Myanmar's state media say the death toll from cyclone Nargis has reached almost 78,000 and that another 56,000 people are missing....

An Australian opposition party member has suggested a regime change in Myanmar if the generals continue to let the humanitarian crisis...

US President George Bush's request for Saudi Arabia to produce more oil has been rejected....

The Libyan leader, Muammar Gadaffi, has accused European states of overturning the boats of Africans trying to reach...

The UN Committee Against Torture has reported that Indonesian police, armed forces and intelligence services regularly use torture on criminal suspects to extract...

The Gujarat special operations police forces have conducted searches in 35 different cyber cafes in Ahmedabad in the wake the Jaipur blasts....

Georgia has sent an envoy to Russia to ease tensions between two countries over its break-away region...

The run-off election for president has been announced by Zimbabwe's Electoral...

At least ten people, most of them policemen, were killed and over 90 injured when a suicide bomber rammed into a police van in the busy heart of the Sri Lankan capital at midday on...

In his latest audio message, al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden, has vowed that Palestine will never be relinquished "as long as one true Muslim remains on earth."...

Democratic frontrunner Barack Obama lashed out at President George W. Bush Friday for carrying out an 'appalling attack' by suggesting the Illinois senator would appease...

The US plans to ship 500,000 tonnes of food to North Korea within the next year after Pyongyang asked for help to address food shortage crisis, the US government said...

Pope Benedict XVI has composed a prayer for Catholics in China through which, among other things, they would seek inspiration to remain faithful to...

A UN conference on bio-safety reached a preliminary agreement Friday on liability for environmental damage arising from the use of genetically modified organisms in...

Tehran, May 16 (RIA Novosti) Iran Friday said it has submitted a package of proposals on nuclear non-proliferation, other international security issues to Russian and Chinese foreign...

The United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Britain have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to expand their bilateral cooperation, including in the peaceful uses of nuclear energy, WAM news agency reported...

In this celebratory year of monarchic Bhutan's transition to the world's youngest democracy, India Friday made a significant move to broaden its energy basket by pledging to import 10,000 MW of electricity by 2020 from a country with one of the world's largest hydropower...

Reliance BIG Entertainment, the media and entertainment arm of the $75 billion Reliance Anil Dhirubhai Ambani group, Friday announced that it would spend $1 billion on the Indian film and entertainment business over the next 12-15...

An anti-terrorist court in the northern hinterland in Bangladesh has indicted a record number of 61 activists from the outlawed Jamiatul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) for spreading Islamic militancy in the country, police sources said...

Intelligence and anti-terrorism agents in France, Germany and the Netherland Friday arrested 10 Turkish nationals suspected of financing a terrorist group linked to Al...

As demanded by the local Sikh community, US authorities have charged an American teenager with hate crime for setting fire to a fellow Sikh student's turban in a New Jersey...

A former hardened Tamil Tiger guerrilla who fought the Sri Lankan military for years was Friday sworn in as chief minister of the island's troubled eastern...

The detention of an Indian man held on suspicion of murdering his roommate Samrajyo Jyothirmayee Vempala was extended by another eight weeks Friday at the request of his...

Hidden away in the vaults of the British Museum for 164 years, more than 100 stunning paintings from the Ramayana, dating back to the 17th century, went on public display Friday at the British Library's central London...

Havana, May 16 (Prensa Latina) The film version of the Colombian Nobel laureate Gabriel Garcia Marquez's celebrated novel 'Love in the Time of Cholera' has attracted large audiences in the Cuban...

US President George W. Bush arrived in the Saudi capital Riyadh Friday for a two-day visit to hold talks with Saudi King Abdullah Bin...

Indian firms will be encouraged to invest in the governorate of Buraimi in Oman, said India's Ambassador to Oman Anil...

The Dalai Lama repeated his desire Friday for reconciliation with China and insisted he does not want independence for his homeland...

Harare/Zimbabwe's presidential run-off election between President Robert Mugabe and opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai will take place June 27, Zimbabwe Electoral Commission head George Chiweshe said...

After a long dispute, Microsoft has agreed to offer Windows for the computers of 'One Laptop Per Child' (OLPC) educational project for children in developing...

United Arab Emirates (UAE) will sign an agreement with the US to boost cooperation in the education sector, WAM news agency...

Seven police personnel and two civilians were killed and some 95 wounded when a suspected Tamil Tiger suicide bomber rammed his motorcycle into a police bus in the heart of the busy Sri Lankan capital at midday...

The prestigious Asia Society has started work on its Texas centre's new headquarters in Houston. Projected to cost $40 million, it will be completed by...

Yingxiu Township (China), May 16 (Xinhua) With China still reeling under the deadly earthquake that is feared to have killed more than 50,000 people, severity of the catastrophe is slowly surfacing in Wenchuan - the epicentre of the...

Indian duo Jeev Milkha Singh and S.S.P. Chowrasia had brilliant starts to their European campaign as they both had bogey-free rounds on the first day of the Irish Open golf...

Zimbabwe's opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) leader Morgan Tsvangirai, whose supporters are awaiting his return to his troubled country after more than a month's absence, was thousands of miles away in Northern Ireland...

The Red Cross launched an emergency appeal Friday for $50.8 million for Myanmar following Cyclone...

Kabul, May 16 (Xinhua) At least five Taliban militants were killed and six injured Friday in a gunfight with the police in southern Afghan province of Zabul, officials said...

Arjun Atwal continuing his bid for full playing rights on the US PGA Tour next year, shot a fine three-under 69 in the first round of the BMW Charity Pro-Am on the Nationwide Tour in the...

Geneva, May 16 (Xinhua) Future generations will face hunger, thirst, disease and disaster if people carry on trashing the environment, the World Wild Fund for Nature (WWF) has...

Cricket Australia (CA) is contemplating its own version of Indian Premier League (IPL) within two years after the inaugural Twenty20 tournament has become a mega-hit in the...

United Nations, May 16 (Xinhua) The world economic growth will drop steeply to 1.8 percent this year, from 3.8 percent in 2007, the UN said in a mid-year economic...

British construction and maintenance giant John Laing is to open its first India office in order to beef up its presence in...

Revenues of IT companies have been growing at a healthy rate but US-based firms witnessed higher revenue growth than their Indian...

Beijing, May 16 (Xinhua) China's Ministry of Finance Friday set aside another 1.17 billion yuan ($167 million) for disaster relief work in the wake of Monday's massive earthquake in the...

The ruling Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) and its ally Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) are embroiled in a fresh row - this time over journalist-businessman Salmaan Taseer who has been named the governor of Punjab...

Incoming International Cricket Council (ICC) chief executive Haroon Lorgat said that the sanctity of Test cricket would remain, despite the frenzied grab for Twenty20 dollars, it was reported by the media here...

The price for crude oil produced by the Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) climbed 18 cents Thursday, OPEC said...

Beijing, May 16 (Xinhua) A moderate aftershock measuring 5.69 on the Richter scale jolted the Lixian County in China's quake-hit south-western Sichuan Province Friday, the seismological bureau...

Three wives of a Malaysian odd job worker appeared in a court to bless his fourth wedding. His first wife Wan Rukiah said: 'Go ahead, I have no...