Kuala Lumpur, Aug 26 (IANS) The Malaysian leadership Wednesday rallied to keep the nation's reputation as moderate and multi-racial following the punishment to an ex-model who cou...More

Denver, Aug 26 (EFE) A map painted by Mexican Indians, or indigenous Indians, in the mid-16th century has become a key document for understanding the migration of Mesoamerican peo...More

Cape Canaveral (Florida), Aug 26 (DPA) US space agency NASA scuttled what would have been its second attempt to launch space shuttle Discovery on a mission to the orbiting Interna...More

Los Angeles, Aug 26 (DPA) Singer Chris Brown was sentenced Tuesday to five years probation and six months of community labour for his February assault of his former girlfriend Rih...More

Islamabad, Aug 26 (IANS) A Pakistani Taliban commander has said his organisation is committed to fight the foreign troops in Afghanistan and capable of hitting targets as far as L...More

Buenos Aires, Aug 26 (DPA) The possession of small amounts of marijuana for personal use is no longer a punishable act in Argentina. The country's Suprem...More

Taipei, Aug 26 (Xinhua) Taiwanese officials said Tuesday 461 people have been killed and 192 still missing after typhoon Morakot devastated the country Aug 8. ...More

Islamabad, Aug 26 (IANS) Expelled Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Jaswant Singh will visit Pakistan later this week to promote his controversial book on Pakistan's founder Moh...More

New York, Aug 26 (DPA) The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Navi Pillay, Tuesday welcomed the appointment of a US special prosecutor to investigate the alleged torture of te...More

Athens, Aug 26 (DPA) Thousands of hectares of forest lay scorched, and homes were smoking ruins in the northern outskirts of the Greek capital Tuesday as firefighters contained bl...More

Washington, Aug 26 (DPA) The US Tuesday urged Afghans to exercise patience and restraint as ballots cast in the country's presidential election last week continue to be counted am...More

Washington, Aug 26 (DPA) A Democratic Party fundraiser and former finance chairman of Hillary Clinton's presidential run was arrested Tuesday for an alleged attempt to defraud Cit...More

Los Angeles, Aug 26 (DPA) A lawyer for Michael Jackson's doctor said Tuesday that allegations that the physician administered a deadly cocktail of drugs to the singer in the hours...More

Gaza, Aug 25 (Xinhua) Three Palestinian brothers were killed early Tuesday in an Israeli airstrike at smuggling tunnels in southern Gaza Strip town of Rafah, witnesses and medica...More

Kabul, Aug 25 (Xinhua) A powerful blast rocked the city of Kandahar in south Afghanistan Tuesday evening leaving 36 persons dead and over 60 injured, all of them civilians, offici...More