Passengers said they saw flames and then heard an explosion moments before a Spanair jet crashed on takeoff Wednesday at Madrid’s Barajas Airport, killing 153...

In 1999, President Bill Clinton ended America’s decades-old strategic tilt towards Pakistan when it forced Islamabad to withdraw its troops following the Kargil...

An interesting read if you are a parent and don’t know when or where to start... Hopefully I can take a few pointers from here.

When skin cells from a dead pit bull named Booger gave rise to five healthy-looking puppies with a $50,000 price tag, it marked the formal beginning of a commercial...

Today at a townhall meeting, an audience member praised Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) for his vow to “follow bin Laden to the gates of hell.” After a long question about...

The Italian edition of Vanity Fair said that it had found George Hussein Onyango Obama living in a hut in a ramshackle town of Huruma on the outskirts of Nairobi.

I couldn’t agree with them more. I just wish John McCain did. Not the John McCain who wrote them in 2004; the John McCain running for president in 2008....

In Lashkar Gah, the majority of female prisoners are serving 20-year sentences for being forced to have sex. Terri Judd visited them and heard their extraordinary...

A previously unrecognized group of air pollutants could have effects remarkably similar to harmful substances found in tobacco smoke, Louisiana scientists are reporting...

California’s highest court on Monday barred doctors from invoking their religious beliefs as a reason to deny treatment to gays and lesbians, ruling that state...

As science races to confront terrorism with new technology, researchers are unveiling a new generation of devices featuring ever-more sophisticated sensors to quickly...

People in the southern part of India, especially in Tamil Nadu (and in AndraPradesh) are going crazy in their attitude towards cinema and politics.Hero worship of...

Pervez Musharraf’s resignation has set Washington’s chattering classes aquiver over the uncertainties now facing Pakistan. Bush Administration officials and...

A Goa minister’s remark that there will be more beggars in the coastal state if trains linking it to Patna are introduced triggered an outrage in Bihar with Chief...

The Indian Air Force (IAF) faces a shortage of 400 pilots and it will take five years to fill the gap, says its chief, Air Chief Marshal Fali Homi Major. It takes 6-8...

Both Russia and Georgia have hurled charges of genocide and ethnic cleansing at each other in the aftermath of the five-day war in the Caucasus. While no substantial...

Hey, people guess what? It’s yet another red letter day in West Bengal, and the entire nation perhaps! Its yet another joyful, glorious BANDH! A 24 hour...

NATO foreign ministers strengthened their ties to Georgia and called for Russia to observe a ceasefire

never expected such statement from Arundhati Roy. Just by participating in few rallies, she can’t pass judgmental statements like this. It’s an useless talk in...

“All citizens have the same social dignity and they are equal before law, without sex, race, language, religion discrimination and also, the political opinions,...