London, Sep 22 (IANS) Hopes of new jobs have risen in Britain again after the government announced a loan of 10 million pounds to Tata Motors to manufacture an electric version of...More

Moscow, Sep 22 (RIA Novosti) Russia's defence budget will rise by 8 percent in 2010 to reach $36 billion, Deputy Prime Minister Sergei Ivanov said Tuesday. ...More

Nairobi/Juba, Sep 22 (DPA) The UN Tuesday said it was concerned at the deterioration of security in Southern Sudan after the latest in a series of ethnic clashes claimed the lives...More

Tehran, Sep 22 (Xinhua) An Iranian military aircraft crashed in the south of Tehran Tuesday in a military parade marking the anniversary of the start of the 1980-1988 Iran-Iraq wa...More

London, Sep 22 (IANS) Scientists have ample evidence that individuals use a variety of cues to spot family resemblances. People can also detect resemblances in families other than...More

Johannesburg, Sep 22 (DPA) In a surprise move prompted by an 'undisclosed security threat', the US government shut down all its facilities in South Africa Tuesday. ...More

Paris, Sep 22 (DPA) French police moved Tuesday to raze a makeshift camp for illegal immigrants around the northern port city of Calais that once housed some 1,400 people from Afg...More

Hong Kong, Sep 22 (DPA) The Hong Kong-based monthly magazine Far Eastern Economic Review will cease publication in December due to falling readership and advertising revenue, the ...More

Washigton, Sep 22 (IANS) Hummer drivers believe they are defending America's values of 'rugged individualism' and 'frontier' lifestyle against anti-American critics, according to ...More

Lahore, Sep 22 (IANS) Over 350 Indian Sikh pilgrims, in Pakistan to attend the death anniversary of Sikhism founder Guru Nanak Dev, have urged New Delhi and Islamabad to allow pil...More

Kathmandu, Sep 22 (IANS) President Barack Obama's government has announced a $205 million aid for Nepal intended for humanitarian crisis and peace measures. ...More

Washington, Sep 22 (IANS) The US Congress has approved aid of $2.376 billion for Pakistan, a media report Tuesday said. The amount is meant for fiscal 20...More

Mexico City, Sep 22 (EFE) One of Mexico's tallest skyscrapers, which was built over 50-years-back, will undergo a makeover to house a hotel in 20 of its 44 floors, project sources...More

Tegucigalpa, Sep 22 (EFE) The de facto Honduran government imposed a nationwide curfew following the return of ousted President Mel Zelaya. The governmen...More

Samdrup Jhonkhar (Bhutan), Sep 22 (IANS) Bhutan Prime Minister Lyonchen Jigme Yoser Thinley will be among those joining a special prayer ceremony led by senior Buddhist monks Tues...More