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

Taipei, Sep 3 (DPA) The exiled Tibetan spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, called Thursday on China to introduce democracy to avoid a collapse like that of the Soviet Union. ...More

Toronto, Sep 3 (IANS) Shame is a debilitating emotion, but there is hope for those trapped in it, says a Canadian researcher. In her study reported this ...More

Moscow, Sep 3 (RIA Novosti) The presidents of Russia and India will discuss cooperation in trade, economics, science, nuclear power and space industry, at talks in Moscow later Th...More

Los Angeles, Sep 3 (DPA) The estate of late pop king Michael Jackson has been asked to bear the costs of his planned funeral Thursday. The singer, who di...More

Toronto, Sep 3 (IANS) The global economy is turning the corner and India and China will lead the world out of recession, said a Canadian economic report Wednesday. ...More

New York, Sep 3 (DPA) Rafael Nadal marked a winning return to Grand Slam play three months after his last match at a major, as the Spanish third seed advanced to the US Open secon...More

Jakarta, Sep 3 (DPA) At least 44 people were killed in a powerful 7.3-magnitude earthquake that devastated the western part of Indonesia's Java island, state media reported early ...More

Geneva, Sep 3 (Xinhua) The Swiss government has called on Libya to honour pledges it made in an accord with Switzerland and allow two detained Swiss nationals to leave the country...More

Santiago (Dominican Republic), Sep 3 (EFE) An illegal Haitian immigrant beat a Dominican man to death with a pick for supposedly selling him dog meat instead of goat meat, police ...More

New York, Sep 3 (IANS) India's Sania Mirza crashed out of the US Open second round after being handed one of her worst career defeat by Italian Flavia Pennetta 6-0, 6-0 at Flushin...More

Washington, Sep 3 (DPA) The US Federal Reserve sees an end to the economic crisis in the second half of the year even as problems are expected to remain on the job market, accordi...More

New York, Sep 3 (DPA) The US urged Libyan President Moammar Gaddafi Wednesday to behave himself when he attends United Nations meetings in New York later this month. ...More

Los Angeles, Sep 2 (DPA) The two US journalists captured and held in North Korea for months before being released last month revealed the first details of their ordeal Wednesday. ...More

Jeddah, Sep 2 (IANS) Foreign ministers of the Cooperation Council for Arab States of the Gulf (CCASG) have supported the United Arab Emirates' (UAE) claim over the islands of Grea...More