In the worst violence of the near year-long crackdown by government forces, Syrian security forces have launched a massive attack on the people of Homs.

Using heavy artillery, the Syrian forces...

A private in the U.S. Army is to face a court martial after leaking classified documents to WikiLeaks.

Private First Class Bradley Manning, 24, has been in prison since his arrest one-and-a-half...

Many of us doubt that Iran is on the way to building a nuclear bomb.

Trying to find the truth is not easy. It was a bit of a one sided conversation since I don't know the inner workings of the...

CAIRO - Three people were killed in Cairo, and 6 in Suez, as thousands of angry protesters clashed with security forces in Egypt's capital Cairo and other cities for a second day Friday over the...

TEL AVIV - Iran is trying to strike Israeli targets around the world in retaliation for the assassination of its nuclear scientists, a top security official has warned.

Yoram Cohen, the head of...

BANGKOK - Cambodia's UN-backed war crimes tribunal has rejected an appeal by a Khmer Rouge jailer Kaing Guek Eav alias Duch, and increased his sentence to life imprisonment for crimes against...

NAIROBI, Kenya - A good harvest and food aid inflows have improved the situation in Somalia, the United Nations said Friday declaring that the country is out of "famine" situation, while underlining...

AMSTERDAM - The International Court of Justice has ordered Italy to annul all compensation claims against Germany for Nazi war crimes, saying Rome had breached international laws when its courts...

Iran will stop its oil exports to Europe, Oil Minister Rostam Qasemi said Saturday.

The development comes after the European Union endorsed the measures adopted by the foreign ministers of the...

Myanmar will draft a media law with help from the UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (Unesco), the official media reported Saturday.

The information ministry is drafting the law in...

Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) chief Zaka Ashraf has proposed that the England and Wales Cricket Board hosts a one-day tri-series involving Pakistan and India next year, during the recent International...

A total of 3,021 civilians were killed in terrorism-related violence in 2011 in Afghanistan, the UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) said in its annual report Saturday.

The figure indicates...

Australia is working on finding the best blend of players for the upcoming Twenty20 World Cup in Sri Lanka this September.

The Australian team utilized the two Twenty20 matches against India to...

In a new study, an international team of scientists pooled their radio observations into a database to produce the highest precision map to date of the magnetic field within our own Milky Way...

Israel's facilities in North America and around the world are on high alert, as they face an Iranian security threat, an internal document has said.

"We predict that the threat on our sites around...

Somalia's famine has ended but drought in the Horn of Africa region continues to pose a threat to the area, the UN has said.

"Long-awaited rains coupled with substantial agricultural inputs and the...

The United Nations is backing a mass vaccination campaign under way in northern Cameroon, where a new outbreak of yellow fever has killed at least seven people.

The vaccination campaign, which began...

Early diagnosis is the key to reducing the nearly eight million deaths caused by cancer across the globe annually, the United Nations World Health Organization (WHO) said today, stressing the...

The United Nations and humanitarian partners today revised upwards an appeal for funding to continue relief work for six months among the more than 300,000 people in the Philippines island of...

A United Nations political team heads to the Maldives next week for talks on how to help support the Indian Ocean archipelago in its transition to democracy.

Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon's...

The United Nations disaster risk reduction agency stressed today the need to boost preventive measures in Fiji, as heavy rains are predicted to occur more frequently in the archipelago nation, which...

The United Nations International Court of Justice (ICJ) ruled today that Italy has violated its obligation to respect Germany's immunity under international law by allowing civil claims seeking...

The head of the United Nations peacekeeping mission in Cote d'Ivoire (UNOCI) said today that he hopes to decide next week on the partial certification of parliamentary elections held in the West...

The United Nations declared an end to famine conditions in Somalia today, but warned that the crisis in the Horn of Africa is not over and requires continued efforts to restore food security and help...

As Turkey increasingly tries to play the role of broker in Mideast diplomacy, there are concerns its conservative Muslim prime minister is pursuing a religious agenda. But in a speech this week,...

Activists report at least 12 deaths as protests and clashes rippled across Syria Friday while the United Nations Security Council struggled to craft a resolution to help end the...

The international crude oil prices for Indian Basket as computed/published today by the Petroleum Planning and Analysis Cell (PPAC) under the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas was higher at US...

India's cricket captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni commended his side for an exceptional fielding effort in the second Twenty20 International against Australia at the Melbourne Cricket Ground here...

India roared back to form to square the Twenty20 international series and put Australia on notice for the looming one-dayers.

Presenting an exceptional fielding effort, inspired by the infusion of...

A high powered delegation comprising of 15 members from 11 American universities and institutions visited Amity University to mull over potential areas of collaboration. These representatives are on...

India finally tasted success in Australia winning the second and last Twenty20 international by eight wickets with their outstanding outcricket at the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG) here Friday.

The...

Pakistan cricket captain Misbah-ul-Haq has said it was for the International Cricket Council (ICC) and Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) to decide if fast bowler Mohammad Aamer, who was released from jail...

The scoreboard of the second Twenty20 International between India and Australia at the Melbourne Cricket Ground here Friday.

Australia innings:

David Warner c Gambhir b Praveen 8

Aaron Finch run...

India won the second Twenty20 International against Australia by eight-wickets at the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG) here Friday.

Chasing a target of 132, India made 135 for two with two balls to...

Adelaide has joined Sydney and Melbourne in the race to host the 2015 ICC Cricket World Cup final.

CA chief executive James Sutherland said the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG) and the ANZ Stadium in...

And, as America shifts its primary strategic focus to Asia and reduces its military presence in Europe, President Barack Obama's top two national security aides - attending an international...

MUNICH, Germany (AP) -- U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta is reassuring Europe that it remains central to U.S. defense interests, even as the Obama administration is withdrawing two of the four...

BEIJING: China's Premier Wen Jiabao said yesterday the Asian giant had neither the ability nor the intention to 'buy Europe', amid concerns over growing Chinese investment in...

The U.S. on Saturday called for stepped-up U.S.-European co-operation to isolate tyrannies like the Assad regime in Syria, promote democracy in the Arab World and beyond and repair damage from the...

Lindsey Vonn, of the Uniited States, wears a mask to protect from the cold as she looks at the scoreboard after completing training for an alpine ski, women's World Cup downhill, in...

SURABAYA, Indonesia -; Indonesian police say they have arrested an airline pilot on suspicion of using illegal drugs three hours before flying. Narcotics agency director Brig. Gen. Benny Mamoto...

MUNICH -; Russia's foreign minister says he still sees two major problems with a draft U.N. resolution on the violence in Syria. Sergey Lavrov said at a security conference in Germany on...

Bosnian man walks during snow storm in Sarajevo, Bosnia, on Friday, Feb. 3, 2012. Central and eastern Europe are experiencing a severe and snowy cold snap with temperatures in Bosnia plummeting to...

FILE - In this Feb. 1, 2012 file photo, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, speaks to reporters at the State Department in Washington. The Obama administration pressed Russia on Friday to back...

KABUL, Afghanistan -; The Afghan Taliban are denying their leader Mullah Omar wrote to President Barack Obama last July. Taliban spokesman Zabiullah Mujahid describes as "baseless...

MOSCOW -; Russia's foreign minister sternly warned Washington Saturday that any attempt to put a draft resolution on Syria to vote at the United Nations would lead to "scandal," a...

MUNICH -; Germany's foreign minister says Europe is determined to prevent a nuclear-armed Iran but is warning against military action. Sitting on a panel with U.S. Secretary of Defense Leon...