L'Aquila (Italy), July 9 (IANS) Leaders of the world's wealthiest countries gathered for the G8-G5 summit may not have the time to go sightseeing but their hosts have ensured that ...More

Washington, July 9 (IANS) The US Senate Foreign Relations Committee has approved former Democratic congressman Timothy Roemer to be the new ambassador to India, setting up a conf...More

My cook Kundan was heart-broken. 'Michael Jackson is gone,' he told me in anguish. Kundan hails from a remote village in India. He has never heard a Jackson song nor seen him perfo...More

Wellington, July 9 (DPA) Thaksin Shinawatra, the ousted prime minister of Thailand, is touring the Pacific seeking political asylum, according to a report Thursday on the Fiji-base...More

L'Aquila (Italy), July 9 (DPA) The Group of Eight (G8) industrialised nations Wednesday criticised the 'unjustified' detention of journalists in Iran and condemned Iranian Presiden...More

L'aquila (Italy), July 9 (RIA Novosti) Russia has refused to back a target of an 80 percent cut in greenhouse gas emissions by 2050 proposed by the Group of Eight (G8) countries, a...More

Washington, July 9 (DPA) The US believes North Korea was responsible for a massive cyber attack on government and other websites during the past week, Fox News reported Wednesday. ...More

L'Aquila (Italy), July 9 (IANS) In a strong message ahead of the G8 meet here, the emerging economies of the G5 including India Wednesday asked the grouping of the industrialised n...More

Kathmandu, July 8 (IANS) A 40-year-old Indian has been detained by police for trying to recruit nearly a dozen children from a remote village in northernmost Nepal, touching the bo...More

Washington, July 8 (IANS) Beware, even worrying about paying bills could turn you into a blob of fat, according to a new study. The study is one of the firs...More

Seoul, July 8 (DPA) North Korean leader Kim Jong Il made a rare public appearance Wednesday at a memorial ceremony for his father, the country's late founder, on the 15th anniversa...More

Washington, July 8 (IANS) Infants treated with cardiac drugs get the wrong dose or end up on the wrong end of medication errors more often than older children, according to new res...More

New York, July 8 (DPA) Internet giant Google announced Wednesday the arrival of its own computer operating system, initially designed for use with Netbook computers. ...More

Brussels, July 8 (IANS) The European Commission announced here Wednesday that it has cleared the proposed acquisition of Dutch company Noble European Holdings B.V., a subsidiary of...More

Washington, July 8 (IANS) Tiny flying machines can survey anything from indoors to collapsed buildings. Now researchers are mimicking nature's small flyers - and developing robotic...More