Berlin, Sep 7 (DPA) Germany and Britain announced a new initiative Sunday for an international conference on Afghanistan, to be held later this year after the outcome of the Afgha...More

Kathmandu, Sep 7 (Xinhua) Three people were killed and seven others injured Sunday in a bomb blast in western Nepal, a media report said. The blast took ...More

Tehran, Sep 7 (DPA) Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez said Sunday at the end of his two-day visit to Iran that his country would export petrol to the Islamic republic, ISNA news ag...More

Mexico City, Sep 7 (EFE) Eight more people have died of swine flu in Mexico raising the number of fatalities from the viral disease to 207, health officials said Sunday. ...More

Tehran, Sep 7 (DPA) Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has nominated another woman for the education ministry after his first female nominee was rejected by the parliament, a m...More

Kabul, Sep 6 (DPA) With some three quarters of vote counted, Afghan President Hamid Karzai has edged closer to the absolute majority needed to avoid a run off with his main challe...More

Simferopol, Sep 6 (RIA Novosti) The number of children hit by food poisoning in Ukraine's Black Sea peninsula of Crimea has risen to 192, health authorities said Sunday. ...More

Beijing, Sep 6 (Xinhua) China has spent nearly 1 trillion yuan ($146 billion) on ecological conservation and environmental protection over the past decade, a senior official said ...More

Urumqi (China), Sep 6 (Xinhua) Life gradually returned to normalcy Sunday in Urumqi, capital of northwest China's Xinjiang region Sunday, where police have eased traffic restricti...More

Islamabad, Sep 6 (DPA) Pakistani security forces killed 36 militants in the northwestern region near the Afghan border, officials said Sunday. Troops aid...More

Islamabad, Sep 6 (Xinhua) Pakistani Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani said Sunday there were indications that the Tamil Tigers were involved in the March 3 attack on the Sri Lanka...More

Abu Dhabi, Sep 6 (IANS) The International Fiscal Association's General Council has officially recognized its United Arab Emirates (UAE) Chapter during the 63rd Congress of the IF...More

Abu Dhabi, Sep 6 (IANS) A specialised mobile heart care facility has been launched at Emirates World Humanitarian Mobile Hospital in South Sudan, WAM news agency reported Sunday. ...More

Abu Dhabi, Sep 6 (IANS) A new environmentally sustainable waste management facility to process waste generated from construction activities has been unveiled in the United Arab Em...More

London, Sep 6 (IANS) Veteran actress Jane Fonda is planning to marry her boyfriend at the end of the year in front of two of her ex-husbands. Fonda was r...More