JERUSALEM - Israel has slammed the peace accord between rival Palestinian factions Hamas and Fatah to form a new unity government in the West Bank and Gaza, saying that peace and Hamas "do not go...

MANILA - At least 48 people have been killed and scores are missing in the 6.8-magnitude earthquake that struck the heavily populated island provinces of Negros and Cebu in the central Philippines...

Maldives - President Mohamed Nasheed, Maldives' first democratically elected head of state, resigned Tuesday after weeks of public protests over his order to arrest a senior judge Abdulla Mohamed,...

WASHINGTON - The US has partially waived off sanctions against Myanmar following a series of political reforms in the formerly military ruled South East Asian nation.

The waiver was signed by US...

BEIRUT - At least 21 civilians and four soldiers were reported killed Tuesday in an escalated violence across Syria with government forces renewing their assault on Homs, while visiting Russian...

The Obama administration is urging a group of Iranian dissidents living in northeastern Iraq to make a decision about moving to a new transit center near Baghdad as part of a U.N.-backed process of...

With Russia and China blocking a U.N. resolution condemning the crackdown on protests in Syria, the prospects for a quick end to the conflict seem bleak. President Bashar al-Assad can also rely on...

An international campaigner for democracy in Syria on Tuesday accused the West of being hasty in calling for a regime change in turmoil-stricken Syria.

Ribal Al-Assad, the founder and director of...

India opener Virender Sehwag said Tuesday the team will be rotating opening batsmen and in Wednesday's second ODI against Sri Lanka he would be replacing Sachin Tendulkar or Gautam Gambhir. Sehwag...

Mohammad Waheed Hassan, who was sworn in president Tuesday after Mohamed Nasheed quit following street protests, is an educationist who has served in the UN and is the country's first TV anchor. He...

Tamara Ecclestone looked stunning in a black dress as she walked the red carpet at the Laureus World Sports Awards in London.

The Formula One heiress wore a long black body con gown, which showed...

Easterners really do look at the world differently to Westerners, researchers say.

Cultural differences between the West and East are well documented, but a new study revealed that concrete...

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has warned that Pakistan's economy is at a vulnerable stage.

Insisting that Pakistan's economy is in a bad state as far as both internal and external shocks...

"I dare to dream about becoming the best player. Now I have this special award and I think everything is possible," said Serbian tennis giant Novak Djokovic, who has been named the Laureus World...

Italian football giants AC Milan will see their striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic sidelined in the clash against league leaders Juventus Feb 25 as the Swedish international has been handed a three-match...

Despite freezing weather, many fans waited and shouted alongside the red carpet as winners of the 2012 Laureus World Sports Awards were unveiled here Monday.

Serbian tennis giant Novak Djokovic and...

Spanish La Liga football club Sevilla has sacked coach Marcelino Garcia after the team's poor run which has seen them slip from contenders for a place in Europe to a struggling outfit in the...

Sachin Tendulkar's aim to score his hundredth international ton may have to wait as he may be rested for the upcoming one-day international match against Sri Lanka in Perth.

The move comes as a part...

Former Indian cricket captain and commentator Sourav Ganguly believes that Australia have done well to blood Tasmania-born Victoria wicketkeeper Mathew Wade in international cricket.

"Genuine...

Pakistan skipper Misbahul Haq has said his team's impressive victory over England sends a strong message to the cricketing world that Pakistan is a power in the sport and should no longer be...

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has scaled down its forecast for China's 2012 economic growth from nine percent to 8.25 percent and warned that exports would be a significant drag on expansion...

Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) chairman Zaka Ashraf has said the team needs a qualified head coach to win the World Cup.

Although he praised Mohsin Khan's as a coach, Ashraf said: "No doubt the team...

Pakistan has narrowed the gap with the top four sides in the International Cricket Council (ICC) Test Championship table after beating the world number-one team, England by 3-0 in the three-Test...

Europe continues to battle the intense cold and heavy snowfall and it is expected that the weather will stay the same till the end of the week.

