Dubai, Aug 17 (IANS) The first wife of a bridegroom has confessed to setting a wedding tent on fire in Kuwait that killed 41 women and children and injured many others, a media re...More

Moscow, Aug 17 (RIA Novosti) At least seven people were killed and 11 injured Monday when two water conduits broke at a power station in Russia's southern Siberia, officials said....More

Baghdad, Aug 17 (DPA) The Iraqi government has done nothing to stop militias' torture and murder of gay men, the US-based Human Rights Watch said in a report released Monday. ...More

Hazeltine (Minnesota), Aug 17 (IANS) Indian golfer Jeev Milkha Singh slipped down the leaderboard with a disappointing six-over 78 and to a lowly 67th place, but South Korean star...More

Kathmandu, Aug 17 (IANS) Nepal's former guerrillas, the Maoist party, Monday warned they would oppose any controversial deal between the coalition government and India during Prim...More

Washington, Aug 17 (IANS) After more than 50 years of research, scientists have finally discovered a number of new mosquito repellants that keep the dangerous pests away much long...More

Montreal, Aug 17 (IANS) Montreal saw history being made when the top eight players of the world entered the quarter-finals of an Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) tourname...More

Dhaka, Aug 17 (IANS) A Dhaka court Monday dropped a murder charge against Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and her political associates, which was levelled almost three years ago for ...More

Karachi, Aug 17 (IANS) New Zealand Cricket (NZC) has demanded $750,000 from the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) to host the three-match Test series in November. ...More

Islamabad, Aug 17 (IANS) Pakistan Monday asked the US to help it permanently overcome its energy crisis. Finance Minister Shaukat Tareen made the demand ...More

London, Aug 17 (IANS) A transatlantic row is brewing - over unpaid traffic penalties. Two weeks after the installation of a new US ambassador to Britain,...More

Dhaka, Aug 17 (IANS) Bangladesh President Zillur Rahman Monday sought opinion of the Supreme court on whether the border guards who mutinied in February be tried under the civil c...More

Washington, Aug 17 (IANS) The mystery of why temperatures in the sun's outer atmosphere soar to several million degrees, far hotter than temperatures near the sun's surface, has b...More

New Delhi, Aug 17 (IANS) The first dry powder inhalable vaccine for measles will be tested next year in India. Millions of infants and children suffer from the disease which kills...More

Washington, Aug 17 (IANS) Deep in Africa's Kalahari desert lies the Devil's Claw, a plant that may hold the key to effective treatments for arthritis, tendonitis and other illness...More