CAIRO - Three people were killed as thousands of angry protesters clashed with security forces in Egypt's capital Cairo and other cities for a second day Friday over the deaths of 74 football fans on...

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...

The body of a young woman with deep wounds on her head was found stuffed in a sack near a mosque in Rawalpindi, police said.

The victim was identified as Nazima Perveen, 22.

She had been missing...

An earthquake measuring 5.4 on the Richter scale jolted the northern Pakistani town of Chitral and its adjacent areas early Saturday.

The quake occurred around 5.20 a.m., Xinhua quoted local Urdu...

The Murree region in Pakistan's Punjab province has witnessed heavy snowfall.

A bus carrying girl students was stuck in snow on the Murree-Bhurban road Friday. Efforts were on late Friday to get the...

Pakistani Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani has said that conspiracies are being hatched to delay the country's senate elections.

He was speaking to reporters Friday before inaugurating the Business...

Contrary to the reports, actor Hugh Grant is still signed on for the third instalment of "Bridget Jones Dairy" movie, confirm movie bosses.

Rumours were abuzz that the actor, who plays charming...

A Pakistani firm is planning to set up a $600 million oil refinery in southwestern part of the country, Dawn reported Saturday.

The plant will come up in the coastal area of Gaddani in Balochistan...

Hollywood's star actor Brad Pitt has revealed that he once did an odd job of driving strippers to their gigs and then catching their peeled off clothes.

The Hollywood star said he was given the job...

Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari has remitted the sentences of prisoners as a goodwill gesture on the occasion of Eid.

Zardari consulted with Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani for remitting the...

Pakistan's first luxury business train completed its maiden journey between the Lahore and Karachi cities Saturday.

The Business Express was launched by Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani at 3.30...

Actress Reese Witherspoon says she enjoyed shooting action sequences for her new movie "This Means War".

The 35-year-old star revealed that being a part of an action film was a new experience and...

Actor Daniel Radcliffe has revealed that he used to go to shoot on "Harry Potter" sets while being drunk.

"I went into work still drunk. I can point to many scenes where I'm just gone. Dead behind...

To make America more attractive to highly-skilled foreign students and workers, the United States has announced a series of reforms, including changes in the F-1 and H-1B visa rules, that may benefit...

Asserting that ties with India and China were not a zero-sum game, the United States has said it was strengthening its relations with both as part of its Asia pivot.

"The United States is in the...

Hungary's national carrier Malev has ceased operations and grounded all its flights due to the inability to cover a $270 million debt after the government stopped financing the airlines.

"The owner,...

Monkeys in a Kazakhstan zoo are enjoying a "very human" remedy against cold weather, with wine added to their daily ration.

Each monkey is getting a moderate dose of about 50 grams of Cahors wine a...

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...

An unidentified drone crashed near a camp for displaced people in the outskirts of Somali capital Mogadishu, Xinhua reported.

"A drone or unmanned aerial craft crashed near Badbaado camp but we...

The Russian government has announced awards of $130,000 to Russian athletes who win a gold medal at the 2012 London Olympics.

The government announced Friday that silver medalists would receive...

Actress Sharon Stone will play a married woman who seduces a student in director Tony Kaye's new movie.

According to contactmusic.com, the 53-year-old, known for her bold role in "Basic Instinct",...

US President Barack Obama will host British Prime Minister David Cameron at the White House during an official visit in March, the White House said.

The meeting scheduled for March 13-14 will also...

Actor Brad Pitt says he quit smoking cannabis because he was "disgusted" with the habit, and stopped for the sake of his career.

The 48-year-old admitted that he was heavily using marijuana in the...

Iran plans to establish a national satellite launch base in the southeast of the country, adjacent to the Sea of Oman and the Indian Ocean, Press TV reported.

President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has...

Reality TV star Kim Kardashian has reportedly been "hanging out" with American football quarterback Mark Sanchez.

