Kathmandu, July 17 (IANS) As Nepal's new government Friday began the process of releasing child soldiers held in Maoist camps as a step towards bolstering the peace process, a Bud...More

Toronto, July 17 (IANS) Scientists say humanity is still 50 years from developing robots that will be able to speak in 'human-like' voices, mimic our motions and interact with us....More

Jakarta, July 17 (DPA) Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono said intelligence reports suggested there were attempts to destabilise the country, including a plot to kill h...More

Johannesburg, July 17 (IANS) As people across the globe prepare to mark the inaugural Mandela Day Saturday with a variety of community service projects, four South African Indian ...More

London, July 17 (IANS) Former Manchester United striker Carlos Tevez revealed that he rejected an offer from Real Madrid for Manchester City. On Tuesday,...More

Tehran, July 17 (IANS) Iran's intelligence minister has warned worshippers against potential unrest during the address by the reformist cleric Ayatollah Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanja...More

London, July 17 (IANS) Former England football captain David Beckham strongly believes that John Terry will stay at Chelsea. 'I don't think JT (John Terr...More

Washington, July 17 (IANS) The US-India Business Council (USIBC) has welcomed India's reported identification of two 'greenfield' nuclear sites for commercial development by US fi...More

Washington, July 17 (DPA) Yes, we can, too. That was the mood outside Sonia Sotomayor's Senate confirmation hearings, where many young Latinos said that her nomination to the US S...More

Washington, July 17 (IANS) Playing active video games can be as beneficial for kids as moderate exercise, says a new study. Research by Oklahoma Universi...More

Washington, July 17 (IANS) Scientists have stumbled on an evolutionary discovery that seems to explain the short, curved legs so characteristic of dachshunds, corgis, basset hound...More

Dhaka, July 17 (IANS) Former Bangladesh president Iajuddin Ahmed, who headed the previous caretaker government, had invited judges to tea 'to remove them from office' by framing t...More

London, July 17 (IANS) English football club Manchester United have cancelled their tour match in Jakarta after bomb explosions in the Indonesian capital Friday left nine people d...More

Washington' July 17 (IANS) A chemical produced by male fruit flies and transferred to females during mating enables the female to tell other males to buzz off. ...More

Washington, July 17 (DPA) Even after his trip to the moon, Buzz Aldrin has led a pretty exciting life. A scientist, engineer, space exploration historian...More