An anti-Islamic pastor in the US state of Florida has threatened to reconsider burning the Quran on the anniversary of the 9/11 attacks on Saturday, after having earlier agreed to call off the...

A US judge has called the military's gay ban...

A shooting has occurred inside the plant of the nation’s largest food...

A fire has been spreading near San Francisco since an explosion in a residential...

Iran has said that Sarah Shourd, who has been held in the country for more than a year, will be released on compassionate...

At least nine people are dead in a blast that shattered parts of Mogadishu...

Four prisoners at the Karkh prison in Baghdad have fled in an escape which authorities have described as...

A human rights report has claimed Israeli defence forces sexually abused minors in the Palestinian...

A policeman in the Indian state of Gujarat has received a life term for burning alive a man who had accused him of extorting money from a...

Five US soldiers who served in Afghanistan have been accused in the US of murdering three Afghans and cutting off fingers and other body parts to keep as...

A group of gunmen in Iraq have beheaded a Sunni...

Hailing the economic growth of Laos and its investor friendly policies, visiting Indian President Pratibha Devisingh Patil on Friday said that as the fourth largest economy in the world in terms of purchasing power parity and one of the fastest growing economies, India is eager to expand commercially in this...

Hindus want European Commission (EC) to censure France and take it to Court of Justice of the European Union regarding its apparent "witch-hunt" against Roma (Gypsy)...

An e-mail virus has launched a "phishing attack" on servers across the globe, including those at ABC, NASA, Comcast, and Google and possibly US Department of Homeland Security...

Vice President-Operations, Jaypee Sports International (JPSI) Mark Hughes here on Friday said that the inspection of Formula One race track in Greater Noida would be conducted by the International Automobile Federation (FIA), in May next year, and should be seen as just a...

British media reported Friday that Sri Lanka's dashing batsman Tillakaratne Dilshan is under the International Cricket Council (ICC) scanner for his alleged links with a bookmaker, but Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) denied the...

The 'monster of chillies' is expected to set a new world record, its British producers have...

Three Pakistani cricketers, who have been provisionally suspended by the International Cricket Council (ICC) on charges of alleged spot-fixing, have been granted permission by the Metropolitan Police to fly back...

Four-time World Champion India's M.C. Mary Kom sounded a warning to her rivals with a 10-1 thrashing of Lungo Vesenne Natalie of Sweden in the first round of the 48-kg category in the World Women's Boxing Championship at the Garfield Sobers Gymnasium...

Muslims in Nepal Friday joined the raging worldwide debate over an American pastor's plan to burn copies of the Quran to mark 9/11 terror attack anniversary, and warned the action could pit Muslims against Christians and trigger a 'third world war over...

World heavyweight boxing champion David Haye has refused to apologise for his comments that his fight against Audley Harrison will be "as one-sided as a gang-rape", during a television interview when he appeared with his...

Nordic carrier Finnair has launched an advanced emissions calculator and says it is the 'only one in the world to be based on actual quarterly cargo, passenger and fuel consumption figures, not averages or...

A new documentary has revealed that at the height of the Second World War, German U-boats had dropped eight saboteurs in the United States on a secret mission to destroy targets across the...

Some of the world's biggest film stars, directors and producers were already in town and others were pouring in for galas and premieres of their films as the 35th annual Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) got under way...

With no masala Bollywood movies on offer at the Toronto International Film Festival, this Canadian city will surely miss Indian stars like Rani Mukerji and Priyanka Chopra, who were a big hit last...

The US-India Business Council will embark on a life sciences executive mission to coincide with the Biotechnology Industry Organisation's first annual international partnering conference in Hyderabad Sep...

Iran has been secretly building a vast underground nuclear plant 200 metres deep inside a desert mountain ridge in east of Tehran, in violation of the UN sanction regime, an anti-Iran group has...

The World Bank's Vice President for South Asia, Isabel Guerrero, has stressed on the importance of transparency and accountability in aid utilisation by Pakistan in reassuring donors that aid would not be...