According to the web site accuweather.com, as of...

World No 1 tennis player Novak Djokovic was crowned the world sportsman of the year at the Laureus Awards in London.

He has won the Australian Open this year and ended the season with a 70-6 winning...

Former Australian captain Steve Waugh has backed masterblaster Sachin Tendulkar to break the 'Don Bradman jinx' and score his hundredth international ton.

He said Tendulkar's failure to score his...

Pakistan has assured Iran that it would implement, on a fast track basis, multi-billion-dollar gas and electricity import projects, despite international sanctions and concerns over the latter's...

It may come as a rude shock, but Facebook users should not feel surprised if tomorrow they come across their photos existing in the web world despite having deleted them personally long ago.

The...

A new United Nations report shows that almost 2,000 communities across Africa abandoned female genital mutilation/cutting (FGM/C) last year, prompting calls for a renewed global push to end this...

A lack of job opportunities, inadequate education, vulnerable working conditions and insufficient government investment are some of the main concerns of young people around the world, according to a...

Although the Asia-Pacific region has witnessed widespread gains in combating the spread of HIV, experts at a United Nations meeting were told today that the epidemic is still outpacing the region's...

Russia has defended its rejection of a UN resolution condemning the violent crackdown in Syria, saying the Security Council was too hasty in putting it to a vote.

"It is unfortunate that the...

Russia and China are defending their veto of a United Nations Security Council resolution that would have endorsed an Arab League plan for Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to transfer power to a...

Russia remains a 'friend of the Arab world' even though its veto on a United Nations Security Council resolution has been misunderstood by some Arab countries, Ambassador Vitaly Churkin...

SAN FRANCISCO (AFP) - Online retail titan Amazon will open its first real-world shop in just a few months, according to a blog devoted to news about electronic readers such as the popular...

Thorsten Heins, who took over from RIM's long-time co-CEOs Mike Lazaridis and Jim Balsillie in a dramatic management shakeup in late January, made his first keynote speech to a BlackBerry...

PHOENIX, Arizona, February 7. THE end of 2011 featured a spate of strong meets taking place in the United States, all of which are recapped in the February issue of Swimming World...

BERLIN -; A German court has rejected the claim of two Jewish women for extra pension payments for work they did under the Nazis in ghettos. The Federal Social Affairs Court in Kassel ruling...

LONDON -; British lawmakers from across the political spectrum voiced anger Tuesday at a court decision to release an imprisoned extremist cleric, saying the man described as one of Europe's...

People gather around a minibus struck in an apparent explosion as it sits near a highway overpass in Kaduna, Nigeria, on Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2012. Two explosions struck Tuesday near army and air force...

The needle used to sedate Adolph Eichmann is part of the display in the "Operation Finale" exhibit, revealing the story behind the Mossad spy agency's most legendary operation ever,...

ALGIERS, Algeria -; Algeria will witness a "social explosion" if the May legislative election is marred by fraud, an Islamist leader warned Tuesday. The published comments from...

DAKAR, Senegal -; Thousands of people have marched in Senegal's capital to call for the departure of aging President Abdoulaye Wade. The marchers included international pop star Youssou...

PARIS -; The French parliament erupted in an uproar Tuesday after a lawmaker accused the interior minister of flirting with Nazi ideology. Socialist lawmaker Serge Letchimy from Martinique...

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, left, shakes hands with Hamas leader Khaled Mashaal, right, as the Emir of Qatar, Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani, center, looks on, after signing an agreement...

BEIJING -; Twenty-nine Chinese workers abducted by rebels in Sudan more than a week ago have been released and flown to Kenya by the Red Cross, the group said Tuesday. The rebels attacked a road...

Nepalese watch a grass fire close to the runway of Nepal's international airport in Katmandu, Nepal, Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2012. The grass fire has closed Nepal's only international airport and...

LAGOS, Nigeria -; Bomb blasts struck Tuesday near army and air force bases on the outskirts of the central Nigerian city at the heart of riots last year that killed hundreds, officials said. The...