Washington, Aug 7 (IANS) The US has resumed accepting applications for the H-2B foreign temporary worker visa after receiving far fewer petitions from US employers than anticipate...More

Washington, Aug 7 (IANS) 'That blasted siren. I can't focus.' That reaction to an undesired distraction may signal a person's low working-memory capacity, according to a new study...More

Washington, Aug 7 (IANS) Americans think Barack Obama's overall performance as president deserves a grade of C+ or just about average, according to a new national poll. He was gra...More

Washington, Aug 7 (IANS) The US government has begun an investigation into whether Pakistan Taliban chief Baitullah Mehsud, who is said to be responsible for the assassination of ...More

Kathmandu, Aug 7 (IANS) Moving quickly after a 59-year-old man claimed to have had plotted the assassination of Nepal's King Birendra and nine more members of the royal family in ...More

Mexico City, Aug 7 (DPA) Mexican authorities denied Thursday that the army is committing systematic human-rights violations in its fight against drug gangs, criticism from several...More

Beijing, Aug 7 (Xinhua) As typhoon Morakot gains momentum and churns toward China's mainland, provinces in coastal regions are busy bracing for its impact. ...More

Wellington, Aug 7 (Xinhua) More than 60 people are now believed to be missing following the sinking of a ferry sailing between the Tongan capital Nuku'alofa and an outer island We...More

Islamabad, Aug 7 (IANS) The Taliban chief of Pakistan, Baitullah Mehsud, might have been killed along with his wife and bodyguards in a drone attack two days ago, Interior Ministe...More

Washington, Aug 7 (DPA) John Hughes, writer and director of 'The Breakfast Club' and 'Ferris Bueller's Day Off', died of a heart attack Thursday in New York. He was 59. ...More

Tehran, Aug 7 (DPA) Renewed protests against Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad broke out Thursday evening in northern Tehran, eyewitnesses said. Hund...More

Islamabad, Aug 7 (IANS) Coming to the aid of Pakistan's cash-strapped national carrier, Pakistan Internatinoal Airlines (PIA), a parliamentary committee has called for urgent step...More

Washington, Aug 7 (DPA) Two top former executives of troubled insurance giant American International Group (AIG) agreed Thursday to pay fines to settle charges by US regulators th...More

Ankara, Aug 7 (DPA) Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin and Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan Thursday signed an agreement that will allow the planned South Stream pipeli...More

Kathmandu, Aug 7 (IANS) Nepal Police Thursday night arrested a man who had claimed to have plotted the assassination of Nepal's King Birendra and nine more members of the royal fa...More