Washington, July 15 (IANS) An Indian American researcher has identified a potential bio-mechanism that could explain why oral contraceptives seem to fail in preventing pregnancy a...More

Islamabad, July 15 (IANS) Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari has asked the government to launch 'economic diplomacy' to quickly get the money pledged by the global community for...More

Hong Kong, July 15 (DPA) A Chinese medicine practitioner was Wednesday beginning a five-year jail sentence for dumping a newborn baby in a waste bin in a Hong Kong supermarket. ...More

Washington, July 15 (IANS) Current climate change models prepared by scientists can explain only half the warming that took place on earth in the ancient past, says a new study. ...More

Beijing, July 15 (DPA) Three Uighurs shot by Chinese police in the far western city of Urumqi had tried to take over a prayer meeting and called for a jihad, or holy war, state me...More

Washington, July 15 (IANS) President Barack Obama says his administration is building a 21st century education system in America to compete with 'China and India and everybody els...More

San Francisco, July 15 (DPA) Sun Microsystems has warned that earnings would fall below expectations in the fourth quarter, which is also likely to be its last as an independent c...More

Toronto, July 15 (IANS) The influx of Indian-origin Roma people or gypsies from the Czech Republic into Canada as refugees has forced the government here to impose visa restrictio...More

Bangkok, July 15 (DPA) Myanmar authorities intercepted nearly one tonne of heroin in Shan state in one of the biggest drug busts in recent history, Thai media reports said Wednesd...More

Washington, July 15 (IANS) The contours of 'an enhanced US-India strategic partnership' offering solutions to the challenges of 21st century will top US Secretary of State Hilla...More

Sharm-el-Sheikh, July 15 (IANS) Indian and Pakistani foreign secretaries will hold a second round of talks Wednesday before their prime ministers meet Thursday morning, official s...More

Los Angeles, July 15 (DPA) The lawyer for Michael Jackson's ex-wife Debbie Rowe Tuesday denied a report that she had agreed to forego her parental rights in exchange for a huge ca...More

Vienna, July 15 (DPA) A thunderbolt hurt 25 Austrian football players and spectators when it struck during a match Tuesday evening, the rescue service in the town of Leoben said. ...More

New York, July 15 (DPA) US stocks edged up Tuesday after Goldman Sachs posted surprising quarterly earnings and retail earnings rose by the most since January. ...More

Mexico City, July 15 (DPA) Investigators have identified the 12 dead bodies found earlier Tuesday alongside a road in Mexico's western Michoacan state as federal police officers. ...More