AMMAN - Security forces killed 37 people in Syria on Friday, activists and residents claimed, as the UN Security Council prepared to discuss Damascus later in the day ahead of a possible vote next...

BAGHDAD - In the deadliest attack in nearly two weeks at least 28 people were killed and around 50 injured Friday in a car bomb blast in Zafraniyah district of east Baghdad near a funeral procession...

SEOUL - The United States and South Korea are to hold annual military exercises on the Korean peninsula soon, the first since the recent change of leadership in North Korea.

There had been...

JACKSONVILLE, Florida - Republican presidential frontrunners Mitt Romney and Newt Gingrich sparred repeatedly in a livewire debate Thursday, five days ahead of the high-stakes Florida primary voting...

WASHINGTON - Faced with a budget cut of nearly $500 billion over 10 years, the United States has decided to trim its ground troops but will create a "cutting-edge force" for tactical operations to...

The country that has long been known to abuse its powers and privileges in the United Nations is now leading a campaign to reform the same organization.

While UN reforms are welcomed, if not...

The UN Children's Fund (UNICEF) has appealed for $1.28 billion to provide humanitarian assistance to children in over 25 countries this year, with nearly one-third of the total amount earmarked for...

Former World No 1 Rafael Nadal, who has coped with a painful knee injury to storm into the Australian Open finals, is relieved to have entered the final stage of the Grand Slam tournament...

Twitter users across the world have threatened to go on a one-day boycott after the micro blogging website announced that it could remove tweets in certain countries which have "different ideas about...

Bulandshahr (Uttar Pradesh), Jan.28 (ANI):Fourteen test tube babies were born using the in-vitro fertilisation (IVF) procedure to seven childless mothers in Bulandshahr.

The doctors carried out...

World No.1 Novak Djokovic has said he has the mental edge over Rafael Nadal to carry him to the Australian Open crown.

Djokovic faced a "physical crisis" to reach Sunday night's final.

The world...

Europe needs to build a better firewall and work towards a stronger commitment of financial resources to curb the debt crisis, said US Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner.

Acknowledging all the...

Australian captain Michael Clarke today said that his team has sent out a message to the superpowers of world cricket with their 4-0 Test series demolition of India.

Chasing a world-record target...

Tennis ace Roger Federer believes his eighth loss to World number two Rafael Nadal in ten grand slam encounters isn't that bad and people shouldn't feel sorry for him.

Federer feels he will add more...

Iran will restart talks with a team of the United Nation's nuclear watchdog International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) in a bid to allay their suspicions of a covert weapons programme.

Diplomats...

India dropped a place to the third spot in International Cricket Council (ICC) Test rankings after their humiliating 0-4 whitewash by Australia in the Border Gavaskar Trophy that concluded here...

The UN has launched a tree plantation campaign in Pakistan's flood-hit areas and plans to plant 200,000 trees in 400 villages.

The campaign is part of an initiative by the UN Human Settlements...

Iran's parliament is to discuss a bill Sunday that seeks to halt its oil exports to the European Union (EU).

The bill calls for a ban of oil exports to the EU as early as next week, Hossein...

Italy must do more to protect women from violence and urgently address the underlying structural causes of gender inequality and discrimination, an independent United Nations human rights expert...

The head of the United Nations office dedicated to disaster risk reduction wrapped up her visit to the Philippines today by comparing the damage caused by Typhoon Sendong to that of major tsunamis...

Uruguayan national football team manager scar Tabrez, known as El Maestro (The Teacher), will help promote education and sports programmes for vulnerable children in his native country, the United...

The United Nations and the United States Government initiative for AIDS relief (PEPFAR) welcomed today the launch of two programmes by business leaders to end new HIV infections in children by...

A United Nations human rights expert urged Ivorian authorities today to ensure a secure and peaceful environment for political participation following the violent clashes between the supporters and...

An independent United Nations human rights expert today urged Brazilian authorities to suspend evictions from the Pinheirinho settlement in So Paulo and find durable solutions with residents.

Raquel...

The United Nations today honoured the memory of the more than 1.5 million boys and girls who perished in the Holocaust, with top officials stressing the need to speak out against intolerance and to...

