Islamabad, July 22 (IANS) Pakistani Interior Minister Rehman Malik has urged the US to halt its drone attacks in the country, a media report said Wednesday. ...More

Sydney, July 22 (IANS) Risky driving habits are more likely to injure or kill youths in car crashes than older drivers, said a study based on a survey of 20,000 young drivers. ...More

Taipei, July 22 (DPA) Tens of thousands of people in Taiwan watched Wednesday's partial solar eclipse, but few said they still believe in superstitions that the eclipse could spel...More

Dhaka, July 22 (IANS) Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has said that her government wants to reopen the rail links with India for better connectivity and to promote trade, ...More

Seattle/Washington, July 22 (DPA) The world's largest coffeehouse chain Starbucks delivered earnings of $152 million for the second quarter, easily beating Wall Street expectation...More

Colombo, July 22 (IANS) The pristine beaches in Sri Lanka's north, where a 25-year ethnic conflict came to an end two months ago following the crushing defeat of the Tamil Tigers,...More

Chongqing (China), July 22 (Xinhua) A total solar eclipse was observed at many places in China Wednesday morning, officials said. At 9.15 a.m., many plac...More

Washington, July 22 (DPA) US President Barack Obama has proposed a crackdown on credit-rating agencies, among the key players blamed in a financial crisis that has devastated the ...More

Washington, July 22 (IANS) US special envoy Richard Holbrooke is headed for Pakistan and Afghanistan on a trip that focuses on the plight of internal refugees and security issues ...More

Phuket (Thailand), July 22 (IANS) Indian External Affairs Minister S.M. Krishna Wednesday held talks here with his counterparts from 16 countries of the East Asia Summit (EAS), se...More

Washington, July 22 (IANS) In the face of a veto threat by President Barack Obama, the US Senate has voted to block expansion of one of America's most controversial and expensive ...More

Dhaka, July 22 (Xinhua) The long-awaited total solar eclipse was observed Wednesday morning in northwestern Bangladesh that lasted for little more than three minutes. ...More

Lhasa, July 22 (Xinhua) Tibet's Cona county was one of the first places in China to view the solar eclipse, which occurred at 8:01 a.m Wednesday, according to an observatory under...More

Washington, July 22 (DPA) Washington's Watergate Hotel, site of the 1972 burglary that led to the downfall of a president, was sold Tuesday to a subsidiary of Deutsche Postbank af...More

Los Angeles, July 22 (DPA) Singer Jackson Browne has settled a lawsuit with former presidential candidate Senator John McCain and the Republican Party over their use of his song R...More