England's abysmal display in the World Cup in South Africa in June and July this year, has kicked off the debate about what is wrong with the Premier League...

The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has made it mandatory for all its players to get their agents cleared by the board before September 30, 2010, and has warned that not complying with the guidelines would make the player ineligible for domestic as well as international game...

England midfielder David Beckham, who has been recovering from the Achilles tendon injury which ruled him out of this year's World Cup, has said that he is eyeing a Three Lions comeback when fully...

The thirty-three workers trapped in an underground mine in northern Chile for more than a month will reportedly receive new medical "survival kits," which were used by the U.S. and British troops during wars in Iraq and...

A dissident group, the People's Mujahedeen of Iran, that had previously revealed the existence of several hidden nuclear sites in the country, has claimed that Iran is secretly constructing a vast underground complex to hide a nuclear facility in the mountains east of Tehran, in a development that would violate the UN sanctions...

World No.1 Rafael Nadal remains on track for his first US Open title after booking his place in the semi-finals after defeating eighth-seeded Spanish compatriot Fernando...

Pakistani youngster Babar Azam, who was one of the shining stars of this year's Under-19 World Cup in New Zealand, has said that there are appropriate levels of support for young cricketers in...

The International Development Association (IDA), the World Bank's concessionary lending arm, has approved a $220 million credit to support rebuilding efforts in areas affected by the 2008 Kosi floods in...

Al-Qaeda-linked insurgent group Al-Shabab has claimed responsibility for a deadly attack Thursday at Mogadishu airport. At least 13 people were killed and scores were wounded when two explosives-filled vehicles blew up at the gates of Aden International airport, according to...

US pastor, Terry Jones, has agreed to call off a Quran burning on the anniversary of the September 11th...

Three European giants have been pitted together in Group G, but the tussle between AC Milan, Real Madrid CF and AFC Ajax is just one of several intriguing stories set to unravel over the coming...

MAUI, Hawaii, August 29. THE final night of long course meter racing came to an end at the Junior Pan Pacific Championships with some sterling times being posted by each country's future elites....

BAGHDAD — The American Embassy spokesman in Iraq says the United States and Iraq have signed an agreement to settle claims of Americans who say they were abused by Saddam Hussein's regime. ...

In this undated image provided by The Scottish Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, issued Thursday Sept. 9, 2010, showing a humpback whale which is caught in creel fishing buoys as it...

Police guard a cordon in central Copenhagen, Friday, Sept. 10, 2010, after it was suspected that the man tried to detonate a small bomb in Hotel Joergensen in central Copenhagen. The man received...

LONDON — Carlisle Castle is under siege. Not from rampaging Vikings, insurgent Scots or Parliamentary rebels, but from tall scraggly blades of grass. For months now, the castle's...

LONDON — Rescuers working to save a humpback whale entangled in ropes near a remote Scottish island say they fear the mammal has died. Scottish National Heritage says that a team of...

ROME — A river of mud unleashed by heavy rains has flooded a tiny village on Italy's Amalfi Coast, and at least one person was reported missing. Video obtained by APTN on Friday showed a...

& Digital Telecom (OTC Bulletin Board: CVDT), exhibited its virtualization technology solutions at the Fifth China (Jinan) International Information Technology Expo (Expo). The Expo was held...

Videoconferences may be known for putting people to sleep, but never like this. Dr. Thomas Hemmerling and his team of McGill's Department of Anesthesia achieved a world first on August 30, 2010, when...

Top Bulgarian female freestyle wrestler Stanka Zlateva won a world title for Bulgaria at the World Wrestling Championship in Moscow. In the 72-kg category final, Zlateva beat 2:0 Canada's Oheneva...

Seoul, South Korea: North Koreans marked the 62nd anniversary of their nation's founding on Thursday with ceremonies honouring its first leader, Kim Il-sung, as speculation abroad deepened over...