London, Aug 25 (IANS) Italian actress Monica Bellucci says that she is bored of Hollywood glitz and glamour and prefers to be at home with her four-year-old daughter Deva. ...More

Kuala Lumpur, Aug 25 (IANS) Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak Tuesday struck a conciliatory note on the impending first-ever caning of a Muslim woman, an ex-model who was f...More

London, Aug 25 (IANS) Troubled British singer Amy Winehouse's relatives have declared they will break all ties with her if she reunites with estranged husband Blake Fielder-Civil....More

Dhaka, Aug 25 (IANS) Bangladesh has unveiled its oil and gas exploration plans in the Bay of Bengal, awarding three blocks for exploration, while taking care that they do not fall...More

Dhaka, Aug 25 (IANS) Nineteen Bangladesh hockey players have proceeded to Germany to hone their skills as part of their preparation for next year's South Asian Games. ...More

Dhaka, Aug 25 (IANS) Bangladesh has launched a drive against Islamist militancy, combining punitive action with interaction at grassroot level. The government hopes to involve the...More

Jinzhong (China), Aug 25 (Xinhua) A blast in a coal mine in China's Shanxi province left 11 people dead and three missing, authorities said. The explosi...More

Jungfraujoch (Switzerland), Aug 25 (IANS) Agatha Christie fans may remember Hercule Poirot solving a murder at the highest station of a Swiss funicular railway as heavy snowfall i...More

Washington, Aug 25 (DPA) US President Barack Obama plans to nominate Federal Reserve Board Chairman Ben Bernanke for a second term at the helm of the rate-setting central bank, th...More

Toronto, Aug 25 (IANS) General Motors's new board is reportedly reluctant to sell its Opel unit to Canada's auto-parts giant Magna International. Magna, ...More

Caracas, Aug 25 (Prensa Latina) Tensions between Caracas and Bogota are rising after Colombia signed a defence pact with Washington to set up US military bases in Colombia, offici...More

Hamburg, Aug 25 (DPA) Forget the movie image of Tyrannosaurus rex engaged in battle with other brutes his own size. In fact, T-rex was a cowardly bully who preferred to pick on ru...More

Washington, Aug 25 (DPA) US Attorney General Eric Holder Monday appointed a special prosecutor to re-examine nearly a dozen cases of CIA interrogators who allegedly abused terrori...More

United Nations, Aug 25 (Xinhua) UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon Monday announced the appointment of Jean-Maurice Ripert of France as head of its humanitarian assistance programme...More

Rawalpindi, Aug 25 (IANS) A UN team probing the murder of former Pakistani prime minister Benazir Bhutto Monday visited the hospital where she was rushed after the fatal attack on...More