South Waziristan (Pakistan), Aug 9 (IANS) A Taliban leader was killed by a rival group during a meeting to select a new chief of the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) in the countr...More

Washington, Aug 9 (Xinhua) Sonia Sotomayor was sworn in Saturday as US Supreme Court justice, becoming the first Hispanic justice at the country's apex court. ...More

Stockholm, Aug 9 (DPA) The European Union (EU) Saturday protested over the trials in Tehran of some 100 opposition supporters, expressing concern and demanding that all those bing...More

Abu Dhabi, Aug 8 (IANS) The United Arab Emirates (UAE) is seeking to get the sport of falconry included in the UNESCO's Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of...More

Islamabad, Aug 8 (IANS) Former Pakistani foreign secretary Niaz Naik, who had been involved in back channel diplomacy with India, has been found dead in his house here, police sai...More

Moscow, Aug 8 (RIA Novosti) Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said Saturday that his French counterpart Nicolas Sarkozy played a 'big role in solving the Georgian-South Ossetian c...More

Kathmandu, Aug 8 (IANS) Nepal's first Maoist prime minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal Prachanda Saturday rubbished reports in a section of Nepali and Indian media that he had fallen out ...More

Islamabad, Aug 8 (IANS) Pakistan Taliban chief Baitullah Mehsud, said to be responsible for the assassination of former prime minister Benazir Bhutto, was not killed in a US drone...More

Jatiasih (Indonesia), Aug 8 (DPA) One of Asia's most-wanted men, Islamic militant Noordin Mohammed Top, was killed after 18 hours of armed standoff with Indonesian anti-terrorism ...More

Kathmandu, Aug 8 (IANS) As negotiations between Nepal's Prime Minister Madhav Kumar Nepal and Maoist chief Pushpa Kamal Dahal Prachanda failed Saturday, the former guerrillas vowe...More

Jakarta, Aug 8 (DPA) One of Asia's most wanted men, Islamic militant Noordin Mohammed Top, was killed in a shoot-out with Indonesian anti-terrorism police in Central Java Saturday...More

Los Angeles, Aug 8 (IANS) Friends of troubled actress Mischa Barton fear that her return to work for new TV series 'The Beautiful Life' is too early and she is on the verge of ano...More

Los Angeles, Aug 8 (IANS) Pop diva Britney Spears will receive a special award at the 2009 Teen Choice awards Sunday. The 'Womanizer' singer, who is due ...More

London, Aug 8 (IANS) Colombian pop star Shakira, who is engaged to entrepreneur Antonio de la Rua, points out that sex is the origin of life and believes it is the ultimate human ...More

Washington, Aug 8 (DPA) Top seed Andy Roddick will face off with compatriot John Isner for a place in the final of the Legg Mason Classic tennis tournament here after defeating Iv...More