The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) appealed today for $1.28 billion to provide humanitarian assistance to children in over 25 countries this year, with nearly one-third of the total amount...

International ratings agency Fitch has downgraded its sovereign credit ratings of Belgium, Cyprus, Italy, Spain and Slovenia.

Ratings of Italy and Spain, two Eurozone economic heavyweights, were...

U.S. military leaders say they have begun preparations for a new, leaner military as Washington prepares to make cuts in the defense budget. Washington wants to reassure its allies, though, that it...

The UN Children's Fund (Unicef) Friday appealed for $1.28 billion to provide humanitarian assistance to children in over 25 countries this year.

"We have achieved many positive results in emergency...

The UN Friday organised a memorial ceremony to commemorate the victims of the Holocaust, with a particular focus on child victims.

The memorial ceremony was held on the annual International Day of...

World No.1 Novak Djokovic of Serbia cruised into the men's singles final of the Australian Open here Friday, defeating Britain's Andy Murray to set up a third consecutive grand slam final against...

The United Arab Emirates (UAE) is poised to play a significant role in the international film industry, a leading English daily here said.

"In its efforts to promote the arts and cultural activity,...

At least 31 people were killed and 60 others injured Friday in a suicide car bombing that targeted a funeral procession in Baghdad, Xinhua reported.

An interior ministry official said the attack...

More than 35 pounds (15 kg) of cocaine was sent in a bag that turned up at the UN headquarters in New York, CNN reported.

The narcotics were found Jan 16 inside hollowed-out books shipped from...

David Beckham has revealed that the red card given to him during the 1998 World Cup and the reaction that followed still haunts him.

Following the high of his exquisite free-kick against Colombia,...

Hindus want Europe to do something concrete to improve the plight of stateless Roma (Gypsies), who suffer rejection day after day.

Distinguished Hindu statesman Rajan Zed, in a statement in Nevada...

England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) chairman Giles Clarke said that pirate websites streaming live cricket illegally are the biggest threat to world cricket.

The ECB last year closed down some 700...

A new study, which uses genetic analysis to study the earliest human migrations, suggests that when modern humans first migrated out of Africa over sixty thousand years ago, they settled in Arabia on...

At least 22 people were killed and 35 others injured in a suicide car bombing that rocked Baghdad Friday, Xinhua reported.

An interior ministry official said the attack took place near a funeral...

India and China will emerge as the only destinations for companies seeking business as Asia will lead the world economic growth in the coming decade, India's Minister of State for Planning Ashwani...

Annual financial damage to the world economy from drug money equals $2 trillion, Russia's Federal Drug Control Service head Viktor Ivanov said.

"Narco-dollars form a market with a volume of over...

International talk show queen Oprah Winfrey is set to become godmother to singer Beyonce Knowles's daughter Blue Ivy Carter.

According to showbizspy.com, the 30-year-old and husband Jay-Z have...

India, Brazil, Germany and Japan, collectively known as the G-4 group of countries, have made a joint bid for the expansion of the UN Security Council in both the permanent and non-permanent...

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has commended Myanmar's economic reform efforts, saying that the nation has the potential to become the next economic bright spot in Asia.

"The new government...

The UN has launched a new online database to showcase successful strategies that businesses and communities are using to adapt to climate change while simultaneously increasing their profits and...

Former World No.1 Rafael Nadal has reckoned that he is confident for the Australian Open final after having defeated 'the greatest (player) in history', Roger Federer in the semi-final clash.

Nadal...

Several Libyan detainees, mostly accused of being loyal to former ruler Colonel Muammar Gaddafi, have died after being tortured by militia groups, human rights group Amnesty International has...

Former World Boxing Association and International Boxing Federation Light-Welterweight Champion Amir Khan is still awaiting the fate of his rematch against current champion Lamont Peterson.

The...

Jen Clinihens, VCU Brandcenter team leader, strikes the gavel to close the day Friday on the New York Stock Exchange. Her team won an international business...

A memorial made up of boots, a helmet, and gun sit on the steps of Soldiers' Memorial in downtown St. Louis on Friday night, Jan. 27, 2012. Photo by Emily Rasinski,...