Jakarta, July 25 (DPA) For years, treasure hunter Klaus Keppler, the owner of a salvage company, has been looking for the wrecks of ships that had been carrying gold, silver or po...More

New York, July 25 (DPA) Most US stocks rose Friday, completing one of Wall Street's best two-week stretches of the year on the back of gains by energy companies and hopes for an e...More

Managua/Tegucigalpa, July 25 (DPA) Ousted Honduran President Manuel Zelaya risked arrest Friday, crossing the Nicaraguan-Honduran border in an effort to reclaim power after mediat...More

London, July 25 (Xinhua) The British government will send reinforcements to Afghanistan to 'help maintain the required operational effectiveness' in the wake of rising number of c...More

United Nations, July 25 (Xinhua) The UN and the African Union have named a Rwandan lieutenant-general to head the joint peacekeeping mission in Darfur in western Sudan, officials ...More

Washington, July 25 (DPA) US astronauts Chris Cassidy and Tom Marshburn Friday undertook an intense spacewalk to change batteries on a solar panel of the International Space Stati...More

Tegucigalpa, July 25 (Xinhua) Honduras Friday imposed a curfew at its borders with Nicaragua and EL Salvador apparently to block ousted President Manuel Zelaya's return to the cou...More

Washington, July 25 (Xinhua) The US law enforcement and intelligence agencies will conduct a massive anti-terrorism exercise in the country in collaboration with four other nation...More

Washington, July 25 (DPA) US President Barack Obama Friday moved to quell a racial firestorm over his remarks about the arrest of a black Harvard professor, saying he had called t...More

Lhasa, July 25 (Xinhua) The Tibetan Autonomous Region in southwest China Friday saw a record high temperature of 30.4 degrees Celsius since the meteorological department began rec...More

Kabul, July 25 (Xinhua) Ten Taliban militants were killed in fighting with the security forces in southern Afghanistan Friday, officials said. The incide...More

Washington, July 25 (DPA) The US has transferred $200 million in aid to the Palestinian Authority to help it fill a serious budget shortfall, US Secretary of State Hillary Rodham ...More

Brussels, July 24 (DPA) The European Union (EU) is to step up border checks on imports such as chilli peppers, basmati rice from India and Pakistan and tomatoes from Turkey in a b...More

Tehran, July 24 (DPA) At least 17 people were killed and 19 injured Friday when an Iranian plane caught fire while landing in the northeast city of Mashad. ...More

London, July 24 (IANS) Hollywood star Angelina Jolie was really moved by the strength of thousands of displaced citizens in war-torn Iraq during her third visit to the country on ...More