Berlin, Aug 18 (DPA) Shelly-Ann Fraser and Kenenisa Bekele lived up to their top status while Yelena Isinbeyeva flopped on a surprise Monday at the World Athletics Championships h...More

Cincinnati (Ohio), Aug 18 (DPA) Montreal finalist Juan Del Potro withdrew from the Cincinnati Masters, citing fatigue and handing his place in the draw to Frenchman Julien Bennete...More

Seoul, Aug 18 (DPA) South Koreans Tuesday mourned the death of the country's former president and Nobel laureate Kim Dae Jung. The Nobel Peace Prize laur...More

Islamabad/New Delhi, Aug 18 (IANS) Referring to Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's remarks that terror groups based in Pakistan were plotting attacks against India, Islamabad ...More

Sydney, Aug 18 (DPA) Australian Foreign Minister Steven Smith Tuesday flagged further discord with China following tiffs over foreign investment rules, iron ore pricing, alleged i...More

Stockholm, Aug 18 (DPA) Asia needs to improve irrigation and introduce water reform to feed growing populations in the coming decades, a new study said Tuesday. ...More

London, Aug 18 (IANS) Road Transport and Highways Minister Kamal Nath brings his 'roadshow' to Britain Sep 1 to attract British investment into India, which he says will build mor...More

Kabul, Aug 18 (DPA) A suicide bomber attacked an international military convoy in the Afghan capital Kabul Tuesday, killing six people and wounding 44 others, officials said. ...More

London, Aug 18 (IANS) A six-month treatment with a synthetic gastro-intestinal hormone, Lanreotide, significantly decreased swollen cystic livers, compared to a 'wait and see' pol...More

Berlin, Aug 18 (DPA) Holder Tyson Gay has pulled out of the 200 metres race at the world championships, United States athletics officials said Monday night. ...More

Kuala Lumpur, Aug 18 (IANS) Malaysians, known for their sweet tooth, are bracing for high prices and low supply of sugar due to a production shortfall in India, the world's second...More

Chicago, Aug 18 (IANS) Simmering tensions between members of the Indian American community in Chicago and Indian Consul General Ashok Kumar Attri have come out in the open with pr...More

Islamabad, Aug 18 (IANS) Flash foods triggered by heavy rain last week have claimed over two dozen lives and destroyed more than 400 houses in northwestern Pakistan, the UN said...More

Islamabad, Aug 18 (IANS) Pakistani security forces have arrested Moulvi Omar, a senior aide to Baituallah Mehsud, the chief of the Pakistani Taliban who is believed to have been k...More

Washington, Aug 18 (IANS) Immune cells or macrophages that protect us against invaders or disease, turn traitors and actually help some of the deadliest cancers to progress, says ...More