London, July 30 (IANS) A new test will permit a rapid yet painless diagnosis of chlamydia, a sexually transmitted disease, enabling treatment on the spot. ...More

Seoul, July 30 (DPA) North Korean leader Kim Jong Il is receiving dialysis treatment due to his chronic renal failure, a North Korean watcher said Thursday here. ...More

Hong Kong, July 30 (DPA) Seven people have been arrested in a loan shark operation in which borrowers were charged annual interest rates of 540 percent, police said Thursday. ...More

New York, July 30 (IANS) New York City is making an attractive offer to its homeless - a one-way ticket out of the city and its expensive shelter system to save a hefty $36,000 a ...More

Washington, July 30 (IANS) When President Barack Obama sits down Thursday with a Harvard professor and the police sergeant who arrested him in an attempt to douse a racial firesto...More

London, July 30 (IANS) With India's Supreme Court ruling in his favour, artist M.F. Husain has spoken of hopes that the changing political scenarios in the country will ease his ...More

Islamabad, July 30 (IANS) Pakistani Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani has lauded the 'statesmanship' of his Indian counterpart, terming Manmohan Singh's statement in parliament on...More

Toronto, July 30 (IANS) Taking protectionism and nationalism to absurd levels, the Canadian media has now joined opposition parties to pressure the government to stop sale of Nort...More

Los Angeles, July 30 (DPA) Marat Safin holds no regrets on ending his tennis career in November despite reaching the quarter-finals of the Los Angeles Open for a third consecutive...More

Washington, July 30 (IANS) Pakistan had provided the US with no evidence of India's alleged involvement in Balochistan though the issue did come up, US Special Representative for ...More

Islamabad, July 30 (IANS) Pakistani security forces have opened a new battleground against the Taliban in the country's Ashrai Dara area in North West Frontier Province (NWFP), a ...More

London, July 30 (IANS) Dream therapy could show a way out of recurring nightmares, according to a new study. The previously discredited approach is drawi...More

Washington, July 30 (IANS) A new analysis of the remains of a Tyrannosaurus rex that roamed Earth 68 million years ago has confirmed traces of protein from blood, bone and tendons...More

London, July 30 (IANS) Actor George Clooney is dating Elisabetta Canalis, host of the Italian version of MTV show 'Total Request Live'. They were first s...More

Havana, July 30 (Xinhua) Russia has provided a $150-million loan to Cuba and signed pacts with the Caribbean nation for oil exploration in the Gulf of Mexico, a media report said....More