Kathmandu, Sep 22 (IANS) After being blocked by the Maoists, Nepal's oldest and best known beauty pageant, Miss Nepal, is finally scheduled to be held Thursday without drawing att...More

Washington, Sep 22 (IANS) Based on more than 50 experiments with mice, scientists have mapped out the basic steps taken by a particular set of white blood cells in setting the pac...More

Washington, Sep 22 (IANS) Archaeologists have uncovered a rare gemstone engraved with the portrait of Alexander the Great during excavations at Tel Dor in Israel. ...More

London, Sep 22 (IANS) An Indian-origin woman was to be sentenced Tuesday after being found guilty of murdering her two teenaged daughters in a frenzied knife attack at her home in...More

Lahore, Sep 22 (IANS) A group of 379 Sikh devotees from India have arrived here for ceremonies to mark the 470th death anniversary of Guru Nanak, the founder of Sikhism, the world...More

Port-of-Spain, Sep 22 (IANS) Britain's Queen Elizabeth would be there, but US President Barack Obama, who was invited as a special guest, won't be attending the Commonwealth Heads...More

New York, Sep 22 (IANS) India, Brazil and South Africa (IBSA) Monday reaffirmed commitment to multilateralism and to increased participation of developing countries in the decisio...More

Washington, Sep 22 (IANS) The renewed architecture of India-US bilateral dialogue and preparations for Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's State visit to the US in November were the f...More

Buenos Aires, Sep 22 (DPA) The ninth conference of the UN Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) opened here Monday with a call for concrete measures to fight land degradati...More

Khartoum, Sep 22 (Xinhua) At least 100 people were killed in clashes between two rival groups in southern Sudan, officials said Monday. Thousands of arme...More

Tegucigalpa (Honduras), Sep 22 (DPA) Ousted Honduran President Manuel Zelaya returned Monday to the Central American country and had taken refuge in the Brazilian Embassy in Teguc...More

Paris, Sep 22 (Xinhua) Former French prime minister Dominique de Villepin went on trial Monday charged with plotting to discredit politicians including President Nicolas Sarkozy. ...More

La Paz, Sep 22 (Prensa Latina) Bolivia will introduce a law to stop children from working under unsafe conditions. The government has identified 10 areas...More

Los Angeles, Sep 22 (DPA) Johnny Depp may walk away from a fourth installment of 'Pirates of the Caribbean' after Disney ousted the veteran studio chief who first backed his visio...More

Tegucigalpa, Sep 21 (DPA) The interim Honduran government and the spokeswoman for the UN in Tegucigalpa denied that ousted Honduran President Manuel Zelaya had returned Monday to ...More