2009-01-09 16:09:25
Pakistan Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani today said the ISI has given its "feedback" to India on "some information" about the Mumbai attacks that New Delhi had shared with US intelligence agency CIA.
2009-01-09 15:55:36
Condemning the firing of rockets into Israel from south Lebanon, the United Nations has asked the concerned parties to restrain themselves amid the ongoing conflict in Gaza.
2009-01-09 14:18:22
President-elect Barack Obama is completing his national security team by announcing his unusual choices for CIA director and a national intelligence director who may face tough Senate confirmation questioning over how he confronted the Indonesian mil
2009-01-09 13:52:03
Wags, an acronym used particularly by British tabloids to describe the girlfriends and spouses of top footballers, are a "bad influence" on teenagers, according to researchers.
2009-01-09 13:37:36
An international organisation providing humanitarian aid to the people of Gaza today asked the UN Security Council to take immediate steps to translate the words contained in its ceasefire resolution into "meaningful change on the ground."
2009-01-09 13:27:24
Cholera epidemic continues to rage in Zimbabwe with the World Health Organization (WHO) saying that the number of cases has now reached almost 36,000 with death toll reaching around 1780 over last five months.
2009-01-09 13:18:41
At least 40 people, including 22 children, were killed and over 20 others injured when a major fire ripped through two dozen hutments in Pakistan's largest city on Friday.
2009-01-09 13:05:03
Two top Al-Qaeda leaders from Kenya, including the one responsible for the devastating Marriott hotel bombing in Islamabad last year, were killed in a US missile strike inside Pakistan this month.
2009-01-09 10:49:23
A strong earthquake shook Costa Rica on Thursday, killing a child and sending frightened residents running into the streets of the capital as windows shattered and walls cracked.
2009-01-09 09:52:58
The UN Security Council on Friday approved a resolution calling for an immediate and durable ceasefire in Gaza, with the US abstaining from the vote.
2009-01-09 09:46:32
At least 38 people were killed and 25 injured when a fire ripped through dozens of homes in a shantytown in Pakistan's largest city Karachi, government and hospital officials said early Friday morning.
2009-01-09 09:43:55
Two children died when a strong 6.1 magnitude earthquake rocked central Costa Rica, causing panic and widespread damage as residents fled from shaking buildings.
2009-01-09 09:35:41
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), which is helping Indian intelligence agencies and police in probing the Mumbai terror attack, has sought permission from New Delhi to interrogate more persons in its custody.
2009-01-09 09:26:38
The United States on Friday called for an enhanced cooperation between India and Pakistan on investigations into the Mumbai terrorist attack.
2009-01-09 09:17:16
A man shot in the back 35 years ago has died from his wounds, despite living a full and active life for more than three decades.
2009-01-09 09:14:27
Half of the world's population could face food shortages by the end of this century due to climate change, a new study warned Thursday.
2009-01-09 09:12:22
Al Qaeda's operations chief in Pakistan and a top aide are believed to be dead, a U.S. counterterrorism official said on Thursday, in what appeared to be the latest results of a campaign targeting the militant group's leadership.
2009-01-09 08:56:02
A quick-thinking woman put her lifeguard experience to good use, saving herself and her two small daughters after their car slid off a road into a deep, frigid pond in the state of Indiana.
2009-01-09 07:10:59
While the world reels under the global credit crunch, one jeweller decided to buck the trend by designing the world's most expensive phone.
2009-01-09 07:07:36
US President-elect Barack Obama hailed a rare Oval Office gathering of all US presidents as an extraordinary event on Wednesday as the current occupant, President George W Bush, reminded his predecessors and successor that the office "transcends the