Managua (Nicaragua), Aug 24 (Prensa Latina) Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega said his country has attained full literacy after about three percent of the country's illiterate po...More

Kabul, Aug 24 (IANS) A rival candidate has alleged irregularities in the Aug 20 Afghan presidential elections and warned they could affect the outcome, the Online news agency repo...More

Islamabad, Aug 24 (IANS) Pakistani Interior Minister Rehman Malik said Sunday the security forces will continue their offensives against the Taliban during the holy month of Ramad...More

Lima, Aug 24 (EFE) Nineteen people, including three women, were killed Sunday when the bus in which they were travelling veered off the road and fell into a ravine in southern Per...More

Sao Paulo, Aug 24 (EFE) Brazil will build five submarines in collaboration with France to protect its vast off shore oil reserves in the Amazon region, a media report said Sunday....More

Granada (Spain), Aug 24 (EFE) A 20-year-old woman has died of swine flu in southern Spain Sunday, raising the number of deaths from the viral disease to 15 in the country, health ...More

Baghdad, Aug 24 (Xinhua) A supporter of late dictator Saddam Hussein's Ba'ath party has confessed to orchestrating last week's deadly truck bomb attacks in the Iraqi capital in wh...More

Tehran, Aug 24 (Xinhua) Twenty-six militants were killed in fighting with the security forces in northwestern Iran, Fars News agency reported Sunday. The...More

Cincinnati (Ohio), Aug 24 (DPA) Roger Federer claimed his fourth title of the season as the Swiss made final preparations for the upcoming US Open with a 6-1, 7-5 thrashing of Nov...More

Ellwangen (Germany), Aug 23 (DPA) Four people died in a midair collision involving a helicopter and a light plane near the southern German town of Ellwangen Sunday, police said. ...More

London, Aug 23 (IANS) Music mogul Dalla Austin has revealed that late pop legend Michael Jackson's talents didn't stop with music - the King of Pop was a good painter and sketcher...More

London, Aug 23 (IANS) Hollywood actress Milla Jovovich has married filmmaker Paul W.S. Anderson in the backyard of their home Saturday. The couple, who m...More

London, Aug 23 (IANS) Hollywood actress Sharon Stone has again caused a stir as the 'Basic Instinct' star has stripped at the age of 51 for a magazine. N...More

London, Aug 23 (IANS) Hollywood couple Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie are spending 45 million pounds transforming a French chateau into a dream home for themselves and their six chi...More

London, Aug 23 (IANS) Oscar-winning actor Sir Anthony Hopkins has developed such a liking for Indian curry that he ordered a red-hot curry at an Indian restaurant without any rice...More