Lahore, Sep 3 (IANS) Former Pakistan captain Aamir Sohail Thursday took another swipe at Ijaz Butt, saying the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) chairman is misleading board's patron -...More

Jakarta, Sep 3 (DPA) UN agencies and the Indonesian government were dispatching relief teams Thursday as the toll from a magnitude-7.3 earthquake that struck Java island rose to 5...More

Urumqi, Sep 3 (Xinhua) Crowds demanding security guarantees gathered at a number of places in Urumqi, the capital of Xinjiang region in China, Thursday morning following hypodermi...More

Milan, Sep 3 (IANS) India's Jai Bhagawan defeated Rodriguez Angel of Venezuela in the 60 kg category to advance to the second round of the World Boxing Championships here. ...More

Washington, Sep 3 (IANS) Folk wisdom says 'seeing is believing', but new research suggests that 'believing is seeing' too, at least when it comes to perceiving other people's emot...More

Geneva, Sep 3 (DPA) The members of the UN World Meteorological Organization (WMO) Thursday approved an agreement to set up a global mechanism for sharing information on the climat...More

Tokyo, Sep 3 (DPA) The politician slated to be Japan's next prime minister vowed Thursday in a telephone call with US President Barack Obama to maintain his country's close ties w...More

Hamilton (New Zealand), Sep 3 (IANS) Use of handheld mobile phone while driving will be banned here in the next two months due to a rise in the number of accidents, with a New Zea...More

Madrid, Sep 3 (DPA) Despite the criticism its bid got from the International Olympic Committee (IOC) evaluating commission report, Madrid now feels strengthened in the home stretc...More

Seoul, Sep 3 (DPA) South Korean President Lee Myung Bak appointed a new prime minister Thursday as part of a government reshuffle. The economist and form...More

Hong Kong, Sep 3 (DPA) An expatriate professor was Thursday jailed for nine weeks for molesting two female students in his office at the University of Hong Kong. ...More

Washington, Sep 3 (IANS) Melting permafrost in arctic regions, triggered by global warming, will release underground methane. Once released, methane would speed up global warming ...More

Nottingham (Britain), Sep 3 (IANS) Indians living in Nottingham West Park village in Derbyshire have in the past month woken up to a sound from their homeland - thanks to a five-m...More

Toronto, Sep 3 (IANS) We rarely knock over a plateful of food or glass of orange juice as we reach for our morning cup of coffee. A new study by the Univ...More

Toronto, Sep 3 (IANS) The Canadian decision to grant refugee status to a white South African who alleged racial discrimination in his home country has assumed racial overtones, wi...More