Soutwestern China has been hit by an earthquake which was felt as far away as Bangkok and...

A US plane has delivered aid goods to Myanmar....

According to government officials, some electricity supplies have been fixed in parts of Myanmar's biggest city of...

Pakistan's coalition government is on the verge of collapsing after only seven weeks of...

The Gaza Strip's sole power plant is once again being supplied with fuel by...

Zimbabwe's top electoral official has told a state newspaper that it is likely the country's presidential run-off poll will be...

A Hamas official has claimed that Hezbollah's gains in Lebanon are part of a regional process that began last year in the Gaza Strip and will continue in Jordan and...

The Bush administration has told Israeli and Palestinian leaders they will need to show progress in their secret talks soon, or risk a potentially fatal erosion in public support for a process now in its sixth month without any obvious...

Nearly 9,000 people were confirmed dead and thousands more were feared dead after an earthquake measuring 7.8 on the Richter scale caused widespread damage in south-western China...

Of the six Indians killed in a car accident on way to the Niagara Falls, two couples were from Jabalpur. Formalities are being completed for sending their bodies to...

Beijing, May 12 (Xinhua) China Eastern Airlines (CEA) Monday cancelled all flights to southwestern Sichuan provincial capital of Chengdu after a major earthquake hit the region and, according to an estimate, killed at least 5,000...

Nearly six months after it was expelled from the Commonwealth, Pakistan was Monday readmitted into the 53-nation body following the restoration of democracy in the...

Nepal Monday set the stage for the formal abolition of its two-and-a-half century old monarchy with Prime Minister Girija Prasad Koirala calling the fateful first meeting of the newly elected constituent assembly May...

Enraged by daily protests by Tibetans in Kathmandu since March, China Monday said the Nepal government should adopt 'very severe punishment' for the ringleaders and emulate India's example in arresting...

The Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) Monday decided to pull out of the cabinet following failure of talks with coalition partner Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) over the restoration of judges sacked by President Pervez Musharraf last...

India shrugged off their poor penalty-corner strike rate to convert four out of four and registered a 6-4 victory against Belgium in the Azlan Shah hockey tournament here...

With no let up in its building boom, construction and demolition waste generated in Dubai registered a record 163 percent growth last year over the previous year, WAM news agency reported...

South Korea has developed the core technology for radar-evading stealth fighters and is preparing for a test flight of a fighter equipped with the technology, WAM news agency reported...

Daniel Chopra faded away in the final round of the US PGA Tour's The Players Championship with a six-over 78 that saw him finish tied 42nd with a total of seven-over...

Bangkok/An international emergency aid push for about 1.9 million Myanmar villagers and farmers whose lives were devastated by Cyclone Nargis gathered steam Monday as planeloads of goods arrived in Yangon, but agencies still complained of a lack of visas for foreign aid...

The European Commission is due to meet Tuesday in Brussels to discuss the ongoing crisis in Myanmar following Cyclone...

Israeli police have increased their alert level to one grade below an emergency situation ahead of an international conference of world leaders, President George W. Bush among them, to take pace in Jerusalem this week, Israeli media reported...

Iraqi authorities lifted a curfew Monday in northern Nineveh, allowing people to leave their homes three days after a military offensive was launched in the...

Gulf property developers are planning to build luxury island resorts in England - complete with yacht marinas, theatres, an opera house and housing - along the lines of the famed artificial palm islands of Dubai, a newspaper...

Anti-government rallies were held in several of Indonesia's big cities Monday, to protest against a government plan to raise fuel prices and cut...

With only 17 days remaining before Nepal's embattled King Gyanendra is officially stripped of his crown and asked to leave the Narayanhity royal palace from where his ancestors ruled the kingdom for generations, the only major party still supporting the monarchy is appealing for two more years before the axe...

Pakistan has invited investors from the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to invest in its low-cost housing project announced by its Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gillani last...

Leading UAE real estate developer Mubadala Development Company has announced the launch of its latest initiative, Sowwah Square, a flagship commercial development on Sowwah Island in Abu Dhabi, a joint venture between it and The John Buck...

The Middle East and North Africa's largest low-cost airline Air Arabia Monday announced net profit of 78 million dirhams ($21.2 million) in the first quarter of 2008, an 81 percent rise from the corresponding period last...

Like humans, little fish also diet - not to look more presentable, but out of dire necessity. They don't want to get on the wrong side of more dominant fish and risk being gobbled...

Expelled for flouting democratic norms, Pakistan is set to be readmitted to the Commonwealth Monday after general elections ushered in a democratic government in...

Beijing, May 12 (Xinhua) China has dispatched troops to Wenchuan County in China's southwestern Sichuan Province to help in the disaster relief work after a massive earthquake measuring 7.8 on the Richter scale jolted the region...

Saudi Arabia has threatened to halt oil exports to Taiwan over Taipei's reluctance to invest in Saudi Arabia's power and water desalination plant, a newspaper said...

Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA) announced it has signed deals for six new mega projects, worth a total of 12 billion dirhmas ($3.2 billion), in the areas of power generation and water...

Avoid lotions when treating dried out noses. Most lotions can cause the cilia - the small hairs in a nostril - to stick together and prevent them from removing unwanted...

A flash flood triggered by heavy rains has killed four people, including two small children, in Vietnam's central highlands, a police officer said...

Human rights activists marched in Hong Kong Monday to protest the way they claim free speech was suppressed during the Olympic torch relay held in the city this...

Quanzhou (China), May 12 (Xinhua) The Beijing Olympic torch relay started Monday in China's southeastern coastal city Quanzhou, the third stop in Fujian...

Police in Karachi are at their wits end on how to deal with the rising trend of thieves using trained monkeys to commit robberies in different parts of the port...

British Prime Minister Gordon Brown will receive the Dalai Lama at the office of England's top church leader rather than at Downing Street, a spokesperson said...

Bookmakers Monday named Indian-born novelist Salman Rushdie's 'Midnight Children' as the favourite to win the Best of Booker award after organisers announced a shortlist of six novels dominated by postcolonial...

The Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) was Monday set to decide on withdrawing its ministers from the cabinet after its talks with the ruling coalition partner Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) failed to resolve their difference over the reinstatement of...

Ever heard of "occupational asthma"? That's asthma caused by exposure to allergens present in the average office - and a new study says it's on the...

A coalition of Indian youth groups is asking the Malaysian government to fund their social education programmes that would help curb unrest in the...

New Delhi, May 12 (IANS)India's first field marshal, S.H.F.J. Manekshaw, preferred calling himself Sam 'Bahadur' as a sign of respect for the brave Gorkha soldiers, most of whom came from Nepal. However, a call by Nepal Maoist chief Prachanda not to allow them to join the Indian army could impact on traditional military ties between the two...

Scientists have turned the ash waste from coal-fired power stations into a global environmental solution which promises to slash emissions in the carbon-hungry construction sector by at least 20...

Inter Milan squandered a chance to win the Serie A title before their home crowd Sunday as Siena held them to a 2-2 draw while Roma beat Atalanta 2-1 and are now one point behind with a single game...

Atletico Madrid are back in the Champions League after 11 years' absence, thanks to a 1-0 home win over Deportivo...

Bangladesh has told India's Tata Group that it does not have gas to spare for the steel and fertiliser plants that form part of its $3 billion investment proposals. Instead, Tata should await the coal policy that is on the...

Ivan Ljubicic needed a full workout to get revenge on Steve Darcis in the first round of the Hamburg Masters while star players Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal were training...