US Defense Secretary Robert Gates is in the south of Afghanistan after touching down on...

Miami police swooped on the main airport on Friday when screeners detected a suspicious article in a checked...

Israeli president Benjamin Netanyahu has said it is time to finalize a deal on the Middle East peace...

A US general has revealed the Taliban in Afghanistan are very short of money with their drug labs and supply routes under pressure from US...

India's Sania Mirza's run in the US Open tennis tournament ended with her losing in the first round of the women's doubles...

Indian documentary filmmaker Vijay Kumar, arrested in Houston for allegedly carrying 'jihadist' literature and brass knuckles in his checked baggage, will remain behind bars without bail but can leave 'voluntarily' if his case is resolved within 120...

Jamaican tennis star Dustin Brown has said that he is excited about facing World No. 4 Andy Murray in their second-round US Open clash...

North Korean leader, Kim Jong-il is reportedly preparing to hold a rare congress of the ruling Workers' Party to pave the way for his son to succeed him, a feat of political engineering that would be a first in the Communist world, extending dynastic rule to a third...

Kendra Wilkinson is a hot siren herself, but can't stop gushing about her favourites in Hollywood - especially Beyonce's derriere, which she likes so much she would like to bite...

It's not just Rafael Nadal's looks that girls are crazy about - they will lay their hands on anything that belongs to him, even if it's his discarded...

American rapper 50 Cent is taking a break from Twitter to concentrate on his new album 'The Return Of The Heartless...

Actress Michelle Rodriguez has said that she signed her latest film "Machete" because she felt the film was a symbol of hope like President Barack Obama's...

Former manager for Britney Spears has officially signed on to save Lindsay Lohan's...

A Bronx teenager has earned the title of New York's bookworm of the year for plowing through a staggering 325 novels and comics in just three...

Hotels are making extra effort to ensure ESPN sportscaster Erin Andrews' safety after her recent stalker...

Tiny ants are scaring away jumbos about a billion times their size from stripping the tree cover, scientists have...

A seven-month-old baby died after doctors at a hospital in the US flushed his system with alcohol instead of saline solution during a heart...

Seven out of ten New Yorkers participating in a New York poll, want the proposed Muslim community center and mosque to be relocated away from Ground Zero in Lower...

Pakistan's nuclear arsenal has prevented a conventional war with India, ensuring 'our survival, our security, and our sovereignty', besides making the 'nation walk with head held high', boasts A.Q. Khan, the disgraced scientist considered the father of Islamabad's clandestine nuclear...

Two-thirds of New York City residents want a controversial Muslim community centre and mosque to be relocated farther away from the site of 9/11 terrorist attack, according to a New York Times...

Former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin has lashed out at reporters who write about her using anonymous sources, branding them 'impotent' and...

People who believe in fate and destiny tend to dump superstition when faced with the death, says a recent...

Socialite Kim Kardashian has stunned her fans after posing with two nude men for a magazine photo shoot. She describes it as one of her most risque covers to...

Actor Ashton Kutcher is reportedly threatening to sue the editors of a US tabloid for defamation, following an article they published suggesting he had been cheating on his wife Demi...

Despite reports from the US Thursday that initial jobless claims fell to 472,000 last week and pending home resales were up 5.2 per cent in July, Canada's top Toronto Dominion (TD) Bank said the economic recovery in North America is slipping after positive hints four months...

American singer Katy Perry says she will apply to become a citizen of the UK as soon as she weds Russell...

The US brokered Middle East peace talks here have not only led to promises of a second round of negotiations Sep 14-15, but also opened the possibility of a third round later this month, according to media...

India's Minister of State for Commerce and Industry Jyotiraditya Scindia said here Thursday that India and a trade bloc of South American countries have agreed to expand a trade...

Pakistan's nuclear arsenal has prevented a conventional war with India and made the 'nation walk with heads held high', boasts notorious Pakistani scientist A Q Khan, considered the father of Islamabad's clandestine nuclear weapons...

An offshore oil rig exploded and caught fire Thursday in the Gulf of Mexico, the US Coast Guard...

Three people were killed in a small plane crash Thursday in a lagoon in the US state of California, authorities...

Another Gulf coast rig has caught fire, causing the United States Coast Guard to scramble into...

Rapper Sean Combs aka P. Diddy is being sued for $12 million by a former employee for age...

Results Thursday at the 23-million-dollar US...

Hurricane Earl threatened to bring a violent end to the summer high season on the US Atlantic coast as tourists evacuated beach resorts in North Carolina and storm preparations were underway Thursday along most of the Eastern...

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas have agreed to a one-year time-frame for reaching a peace agreement, the special US envoy to the region, George Mitchell, said...

Nearly nine months after a devastating earthquake, an estimated 1.3 million Haitians are still living in temporary shelters while the country struggles with reconstruction and rebuilding a government, the United Nations said Thursday in an updated...

Serena Williams has revealed that she underwent surgery to repair a lacerated tendon near her big toe to avoid a lifetime with a 'droopy'...

Members of American hard rock band Guns N' Roses stormed off the stage after their fans threw bottles at them for turning up more than an hour...

The International Monetary Fund Thursday pledged $450 million in emergency loans to Pakistan to help the country cope with a massive flood...

Catherine Zeta-Jones has been angered by a medical diagnosis of her husband, Michael Douglas, in which he was told he has stage four cancer of the...

WASHINGTON — A government official said Friday that a scientist has been detained in Miami after screeners found a metal canister in his luggage that looked like a pipe bomb. The official...

HELENA, Mont. — General rule of thumb: when looking to buy marijuana, don't text the sheriff. Authorities said a Helena teen sent out a text message last week in search of pot, but instead of...

NORTH EAST, Pa. — Police said an Erie-area woman somehow managed to zap both herself and her brother with a stun gun during a drunken dispute. Darlene Newara, 45, will have a hearing Oct. 18 on...

Todd Hornbeck beat the Obama administration once again on Wednesday, and yet he is still losing. Hornbeck was first to challenge the administration's industry-crippling moratorium on deep-water...

Posted on: Friday, 3 September 2010, 06:10 CDT A report said Thursday that over 49 million people in the U.S. do not have regular access to nutritious meals, putting them at risk for a raft of...

CHAGRIN FALLS, Ohio -- The Ohio woman who became the youngest person to row across the Atlantic alone says oars used in her feat have been lost in a car theft.Katie Spotz of suburban Cleveland says...

CHICAGO -- Four men have been killed in a shooting in southwest Chicago.Authorities say the men were in a garage in the West Lawn neighborhood Thursday night when they were gunned down. Police say...

flu season approaching, hurricane warnings affecting the East Coast and ongoing threats of other natural or human-made disasters, there is no better time to plan for emergencies. The American Public...

Concerned about rising medical expenses, middle-class Americans are bumping up their monthly retirement savings to cover future health care costs. The First Command Financial Behaviors Index®...