Madrid, Sep 21 (DPA) Spanish league leaders Real Madrid announced Monday that veteran striker Ruud Van Nistelrooy will be out of action for around six weeks with another injury. ...More

Bangkok, Sep 21 (DPA) Rafael Nadal Monday gave up on his plan to play the Thailand Open next week as he continues to try and let an abdominal muscle problem heal. ...More

Beijing, Sep 21 (Xinhua) The Chinese police have arrested 2,830 people suspected of fake invoice trading and confiscated more than 47 million such invoices during a three-month na...More

Baghdad, Sep 21 (Xinhua) Iraqi authorities detained 52 Al Qaeda members Monday, a police source said. The source told reporters that the Al Qaeda members...More

New York, Sep 21 (IANS) A 13-year-old Indian girl from Lucknow, Yugratna Srivastava has won the honour to address US President Barack Obama, President Hu Jintao of China and other...More

Thimpu, Sep 21 (IANS) An earthquake measuring 6.3 on the Richter scale Monday killed three people in Munggar in Bhutan, reports said. Kuensel, a governme...More

Islamabad, Sep 21 (IANS) Hoping to resume the stalled peace process and discuss 'the core issue of Jammu and Kashmir', Pakistani Foreign Secretary Salman Bashir said Monday that h...More

Dubai, Sep 21 (IANS) The United Arab Emirates health ministry is sending mobile phone SMSes to the public to raise awareness about the precautionary measures against influenza A (...More

Beijing, Sep 21 (Xinhua) The Chinese government Monday published a white paper on the development and progress in northwest China's Xinjiang Uyghur autonomous region. ...More

Sydney, Sep 21 (DPA) Shoppers in Brisbane were not dreaming when they saw two naked men get back into a police van after running around it in broad daylight in the middle of Austr...More

Lhasa, Sep 21 (Xinhua) An earthquake measuring 6.3 on the Richter scale jolted Bhutan Monday afternoon and the tremors were felt in Lhasa, authorities said. ...More

Qatna (Syria), Sep 21 (DPA) German archaeologists said Monday they had discovered a burial chamber in an ancient royal palace in Syria containing hundreds of bones and treasure th...More

London, Sep 19 (IANS) Too many chocolates could leave teenagers bristling with pimples. A Norwegian study has identified crude associations between acne ...More

Los Angeles, Sep 19 IANS) Sanjana Abraham, elder sister of jailed fashion designer Anand Jon, has been fined $1,000 and sentenced to either five days in jail or to do 120 hours of...More

Washington, Sep 19 IANS) US President Barack Obama has nominated Indian American technocrat Arun Majumdar to a key administration post dealing with energy research. ...More