The 31-year-old, who was last year married to basketball star Kris Humphries for...

Police in Russia's Siberia region have uncovered a drug lab in the same building that has a court just one storey below it.

The Siberian News Agency said Friday the lab was discovered in Khakassia...

Singer-actress Demi Lovato said an eating disorder made her "very manipulative".

"I was a very manipulative person when it came to my eating disorder. You name it, I did it," showbiz.com quoted the...

Two plants to manufacture space-defence missiles will soon be built in Russia, Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin has said.

The first in Nizhny Novgorod will employ 5,000 workers and the second in...

Pop diva Madonna will dedicate a 12-minute performance at the Super Bowl to her winemaker dad.

The 53-year-old singer will take the stage at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis Sunday.

Madonna is...

Two American tourists and their Egyptian guide were kidnapped by local tribesmen in Egypt on their way back from a local monastery, but were later released unharmed, media reports said.

The three...

Backstreet Boys singer Nick Carter dedicated a song to his late sister Leslie Carter and got emotional while performing the song.

Leslie, 25, died Jan 31 at her upstate New York home. Reports said...

BEIJING - China, the holder of one of the world's largest foreign exchange reserves, has indicated it may get "more deeply involved" in resolving the European Union debt crisis.

This was stated...

Actress Naomi Watts has shown her disappointment towards the Academy Awards for snubbing "J Edgar" leading man Leonardo DiCaprio.

The 43-year-old said she was shocked to hear that DiCaprio was not...

TOKYO - Japan's Panasonic Friday predicted staggering annual loss of $10.2 billion, joining rivals Sony and Sharp who have also forecast combined losses of $6 billion.

Panasonic said it was headed...

LONDON - The eurozone's service sector has shown some growth, marginal though, for the first time in four months, raising expectations that a recession could be kept at bay.

The Markit eurozone...

BRUSSELS - Several countries in Europe are facing gas supply crunch with severe cold weather driving up demand and drop in Russian supplies via Kiev, raising fears of a repeat of the 2009...

LONDON - Seven National Health Services (NHS) trusts, including three in London, have been identified for a bailout from a 1.5 billion pounds government fund to relieve major financial pressures.
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Pakistani Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani Friday inaugurated the country's first luxury train in the eastern city of Lahore.

The Business Express will run between Lahore and Karachi cities.

It is...

US economic recovery was speeding up with the labor market improving, but the nation needed to take more steps to bolster the faltering recovery, President Barack Obama said Friday.

Obama welcomed...

China has distributed 20.7 billion yuan (about $3.3 billion) to over 87 million needy people across the country as part of a welfare program, the government said Friday.

The money was distributed...

British Energy Minister Chris Huhne resigned Friday, Xinhua reported.

Police said they would prosecute him for allegedly perverting the course of justice in relation to driving a car above the speed...

The US unemployment rate edged down to 8.3 percent in January from 8.5 percent in December 2011, the Labour Department said Friday.

Total US nonfarm payroll employment rose by 243,000 in January,...

Four people were killed in a suicide bomb attack Friday night in northwestern Pakistani city of Peshawar.

The bomber rammed his explosives-laden vehicle into the office of a property dealer, Xinhua...

Emirates Airlines has launched its new daily flights to Dallas city in the US, it was announced Friday.

Emirates will serve Dallas/Fort Worth daily with a Boeing 777 aircraft.

The new service is a...

Air Seychelles Friday announced direct flights from Seychelles' largest island of Mahe to Abu Dhabi.

This follows last week's announcement that UAE's Etihad Airways will form a strategic partnership...

A crematorium in Britain is to broadcast funerals live on the internet for mourners who are unable to attend, a media report said Friday.

The crematorium bosses also intend to install a big screen...

A woman who boasted of having slept with 1,000 men has confessed to once being a man, a media report said Friday.

Sex addict Crystal Warren, born Christopher Snowden, changed gender in 2005, the...