The Bush administration has seized troubled mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie...

Democratic presidential nominee, Barack Obama, has described the US economy as fragile and has said he would press for middle-class tax cuts if...

Hurricane Ike has been downgraded to a Category 3 storm, but meteorologists are still describing it as dangerous, with winds near 120...

Though U.S., coalition and Afghan troops are making steady progress against increasingly active insurgent forces in Afghanistan, it’s time to turn up the heat, a senior U.S. military officer said last...

The primary chemical used to produce hard plastics, such as bottles, can be a potential risk factor for metabolic...

Prosecutors in Israel have been told by police investigators that Prime Minister Ehud Olmert should be indicted in over a corruption investigation....

Zimbabwe's opposition Movement for Democratic Change has refused to sign a power-sharing agreement, saying President Robert Mugabe’s powers should be reduced....

The Pakistan Ambassador to the United States, Hussain Haqqani, has told reporters that unilateral actions by US forces in Pakistani territory will not help to the war against terror, but will spark fury among the...

At least 600,000 people have been stranded in Bangladesh in serious flooding....

At least 30 people, including five policemen, have been killed in a suicide car bomb attack in...

Smiling Serb Jelena Jankovic kept her sunny disposition even in defeat, unable to stop glancing at herself repeatedly on the big stadium screen during a 6-4, 7-6 US Open finals loss to Serena...

Regular use of nonsteroid anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) like aspirin and ibuprofen is likely to hamper the detection of prostate...

The Russian government has loaned $250 million to the Sevmash shipyard to ensure that rebuilding work on aircraft carrier Gorshkov - to be operational as INS Vikramaditya under the Indian Navy - continues without any...

Britney Spears made a shining comeback at the MTV Video Music Awards, one year after a disastrous performance there, and took home three...

Serena Williams tossed her racquet into the air and couldn't stop jumping in hysterical joy after regaining the No.1 WTA ranking with a 6-4, 7-5 defeat of Jelena Jankovic for a third title at the US...

Sunny skies Sunday after a Saturday deluge of rain were heating up the debate on installing a roof on the main showcourt at the US...

A California judge has reduced the bail of Indian American actor Shelley Malil, accused of stabbing a woman more than 20 times, from $10 million to $3...

Novak Djokovic now has another reason not to doubt the recovery powers of Roger Federer after collapsing to a four-set loss against the Swiss to exit the US...

India is unlikely to get Australian uranium in the near future even as pressure mounts on the Labour government to reverse its ban on uranium exports to India to meet its growing energy...

A crowd of thousands saw British singer Amy Winehouse's strongest show of the summer at...

As the Bush administration prepared to present the India-US civil nuclear deal to the US Congress for final approval, a key lawmaker reiterated his opposition to a change of rules to ensure its quick...

Asian stocks, led by financial issues, made major gains early trading Monday, reacting to a US decision to take control of the two largest US mortgage lenders and guarantors, Fannie Mae and Freddie...

Brazil thrashed Chile 3-0 to climb back to a place in the table that would grant it a place in the 2010 World Cup in South...

Heavy snorers face a double risk, cholesterol plaque formation in neck arteries and later stroke, according to a new...

Singing sensation Rihanna nearly missed out on the opportunity to record her summer smash hit 'Umbrella' as it was originally intended for Mary J Blige or Britney...

Pro-democracy candidates won more than a third of the seats in Hong Kong's Legislative Council election, defying predictions they would be swept aside by China-friendly parties, results showed...

Doctors recommend diabetics undergo regular cancer screenings because not only are they at greater risk of developing kidney and circulatory disease, they also are at greater risk of developing...

Asif Ali Zardari, the president-elect of Pakistan, will visit China next week to negotiate a nuclear deal similar to the one between India and the US, an official said...

Milk may help protect dangerous bacteria like Staphylococcus from antibiotics used in treating...

Warsaw, Sep 8 (RIA Novosti) Poland's Alliance of the Democratic Left (SLD) has called for a national referendum on the deployment of a US missile defence base in the country, according to a party...

Scientists have stumbled on a new bacteria that can clean up arsenic spills even in previously inhospitable...

Rabat (Morocco)/The United States has rejected a request by the Cuban government that it lift its decades-old embargo for a limited time to allow relief goods and reconstruction materials into the hurricane-struck...

Washing dirty linen yourself rather than relying on a machine could help cut down greenhouse gas emission levels, according to a Queensland University of Technology...

Moscow, Sep 8 (RIA Novosti) The recent trouble with the International Space Station (ISS), caused by simple computer virus capable of stealing logins and passwords for computer games only, was a minor incident compared to possible environmental changes that could make space flights...

A single injection is likely to replace the existing 14-shot dosage required weekly by type 2 diabetics, according to a Toronto based...

An Indian-born Briton is seeking the intervention of the courts in reversing British laws to allow open-air cremations according to traditional Hindu...

Hospital superbugs can make poisons similar to that of rattlesnake venom to beat our natural defences, according to a new...

The burping of cows is to go green in Britain as part of the environmental exercise to reduce carbon...

Caracas, Sep 8 (Xinhua) Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez has said that his country would send more humanitarian aid to Haiti devastated by hurricane Ike that killed at least 39...

Swiss researchers have developed a new technique to fabricate borosilicate glass nanoparticles, which could extend the range of applications in optical, biomedical and electronic...

Are you a plumber looking for a temporary job change? There's one ready for you, but only if you can put up with penguins and icy...

Closely related plants produce their own natural chemical cocktails, adapting each set to the individual plant's specific...

Hurricane Ike weakened as it churned toward eastern Cuba, dropping to wind speeds of 195 km an hour after sweeping destruction across Haiti, killing at least 39...

The Anil Ambani group has sought to set at rest rumours within British football that the world's sixth richest man is keen to buy the Newcastle football...

Port-au-Hurricane Ike, with wind speeds of 215 km an hour, was blamed for the deaths of 39 people in Haiti, the Haiti Press news agency...

Seven policemen have been shot dead by gunmen in Mexico's western state of Michoacan, EFE news agency reported...

Uneasy about ongoing tropical storms, the US space agency NASA Sunday announced a two-day delay in launching the Atlantis shuttle mission to repair the Hubble...

At least 11 drug traffickers were killed Sunday in an operation carried out by the army in Colombia's southwestern province of Cauca, Spain's EFE news agency...

The US government seized control of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac Sunday, seeking to deflect the rising threat of surging mortgage defaults that were poised to topple the two companies that manage about half of the US home loan...

Residents of the Caribbean Turks and Caicos islands began surveying damage Sunday following the devastating impact of Hurricane Ike, as the 'extremely dangerous' category 4 storm continued on its path toward the Bahamas and Florida...