2009-11-20 13:46:03
A roadside bomb killed three police officers and wounded six early Friday in Pakistan's troubled north-western city of Peshawar, police said.
2009-11-20 12:12:13
The popular Oprah Winfrey Show will end in 2011 after airing for more than two decades, says the production house. Winfrey has been hosting the show since 1986.
2009-11-20 11:44:19
Ana Maria Perez Gonzalez, said to be one of the oldest women in the world, died here this week. She was 119.
2009-11-20 10:30:03
European Union leaders agreed to appoint Herman Van Rompuy, a relatively inexperienced prime minister from Belgium, as their first-ever full-time president.
2009-11-20 08:21:41
The US Postal Service has shut down a Santa Claus letter writing service over fears that paedophiles rather than elves might be gain access to the young correspondents.
2009-11-19 17:00:07
Facing an intense resurgence by Taliban and global pressure to crackdown on corruption, Hamid Karzai was on Thursday sworn in as the Afghan President for a second five-year term and vowed to form a national unity government following a controversial
2009-11-19 13:07:52
After ruffling feathers in Delhi with a reference to Indo-Pak ties, the US on Thursday sought to pacify India saying it has to decide with Pakistan the substance, scope and pace of their relationship.
2009-11-19 12:43:00
His surname may spell terror for you, but Omar bin Laden, the son of world's most wanted man, wants to be an envoy of peace at the United Nations.
2009-11-19 12:40:42
In a new research, scientists have determined that the world is on track to warm by a whopping 6 degrees Celsius by the end of this century.
2009-11-19 11:59:24
At least 13 people were killed and several wounded on Thursday in a powerful explosion close to the judicial complex in this main city of northwestern Pakistan.
2009-11-19 11:43:42
Bangladesh's apex court on Thursday upheld the death penalties of all five of the convicts condemned for the 1975 killing of the country's founder Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, rejecting their final appeals.
2009-11-19 11:23:56
Pakistan-born Canadian citizen Tahawwur Hussain Rana, who is suspected of having had a role in the Mumbai terror attacks, may have used his immigration consultancy service to help terrorists enter the US and Canada.
2009-11-19 09:58:07
US space agency NASA has signed an agreement with ISRO to use data from Indian satellite Oceansat-2, for various American agencies for research activities, including weather forecasting.
2009-11-19 09:39:30
Brazil's Azul Airlines will conduct a demo flight by 2012 to test a sugar-based aviation fuel manufactured by a US firm, the company has announced.
2009-11-19 09:34:02
The regulations adopted Wednesday by the California Energy Commission are the strictest in the US and will require manufacturers of LCD and plasma televisions to meet progressively stricter energy guidelines starting in 2011.
2009-11-19 09:28:42
US Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton stressed that the United States will keep pressing the Afghan government to crack down on rampant corruption, saying the American military cannot defeat militancy without the help of a strong partner.
2009-11-19 08:32:59
Women should wear clothes that bare 40 per cent of their flesh to maximise their chances of attracting men, new scientific research indicates.
2009-11-19 08:30:37
Sarah Palin, the former US vice-presidential candidate, has denounced as "sexist" and "degrading" a Newsweek cover that depicts her in a coquettish pose in gym kit.
2009-11-19 08:27:41
26-year-old had started divorce proceedings a few days ago
2009-11-18 13:02:01
Pakistan is estimated to have more nuclear warheads than India and the two Asian neighbours along with China are increasing their arsenals and deploying weapons at more sites, two eminent American atomic experts have claimed
