Thai Prime Minister Samak Sundaravej has abruptly cancelled plans to fly to Rangoon over the weekend to persuade the ruling Myanmar junta to accept aid workers and supplies from the United...

Myanmar's military rulers have urged voters to approve a new constitution at Saturday's referendum, which is still due to go ahead, even after the devastation caused by cyclone Nargis....

Large parts of Beirut, including all roads leading to the capital's international airport, have been taken by Hezbollah...

United States military sources in Iraq have denied reports that Iraqi security forces have detained the leader of al-Qaeda in Iraq....

President Mikhail Saakashvili of Georgia has said that his country had come very close to war with...

A general strike in Lebanon has lead to more riots and violent clashes between government supporters and followers of Hezbollah in the capital Beirut....

At least 35 people have been killed in violent clashes between Ethiopian troops and Islamist insurgents in central Somalia....

The international police organization Interpol has arrested the 59-year-old Wayne Nelson Corliss, who is suspected of having sexually abused young boys in Asia....

Nepalese police have arrested more than 200 Tibetan exiles demonstrating in Kathmandu, as China thanked Nepal for its efforts to stop...

Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, who is suspected of taking bribes from a US businessmen, is involved in a case that threatens to shake up the political landscape as Israel marks its 60th...

The United Nations Friday appealed for $187 million to fund international efforts to assist Myanmar's 1.5 million people affected by Cyclone...

British Airways has said that it has stopped serving beef to economy class passengers but denied it did so for fear of offending...

'Col. Karuna', a renegade Tamil Tiger leader who rights groups say committed war crimes in Sri Lanka, has been released from a British jail ahead of possible deportation to his...

Rome/ With reports of a possible 100,000 cyclone deaths in Myanmar, the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) Friday suspended relief flights to Myanmar after 38 tons of aid were impounded by authorities in the disaster-struck...

The International Cricket Council (ICC) Friday let the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) off with a warning for preparing a 'poor quality' pitch at the Green Park Stadium in Kanpur for the third and last Test between India and South Africa last...

Moscow, May 9 (RIA Novosti) Russia Friday celebrated the 63rd Victory Day to mark the surrender of the Nazis at end of the World War II, with President Dmitry Medvedev inspecting the parade, that was held on a spectacular scale involving some 8,000 military...

Oil prices are ending the week on a record high after surging towards $125 per barrel in trading...

Shiv Shankar Mukherjee, a senior career diplomat, Friday took charge as India's new High Commissioner to Britain, a country that enjoys particularly close economic and political relations with...

Bharti Airtel and 15 other leaders of the global telecommunications industry have signed a deal to build the first direct, high-bandwidth optical-fibre undersea cable system from Britain to...

Another dream final between Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal, big crowds and more sunshine are what local organisers hope for at the Hamburg Masters Series tennis...

Former Australia captain Steve Waugh has welcomed the International Cricket Council's (ICC) plan to allow the players to challenge umpiring decisions in Test...

A 24-year-old man from Andhra Pradesh was to appear before British magistrates Friday on charges of killing a woman from his native state in the city of Birmingham, 190 km from...

India's Shiv Kapur made a steady start at the European Tour's Methorios Capital Italian Open with a first round score of two under 70...

The price for crude oil produced by the Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) continued its record-breaking climb towards the end of the week, OPEC said...

UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has urged Myanmar's military government to focus on its national tragedy in the wake of Cyclone Nargis as it prepared instead to hold a referendum this weekend on a new...

Want to gauge how hot a chilli is? Nanotechnology can help, says a new...

The Japanese government announced Friday it would provide up to $10 million to UN agencies for aid to cyclone-devastated Myanmar as it criticised Myanmar's military junta for not accepting relief...

Trophy holders Roma drew 1-1 at Catania and moved into the Italian Cup final through a 2-1 aggregate...

UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has urged Myanmar's military government to focus on its national tragedy in the wake of Cyclone Nargis as it prepared instead to hold a referendum this weekend on a new...

Lagos, May 9 (Xinhua) The International Olympic Committee (IOC) in conjunction with the Nigeria Olympic Committee (NOC) is to organise a high-level training course for sports journalists in Lagos. Tony Nezianya, NOC's Public Relations Officer, said that the course was to prepare the journalists for the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games'...

Russia's new President Dmitry Medvedev and Prime Minister Vladimir Putin surveyed a massive military parade in Moscow's Red Square Friday a day after the State Duma confirmed Putin in the...

Lisbon, May 9 (Xinhua) A total of 487,500 coins of 2.5 euros alluding to Portugal's participation in the Beijing Olympics are circulating at Continente supermarket subsidiaries for the benefit of the national olympic...

Singer Tina Turner reveals that it was singer-actress Cher who inspired her to leave her abusive husband Ike because she looked very happy as a single...

Pep Guardiola is to coach Barcelona next season, replacing the Dutchman Frank Rijkaard, club president Joan Laporta confirmed...

Indian traffic has been one of the major factors for the Nordic airline Finnair's Asian expansion contributing more than half of its revenues last year, says the airline's president and chief executive Jukka...

George Clooney's girlfriend Sarah Larson is surprised that he is dating her even after she ate a scorpion on a reality...

Actor Ashton Kutcher says he was a bed hopper before he met his wife Demi Moore who convinced him to opt for long term...

Italy's Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi resigned Thursday as president of AC Milan owing to the incompatibility of the two...

Don Henley, lead singer of the rock group The Eagles, is surprised that he has been allowed to openly criticise US President George Bush whereas others have been attacked for their negative...

Moscow, May 9 (RIA Novosti) Thailand has received an official request from Washington to extradite an alleged arms dealer to the US where he has been indicted on charges of conspiracy to kill Americans, officials...

The historic city of Jena - best known for producing Carl Zeiss optical instruments in the early 20th century - is enjoying a revival after the upheavals of German...

Ponds around the world can absorb as much carbon as the world's oceans, according to the latest study, good news for attempts to tackle climate...

Influential students trained to propagate anti-smoking messages among friends and peer groups can discourage the habit in schools, according to a recent...

The UN expressed disappointment Thursday at the mostly silent response from Myanmar's military junta to the global outpouring of generosity following the destruction and death toll inflicted by Cyclone...

London, May 9 : The U.N. World Food Programme (WFP) has halted aid shipments to Burma after two plane loads of food were impounded on arrival by that country's military authorities....

Sikkim, May 9 : Thirty-three trekking enthusiasts from across the world take part in ten-day long Kanchenjunga international trekking expedition in...

Washington, May 9 : A team of researchers has discovered a photosynthetic "dimmer switch" in light harvesting proteins in green plants, which could hold important implications for the future design of artificial photosynthesis systems, providing the world with a sustainable and secure source of...

Washington, May 9 : Young people in Europe are deliberately binging on drink and drugs to enhance their sex lives, according to a new...

London, May 9 : China is modernising, expanding and overhauling its nuclear weapons arsenal in order to compete with other major powers of the world and survive a first...

Lahore, May 9 : Pakistani beauty queen and fashion model, Maria Mateen, who represented her country twice in international beauty pageants, denied press reports claiming that she had a desire to go on a date with Pakistan President Pervez...