London/Nairobi, Nov 17 (DPA) Somali pirates have captured a tanker with 28 North Koreans aboard - but failed in an attack to seize a Ukrainian vessel following a firefight, the European Union's ...

London, November 05 (ANI): A Brazilian man had surprise in store for his grieving family when he walked in alive at his own funeral. Fifty-nine-year-old Ademir Jorge Goncalves was reported dead in a ...

Kabul, Nov 5 (DPA) The UN plans to relocate 12 percent of its workers in Afghanistan, including one third of its international staff, in the face of mounting Taliban attacks, officials ...

Mumbai Oct 26 (IANS) Services on the suburban section of Central Railway were disrupted for over four hours Monday following a wildcat stir by train drivers, an official said. Operations limped back ...

Tehran, Oct 21 (DPA) Iran has arrested three suspects linked to the weekend suicide bombing in the southeastern province of Sistan-Beluchistan, the Fars news agency reported. Provincial prosecutor Mohammad Marzieh told Fars Tuesday ...

Melbourne, Oct 12 (ANI): Any diet or detox program involving fasting could cause the body to break down, experts have warned. Some companies have launched aggressive marketing campaigns aimed at young women ...

Manila, Oct 11 (THAINDIAN NEWS) Then Typhoon Parma struck Philippines on Oct. 3 and lingered as a tropical depression for about a week, bringing destruction in its wake to the whole region. ...

Santiago (Dominican Republic), Oct 6 (EFE) Over two dozen victims of a serial rapist arrested in this northern Dominican city are refusing to file complaints against him as they are afraid their ...

Melbourne, Sep 27 (ANI): Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd met his India counterpart Dr. Manmohan Singh to discuss the recent violent attacks against Indian students studying in Australia, and also to ...

Panaji, Sep 17 (IANS) The crime branch of Goa Police Thursday booked controversial state Tourism Minister Francisco alias Mickky Pacheco for extortion and threatening a casino employee, officials said. A police ...

Washington/Prague, Sep 17 (DPA) US President Barack Obama may scrap plans by his predecessor, George W Bush, to install a missile defence system in Eastern Europe, the Wall Street Journal reported ...

London, Sep 12 (ANI): No deal was struck with Manchester City to pay a British record transfer fee of 47 million pounds for Carlos Tevez to MSI, the company fronted by Kia ...

New Delhi, Sep 8 (IANS) Anonymous calls warning of bomb blasts Tuesday affected two busy Delhi Metro stations, two hospitals and three government buildings, causing panic and leading to the evacuation of ...

Chandigarh, Sep 6 (IANS) Former Punjab chief minister Harcharan Singh Brar passed away here Sunday after prolonged illness. He was 86. Brar was admitted to the Post-graduate Institute of Medical Education and ...

Kolkata, Aug 26 (IANS) Train services were disrupted in West Bengal's Howrah division Wednesday after youth activists of the Communist Party of India-Marxist's (CPI-M) vandalised the Srirampur station venting their ire ...

London, Aug 18(ANI): England footballer Jermain Defoe has been pulled over by cops again, days after announcing that he would sue them for "unlawfully" stopping his Range Rover and arresting him. According to ...

Jammu, Aug 17 (IANS) A commander of terror outfit Hizbul Mujahideen, Altaf Hussain, was killed in a shootout with security forces in Jammu and Kashmir's Reasi district Monday morning, police said. A ...

Peshawar (NWFP, Pakistan), Aug.16 (ANI): Pakistan army sources on Sunday said they had recovered the bullet-riddled bodies of 18 Taliban militants from some locations in the Swat Valley. "Eighteen dead bodies of ...

Peshawar (NWFP, Pakistan), Aug.16 (ANI): Pakistan army sources on Sunday said they had recovered the bullet-riddled bodies of 18 Taliban militants from some locations in the Swat Valley. "Eighteen dead bodies of ...

Aug 5 (IBNS) Famous news anchor Lou Dobbs has become a challenge for CNN bosses after he embarrassed his boss and hosted a show that seemed to contradict the channel's "no bias" ...

By Omar Khalid Karachi, Aug 3 (IANS) Pakistan's cricket officials are happy that the International Cricket Council (ICC) will probe claims that bookmakers tried to approach players during the current tour of Sri ...

By Omar Khalid Karachi, Aug 3 (IANS) Pakistan's cricket officials are happy that the International Cricket Council (ICC) will probe claims that bookmakers tried to approach players during the current tour of Sri ...

Chandigarh, July 30 (IANS) Scores of borrowers owe over Rs. 26.16 billion (Rs.2,616 crore) to the Punjab Financial Corporation (PFC), an agency of the Punjab government. Unable to recover the dues from these ...

London, July 29 (IANS) England all-rounder Andrew Flintoff needed two more injections and has been sleeping with an ice-pack around his right knee to ensure his participation in the ongoing Ashes test ...

London, July 29 (ANI): An Australia woman was trapped in her toilet for a week before being rescued. The 67-year-old woman reportedly spent a week wedged between her toilet door and the bowl ...

Mumbai, July 23 (IANS) Stranded on the road due to a vehicle breakdown and no help around? Not any more. Europ Assistance, an international firm in the field of professional automotive assistance ...

Berlin, July 22 (DPA) The German Bundeswehr (military) was Wednesday deploying heavy weapons, including tanks, as part of its battle against the Taliban in the northern Afghan province of Kunduz, a ...

London, July 21 (ANI): A probe for noise pollution was ordered into a Brit Primary school after locals complained about kids' laughter. Council inspectors heard of the complaints of an "unbearable" din at ...

Guangzhou (China), July 16 (Xinhua) More than a hundred African nationals have staged a protest outside a police station over the death of a man allegedly during police identity checks in China's ...

London, July 16 (ANI): Despite having tracked a thief who stole his computer, an English salesman failed to have any arrests made because cops felt it to be "too expensive" to collar ...