), also has plans to produce an electric-drive version, according to a German press...

Chinese security personnel detained five American pro-Tibet activists after they unfurled a banner in Beijing's Olympic...

Tom Cruise is eyeing a comic book adaptation as one of three new films he hopes will turn around his stalling career, according to the Hollywood...

The United Arab Emirates' (UAE) Ministry of Economy has launched a comprehensive nationwide price control campaign to prevent manipulation and monopoly and ensure smooth supply of food items during the Islamic holy month of...

Two new high-rises, designed to architecturally mimic the movement of sand dunes in the desert, will soon come up in this capital city of the United Arab Emirates...

The United Arab Emirates' (UAE) health ministry is working hard to develop the necessary infrastructure to boost the country's medical tourism...

US President George W. Bush is expected to have high-level contacts with the new government of Pakistan soon, but the White House would not say if and when he would call his 'personal friend' Pervez...

In a poll outcome set to delight children worldwide, British adults have voted Enid Blyton, Roald Dahl and J.K. Rowling as their three favourite writers, putting them well ahead of authors of the critically acclaimed 'serious...

India will hold a special briefing for the 45 members of the Nuclear Suppliers' Group (NSG) later Wednesday in an effort to get the existing ban that prevents nuclear commerce between NSG countries and New Delhi...

Two new categories recognising excellence in corporate social responsibility and supply chain and logistics management have been included in an annual business award in the United Arab Emirates...

The United Arab Emirates' (UAE) international luxury executive airline Royal Jet has announced a new fare structure for the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC)...

Zimbabwe's parliament will convene next week almost five months after the elections, with state radio Tuesday quoting parliament clerk Austin Zvoma saying that preparations were at 'an advanced...

US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has cancelled plans to attend the closing ceremonies of the Olympic Games in Beijing Sunday, the White House...

On her way from India to the Democratic Convention in Denver, Colorado, party delegate Carolyn Sauvage-Mar bought carbon credits. Ninety dollars was all it took to neutralise the emissions from her round trip of 24,000 km between New Delhi and the Western city where centre-left party delegates gather...

Discovering the advantages of international love, volunteering to try out one of the more than 100,000 condoms being handed out in the Village, or simply out to party is an Olympic experience down to the last...

At least 17 people have been killed and 15 injured when a truck they were travelling in flipped over on a highway in southeastern Brazil, EFE news agency reported Wednesday, citing police...

US stocks declined Tuesday after producer prices surged and housing construction plummeted by the most in 17 years, prompting investor concerns that the US has entered a prolonged period of low growth and high...

Sunni Muslim militant groups have suspended their unity accord with the Lebanese Shia movement Hezbollah, just 24 hours after it was announced at a press conference in...

A major fire erupted Tuesday in the building housing Egypt's Shura Council or upper house of parliament, injuring at least 13 people, security sources...

Hollywood actor Danny Glover has alleged that Hollywood studio bosses are racist after he failed to secure financial aid for a biopic of revolutionary Haitian leader Toussaint...

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