Floods are sweeping through Asia, with Pakistan, Afghanistan and China the worst affected...

Russia has sent its army in to battle forest fires that are threatening dozens of towns and...

There has been renewed violence in Kashmir, resulting in the killings of a teenage boy and another protester over the...

Two of four kidnapped journalists, who were abducted by alleged drug gangs earlier in the week in Mexico, have been...

The president of Colombia, Alvaro Uribe, has vehemently denied his country is planning an attack on neighbouring...

Prosecutors in the US have said they will take no further action over a claim against former US Vice-President, Al...

An 80-year-old Frenchman has been being freed from a laundry room, where he had been held prisoner by a wife half his age and her alleged...

A strong earthquake shook parts of Iran Friday injuring many and burying...

Julian Assange denies his Web site is responsible for any extra blood spilled in Iraq or Afghanistan, calling on the US government to provide proof of such...

BP will begin scaling back its oil containment efforts, CEO-elect Robert Dudley told reporters on his first trip to the Gulf since the board...

A US-based religious group calling for everyone to burn a copy of the Quran in remembrance of 9/11 victims has been slammed by groups across the...

A royal commission which heard testimony from more than 400 people has found Australia's system for responding to bushfires deficient and has called for major...

A young boy accidentally shot dead his friend after playing with unattended gun in...

Spain's economy continues to take a hammering with the latest unemployment figures showing the highest levels in thirteen...

The Greek government has announced that the military will step in to supply fuel to critical sectors of the economy to ease the pressure created by a crippling lorry driver...

Former first daughter Chelsea Clinton married her longtime beau Marc Mezvinsky 'in a beautiful ceremony' on a perfect summer Saturday night. In what was billed as the 'wedding of the...

Chelsea Clinton was married Saturday, though details of the wedding were guarded like state secrets amid a horde of frustrated reporters in Rhinebeck, north of New York City, the family...

The European Union (EU) has given 30 million euros (about $39 million) in aid to Pakistan so it can help the most needy, including those hit by the current floods in the country, a media report...

Filmmaker M. Night Shyamalan is convinced he will never be able to please his critics because they set impossibly high standards for him after his early career...

The Mexican government has said that its ambassador to Tegucigalpa will return to Honduras next week, as it wants to renew diplomatic ties with the Central American...

Women are attracted to macho men and see modesty as a sign of weakness, says a...

Russian security forces violently dispersed opposition rallies in Moscow and St Petersburg Saturday, taking into custody former deputy prime minister Boris Nemtsov and dozens of other protestors, the broadcaster Echo of Moscow...

The key to happiness is to keep yourself busy in various activities, say...

Singer Justin Timberlake is delighted to be voicing cartoon character Boo-Boo in the forthcoming 'Yogi Bear' movie because he was a big fan of the original cartoon...

'The Hills' star Audrina Patridge would love to meet Johnny Depp because she thinks he is a...

Actress Michelle Rodriguez is urging Hollywood bosses to come up with some new ideas because she is bored of seeing...

At least 13 people were killed and nine injured after a bus fell off a cliff Saturday evening in southwest China's Sichuan province, authorities...

The United Nations is to assemble Sunday an international commission that will investigate the killing of nine activists aboard a Gaza-bound aid ship by Israeli commandos in May, the broadcaster al-Arabiya reported...

Kristen Stewart feels huge pressure from 'Twilight' fans and worries about being 'persecuted' if she doesn't get her character...

London, July 31(IANS) Hollywood actress Nicole Kidman loves to grow her own food in grounds of the house she shares with husband Keith Urban and their daughter Sunday...

Ace golfer Tiger Woods has confirmed that he will compete in the 2011 Omega Dubai Desert Classic at the Emirates Golf Club here, the promoters and organisers of the event have...

US President Barack Obama has warned the Palestinian government of Mahmoud Abbas that 'there will be consequences' if he declines to open direct talks with Israel, Arab media reported...

At least seven people were killed and 23 wounded in separate attacks in Iraq Saturday, police...

Canadian warplanes intercepted two long-range Russian bombers that tried to intrude into Canadian airspace, the defence ministry confirmed ...

People now have some good reason to drink as researchers in the US have claimed that drinking red wine can help live a longer and healthier...

A leading member of Hamas was killed and eight others were injured in Israeli airstrikes on three targets in the Gaza Strip, Palestinian sources confirmed...

Four people were killed and another was wounded in a gunfight among suspected drug dealers in Colombia, police...

Indian golfer Shiv Kapur was unable to build on his first round and crashed out of the European Tour's 3 Irish Open golf...

Over 5,000 of the 7,000 chemical barrels, that were swept into a major river in northeast China's Jilin province, have been recovered by Saturday...

A hat-trick of birdies late in the second stretch of the third round saw Anirban Lahiri pull himself to tied fifth with one more round to go in the Brunei Open here...

The death toll in floods rose to 837 Saturday as rescue workers tried to reach tens of thousands of people stranded in north-western Pakistan, officials...

A state of emergency has been declared in 14 regions across Russia after devastating wildfires claimed 12 lives and rendered thousands of people...

The black box of a Pakistani passenger aircraft which crashed Wednesday in Margalla Hills near Islamabad has been retrieved, officials said...

Hollywood actress Lindsay Lohan is getting as many as 250 fan letters a day as she serves her time in...

A passenger aircraft taxiing at an airport here collided with a stationary plane...

Singer Carrie Underwood has been separated from her new husband Mike Fisher just weeks after their wedding as the ice hockey player returned to work in...

Singer-songwriter Amy Winehouse's publicist has brushed off reports that she is collaborating with Lady Gaga for her highly anticipated comeback...

Two Indian-origin illegal workers were arrested by the UK Border Agency during a raid in a clothing factory here. They are now awaiting...

A former principal of a Catholic boarding school in New Zealand has been found guilty of sexually abusing teenage...

Fans of Spanish giants Real Madrid are divided about the signing of German international Sami Khedira, to judge by an online poll published by sports daily Marca...