Hanover (Germany), Aug 17 (DPA) A Chinese people-trafficking gang is thought to have smuggled more than 1,000 compatriots into Germany over the years to work as chefs, criminal in...More

Moscow, Aug 17 (RIA Novosti) At least eight people were killed and 54 others missing Monday when an oil transformer at a power station exploded in Russia's southern Siberia, offic...More

Rostov-On-Don (Russia), Aug 17 (RIA Novosti) At least 20 people were killed and 138 injured Monday in a suicide bomb attack in Russia's southern Ingushetia region, officials said....More

Tehran, Aug 17 (DPA) The Tehran prosecutor's office has temporarily banned the country's main opposition newspaper Etemad Melli, the daily's website reported Monday. ...More

Karachi, Aug 17 (IANS) Pakistan said Monday Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's remark about the possibility of another 26/11 - style attack 'was uncalled for'. ...More

Stockholm, Aug 17 (DPA) India's Bindeshwar Pathak, the founder of Sulabh sanitation movement, will receive the 2009 Stockholm Water Prize, as delegates from over 130 countries gat...More

Kathmandu, Aug 17 (DPA) A UN report Monday urged Nepalese political parties to end social inequality in the country to consolidate the gains of peace. Th...More

Moscow, Aug 17 (DPA) The crew of the missing freighter Arctic Sea are alive and free, Russian Defence Minister Anatoly Serdyukov said Monday. He was quot...More

Los Angeles, Aug 17 (IANS) Pop legend Michael Jackson will be laid to rest on his birthday, according to the singer's father. Jackson will be buried in F...More

London, Aug 17 (IANS) British singer Lily Allen burst into tears at a concert in Finland because she was unable to bear the pain caused by a back injury. ...More

London, Aug 17 (IANS) The pets of 'X Factor' judge Cheryl Cole, pop star Britney Spears and socialite Paris Hilton are to battle it out for the title of favourite celebrity pet. ...More

London, Aug 17 (IANS) Hollywood director Quentin Tarantino says he feels naked when people watch his movies because the scripts of his movies are always 'extremely personal'. ...More

Seoul, Aug 17 (Xinhua) The South Korean foreign ministry said Monday it is inappropriate to compare the country's rocket launch, scheduled Wednesday, with that of North Korea's mi...More

London, Aug 17 (IANS) Former England Test batsman Marcus Trescothick faces returning to India three years after a terrifying attack of depression led the talented cricketer to cut...More

Islamabad, Aug 17 (Xinhua) At least 12 people were killed in a car bomb attack at a petrol station in northwest Pakistan, TV reports said Monday. The bom...More