London, July 31 (IANS) A British soldier is facing court martial after refusing to return to Afghanistan, claiming the British mission there is doomed to failure. ...More

London, July 31 (IANS) Former captain Patrick Viera is likely to make a comeback at Arsenal. Vieira is set for talks with Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger a...More

Paris, July 31 (DPA) Two months after the crash of an Air France Airbus A330 into the Atlantic, the France-based aircraft manufacturer is urging companies flying its planes to rep...More

Zagreb, July 31 (DPA) A Croatian cameraman was fired Friday after Prime Minister Jadranka Kosor took offence to a message on a T-shirt the cameraman was wearing at the government ...More

London, July 31 (IANS) Young Phillip Hughes faced the wrath of the Australian team management after revealing prematurely on the social networking site Twitter that he had been dr...More

London, July 31 (IANS) England skipper Andrew Strauss's sporting gesture to allow Australia replace its injured wicket-keeper Brad Haddin, moments before the start of the long-del...More

Washington, July 31 (IANS) Scientists have identified a substance in the liver that helps process fat and glucose and may help cut down risk for diabetes, hypertension or cardiac ...More

Geneva, July 31 (DPA) Afghan civilian deaths in the first six months of 2009 rose 24 percent, compared to the same period last year, the UN reported Friday, blaming air strikes an...More

Islamabad, July 31 (IANS) Four boys from Swat in Pakistan's restive northwest who were kidnapped by militants to be trained as suicide bombers have narrated harrowing tales of the...More

Berlin, July 31 (DPA) Inflation in the 16-member eurozone tumbled deeper into negative territory in July, data released Friday showed, presenting the European Central Bank (ECB) w...More

Washington, July 31 (DPA) David Ortiz and Manny Ramirez, two giants of US baseball that helped end an 86-year title drought for the Boston Red Sox, tested positive for steroids in...More

Kathmandu, July 31 (IANS) Two days after her death due to protracted illness, Rajmata Gayatri Devi, born in the royal family of Cooch Behar and married to the dashing ruler of th...More

Melbourne, July 31 (IANS) Former Australian openers Matthew Hayden and Justin Langer have decided to take struggling youngster Phil Hughes under their wings. ...More

Washington, July 31 (IANS) President Barack Obama's half-sister Maya Soetoro-Ng is moving her family from Hawaii to Washington to spend a few months in the capital, a media report...More

Rome, July 31 (DPA) A list of the world records set at the Foro Italico in Rome by the end of Thursday's events. The competition ends Sunday. Sunday July...More