New York, Aug 3 (DPA) The comedy 'Funny People' opened in first place at North American box offices over the weekend with three-day ticket sales of $23.4 million, according to pre...More

Bogota, Aug 3 (EFE) Colombia's rebel guerrilla group has released an oil worker they abducted nearly three months ago in the southern city of Puerto Asis, the oil worker's wife sa...More

Ottawa, Aug 3 (Xinhua) Two Canadian soldiers have been killed in southern Afghanistan when a roadside bomb exploded near a patrol party, military officials said Sunday. ...More

London, Aug 3 (Xinhua) Britain has rejected claims that its military mission in Afghanistan was undermined by a failure to provide the army force with clear direction. ...More

Chkalov Island (Russia), Aug 3 (RIA Novosti) Keeping up his action man image, Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin has recently set up a satellite transmitter on a white whale in...More

Tel Aviv, Aug 3 (DPA) Capping a long investigation, Israel police recommended Sunday that Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman be indicted on charges of bribery, fraud, and obstruct...More

London, Aug 2 (DPA) Modern technology is undermining people's ability to communicate properly, retarding social skills and, in worst case scenarios, increasing suicide risks, the ...More

Urumqi (China), Aug 2 (Xinhua) Chinese Police have arrested 1,572 people in connection with the July 5 riots in Urumqi in northwestern Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, officials ...More

Washington, Aug 2 (DPA) The remains of a US Navy pilot who went missing during a bombing run in the first Gulf War in 1991 have been found in Iraq, the Pentagon confirmed Sunday. ...More

Lisbon, Aug 2 (DPA) A Portuguese woman has been awarded 50,000 euros in damages after an accident at work made her husband impotent and left her with an unfulfilled sex life, it w...More

Nairobi/Abuja, Aug 2 (DPA) The death toll in recent bloody clashes in the town of Maiduguri and other northern Nigerian districts was stated by police and military sources Sunday ...More

Colombo, Aug 2 (Xinhua) A senior civil administration official in the Sri Lankan government has been arrested for alleged links with the defeated Tamil Tiger rebels, police said S...More

London, Aug 2 (DPA) Britain should give up the lead role it shares with the US in Afghanistan after a dramatic rise in troop deaths and a slump in public backing, a parliamentary ...More

Islamabad, Aug 2 (Xinhua) Pakistani authorities have registered treason charges against a top pro-Taliban leader for making 'anti-state' remarks, officials said Sunday. ...More

London, Aug 2 (DPA) The number of British troops who are too overweight or unfit for deployment are hampering the country's war efforts in Afghanistan, according to the army. ...More