Archaeologists have discovered the first known burial shroud in Jerusalem from the time of Christ’s crucifixion - and say it casts serious doubt on the claimed...

In the long and tortured debate over drug policy, one of the strangest episodes has been playing out this fall in the United Kingdom, where the country’s top drug...

Does Barack Obama deserve the Noble prize for peace? I think answer never will be positive. Who is famous in the world as great worrier against terrorism and giving him...

Computer technicians have found 22 million missing White House e-mails from the administration of President George W. Bush and the Obama administration is searching for...

There are few people more obnoxious in American public life today than oil tycoon T. Boone Pickens. This dude has an idea, he wants clean energy to sweep America; he...

Pakistan Broadcasting Corporation (PBC) has blocked Voice of America’s (VOA) 4-hour Pashto language programme on the latter’s alleged deviation from agreement.

Premier Wen Jiabao will leave for Copenhagen this afternoon, hoping to help seal a fair and effective climate change deal for the planet and secure China’s...

Financial institutions with more than $13 trillion in assets are relying on the summit in Copenhagen to give them the certainty that they need to invest in a low-carbon...

I know I will lose some close female friends for writing this piece as also lots of hate mail. But I have to let out the bee in my bonnet called mind. I wonder why men...

The use of the term “Arab Street” is one of the most racist Western cliches directed toward Arabs. First, there is still a stubborn reluctance in the...

The other day it was cash for IDPs stolen, now it’s Free Primary Education Funds, what intentions do the undisclosed thieves have for this nation? What’s all these...

What is it that prevents the VIPs from sharing the road with commoners? Taxpayers’ money goes to waste in making security arrangements for VIPs that serve no purpose...

All you wanted to know about the racist land distribution and housing police in Israel, and the ethnic cleansing of Palestinians from Jerusalem has been eloquently put...

The Minister of Interior is reported to have ordered the immediate detention and flogging of a 75-year-old woman, Khamisa Mohammed Sawadi, along with two Saudi Arabian...

The U.S. sent a letter to all of countries in South American guaranteeing that the U.S. military will not use Colombian bases to invade neighboring countries, El...

Conservative billionaire Sebastian Pinera led Chile’s presidential vote and is seen the favorite to win a run-off and lead a political shift in Latin...

Is Barack Obama making a habit of spurning Scandinavian royals? The president caused some annoyance to Norwegians last week when he turned down lunch with the king...

Car bombs ripped through downtown Baghdad early Tuesday, killing five and wounding at least 16 people in the latest attack near government buildings in the Iraqi...

A smattering of villages and towns in rich, independence-minded Catalonia gave a lukewarm embrace to the idea of breaking away from Spain in a rare vote Sunday at the...

Ever since Syria and Turkey lifted their visa restrictions in September, Turkish visitors have poured into this picturesque northern city. Hawkers in Aleppo’s ancient...