Sydney, July 31 (IANS) Beware of the 'silent' stroke that doesn't leave any outward symptoms, but causes brain damage. It afflicts people over 60, especially those with high blood...More

Sao Paulo, July 31 (DPA) Former world boxing champion Arturo 'Thunder' Gatti, whose body was found in a holiday flat in the Brazilian resort of Porto de Galinhas in early July, co...More

Yangon, July 31 (DPA) A Myanmar court Friday postponed until Aug 11 its verdict on opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi and three others charged with breaking the terms of her house...More

Kathmandu, July 31 (IANS) The daughter of a top Maoist leader in Nepal has been arrested in France for travelling without documents while seeking asylum from the French government...More

London, July 31 (IANS) Jennifer Aniston will take on the role of a 30-something woman who preys on younger men in the romantic comedy 'Pumas'. The storyl...More

London, July 31 (IANS) It has been confirmed that Michael Jackson's mother Katherine will get the custody of his three kids, while their mother Debbie will have visitation rights....More

Sydney, July 31 (IANS) Following the closure of a Sydney college where many Indians were studying, the Australian government has assured foreign students that they will be granted...More

London, July 31 (IANS) Did far-off comets housing vast oceans of water during the first million years of formation harbour some kind of primitive life? T...More

Vancouver, July 31 (IANS) A school being run by a society set up by Ripudaman Singh Malik, a suspect acquitted in the Air India Kanishka bombing, was destroyed in a fire. Arson is...More

London, July 31 (IANS) Differences in how male and female brains process visual information could be a legacy of our hunter-gatherer past, according to a recent study. ...More

Washington, July 31 (IANS) India will be the first international customer of the Boeing P-8I Poseidon, a variant of the P-8A Poseidon, US Navy's newest maritime patrol and reconna...More

Brussels, July 31 (DPA) The last time NATO handed over to a new secretary general, in 2004, the alliance had 19 members, a handful of troops in Afghanistan and a diplomatic hangov...More

Tehran/Washington, July 31 (DPA) The US was 'disturbed' by reports of Iranian police and security forces breaking up a demonstration by mourners remembering those killed in recent...More

Washington, July 31 (IANS) With mugs of beer, President Barack Obama sat down with a black Harvard professor and a white police officer who had arrested him for a 'friendly, thoug...More

Caracas, July 31 (EFE) Venezuela and China signed a $7.5 billion agreement Thursday that includes the construction of a 468-km railway in the country with Chinese support, officia...More