Fateh Jhang (Pakistan), Sep 18 (IANS) Seventeen people were killed and 55 others wounded Friday in a head-on collision between two passenger buses in eastern Pakistan, a media rep...More

Islamabad, Sep 18 (IANS) Pakistan was elected to the Board of Governors of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Friday under the reserved seat for the Middle East and Sou...More

Warsaw, Sep 18 (DPA) Seven miners were killed and about 30 suffered burns in a fire in the Wujek coal mine in southern Poland, media reports said Friday. ...More

Moscow, Sep 18 (RIA Novosti) Russia has opened criminal cases against the top management of a company accused of providing low-quality equipment for MiG-29 fighter jets sold to Al...More

Singapore, Sep 18 (Xinhua) Singapore and Australia are conducting a joint naval exercise in the South China Sea Sep 18-25, officials said. Navies of the ...More

Islamabad, Sep 18 (Xinhua) Pakistan and China Friday signed an agreement to build a communication satellite in the next three years, officials said. Chin...More

Johannesburg, Sep 18 (IANS) Somdev Devvarman gave India a 1-0 lead against South Africa in the Davis Cup World Group tennis play-off at Ellis Park Indoor Arena here Friday. ...More

London, Sep 18 (IANS) Indian plans to set numerical targets for curbing greenhouse gas emissions were described Friday as a 'breakthrough' that challenges the US and other rich na...More

Yangon, Sep 18 (DPA) Myanmar authorities Friday released an estimated 600 inmates, including some political prisoners, from Yangon's notorious Insein Prison as part of an amnesty ...More

Manila, Sep 18 (DPA) The World Bank said Friday it has approved a $6.3-million grant for a project that aims to protect the seas and forests in the southern Philippines. ...More

Tehran, Sep 18 (DPA) Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad Friday called the mass murder of Jews by the Nazis a 'fairy tale' and urged continued resistance against Israel's 'Zioni...More

London, Sep 18 (IANS) Hollywood singer-actress Lindsay Lohan has denied reports suggesting that she had been admitted to hospital for psychiatric help. T...More

Hong Kong, Sep 18 (DPA) A former Morgan Stanley executive was jailed Friday for seven years for what a judge called his 'sheer greed' in Hong Kong's biggest insider trading case. ...More

London, Sep 18 (IANS) Her dream of singing with good friend Michael Jackson was dashed by his untimely death, but now Madonna is planning the next best thing by working with his s...More

Johannesburg, Sep 18 (DPA) Mercy Ndhlovu and Nomsa Mncube run a beauty 'salon' under the open sky on the edge of a street near a Johannesburg shopping centre. ...More