Hanoi, Aug 24 (DPA) Vietnamese customs inspectors have discovered more than two tonnes of elephant tusks hidden in a shipping container full of snail shells from Kenya, an officia...More

Washington, Aug 24 (DPA) US President Barack Obama has authorised the formation of an elite interrogation team to handle top terrorism suspects, the Washington Post reported on it...More

Hanoi, Aug 24 (DPA) Vietnamese Monday welcomed last week's apology by the US officer convicted of leading the notorious My Lai massacre during the Vietnam War, but said more senio...More

Islamabad, Aug 24 (DPA) Gunmen shot dead an Afghan journalist and wounded his colleague in Pakistan's troubled north-western region Monday, officials said. ...More

Kaziranga (Assam), Aug 24 (IANS) Authorities in Assam have enforced speed regulations on a highway along the famed Kaziranga National Park to prevent vehicles from hitting animals...More

Toronto, Aug 24 (IANS) Scientists have designed a touchy-feely robot that can detect tougher tumour tissue in half the time, and with 40 percent more accuracy than a human. ...More

Kathmandu, Aug 24 (IANS) The flaming row over the use of the Hindi language for official work in Nepal, which split the republic afresh last year, is now headed for a climax with ...More

Buenos Aires, Aug 24 (EFE) Container shipments are paralysed in the port of Buenos Aires due to a union conflict that is causing huge losses, the Argentine press reported. ...More

London, Aug 24 (IANS) American singer and television personality Heidi Montag, who recently stripped for Playboy magazine, is planning to go for a second breast implant surgery. ...More

Kuala Lumpur, Aug 24 (IANS) Malaysian Indian Congress (MIC) chief S. Samy Vellu has challenged his arch rival S. Subramaniam to a public debate. And the latter has accepted the ch...More

London, Aug 24 (IANS) After her impromptu performance at the V Festival in Essex, troubled British singer Amy Winehouse says she is excited to go back on stage and do her 'own gig...More

Havana, Aug 24 (EFE) Cuban leader Fidel Castro has met Ecuadorian President Rafael Correa, the official Juventud Rebelde newspaper reported in an article that featured a photograp...More

Sao Paulo, Aug 24 (EFE) A single-engine plane crashed in the Brazilian state of Minas Gerais, killing two people, authorities said. The plane, which bega...More

Washington, Aug 24 (IANS) NASA has launched a small rocket using a clean, green and safe propellant comprising aluminium powder and water ice. 'This coll...More

London, Aug 24 (IANS) Singer Katy Perry destroyed two guitars worth $4,900 each on stage at the V concert recently. ...More