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...

Football International Federation Association (FIFA) has demanded a full report into Wednesday's violence in Egypt during a football match, which had killed more than 70 people.

FIFA has asked the...

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...

Australia is working on finding the best blend of players for the upcoming Twenty20 World Cup in Sri Lanka this September.

The Australian team utilized the two Twenty20 matches against India to...

In a new study, an international team of scientists pooled their radio observations into a database to produce the highest precision map to date of the magnetic field within our own Milky Way...

Israel's facilities in North America and around the world are on high alert, as they face an Iranian security threat, an internal document has said.

"We predict that the threat on our sites around...

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...

The United Nations is backing a mass vaccination campaign under way in northern Cameroon, where a new outbreak of yellow fever has killed at least seven people.

The vaccination campaign, which began...

Early diagnosis is the key to reducing the nearly eight million deaths caused by cancer across the globe annually, the United Nations World Health Organization (WHO) said today, stressing the...

The United Nations and humanitarian partners today revised upwards an appeal for funding to continue relief work for six months among the more than 300,000 people in the Philippines island of...

A United Nations political team heads to the Maldives next week for talks on how to help support the Indian Ocean archipelago in its transition to democracy.

Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon's...

The United Nations disaster risk reduction agency stressed today the need to boost preventive measures in Fiji, as heavy rains are predicted to occur more frequently in the archipelago nation, which...

The United Nations International Court of Justice (ICJ) ruled today that Italy has violated its obligation to respect Germany's immunity under international law by allowing civil claims seeking...

The head of the United Nations peacekeeping mission in Cote d'Ivoire (UNOCI) said today that he hopes to decide next week on the partial certification of parliamentary elections held in the West...

The United Nations declared an end to famine conditions in Somalia today, but warned that the crisis in the Horn of Africa is not over and requires continued efforts to restore food security and help...

As Turkey increasingly tries to play the role of broker in Mideast diplomacy, there are concerns its conservative Muslim prime minister is pursuing a religious agenda. But in a speech this week,...

Activists report at least 12 deaths as protests and clashes rippled across Syria Friday while the United Nations Security Council struggled to craft a resolution to help end the...

The international crude oil prices for Indian Basket as computed/published today by the Petroleum Planning and Analysis Cell (PPAC) under the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas was higher at US...

India's cricket captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni commended his side for an exceptional fielding effort in the second Twenty20 International against Australia at the Melbourne Cricket Ground here...

India roared back to form to square the Twenty20 international series and put Australia on notice for the looming one-dayers.

Presenting an exceptional fielding effort, inspired by the infusion of...

A high powered delegation comprising of 15 members from 11 American universities and institutions visited Amity University to mull over potential areas of collaboration. These representatives are on...

India finally tasted success in Australia winning the second and last Twenty20 international by eight wickets with their outstanding outcricket at the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG) here Friday.

The...

Pakistan cricket captain Misbah-ul-Haq has said it was for the International Cricket Council (ICC) and Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) to decide if fast bowler Mohammad Aamer, who was released from jail...

The scoreboard of the second Twenty20 International between India and Australia at the Melbourne Cricket Ground here Friday.

Australia innings:

David Warner c Gambhir b Praveen 8

Aaron Finch run...

India won the second Twenty20 International against Australia by eight-wickets at the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG) here Friday.

Chasing a target of 132, India made 135 for two with two balls to...

Adelaide has joined Sydney and Melbourne in the race to host the 2015 ICC Cricket World Cup final.

CA chief executive James Sutherland said the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG) and the ANZ Stadium in...

Shahrukh Khan and Priyanka Chopra starrer 'Don 2- The King is Back' will be screened at the 62nd Berlin International film festival in Germany.

Farhan Akhtar, the director of the action-packed...

Former Pakistan captain and coach Waqar Younis has urged the International Cricket Council (ICC) to review its five-year ban on young fast bowler Mohammad Amir over a spot fixing scandal.

"If the...

The scoreboard of Australia's innings against India in the second Twenty20 International at Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG) here Friday:

Australia innings:

David Warner c Gambhir b P.Kumar 8

Aaron...

Australia were all out for 131 runs with two balls to spare against India in the second Twenty20 international at the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG) here Friday.

Aaron Finch was the top scorer with...

Several boxing stars have paid homage to legendary trainer Angelo Dundee, who died on Wednesday evening after a heart attack.

Dundee trained boxing legend Muhammad Ali and was one of the most...

Australia captain George Bailey won the toss and opted to bat against India in the second Twenty20 International at the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG) Friday.

India are fielding an unchanged squad...

Kim Kardashian has posted a series of her crying photographs to show people just how 'ugly' she can look.

The pictures, on her personal website, show her in various stages of tearful breakdowns and,...

The Latin America and Caribbean economies should be poised to take a string of steps including easing their monetary policies to guard against contagion risks triggered by the eurozone debt crisis,...

A 72-year-old man in Nepal says he is just 1 foot, 10 inches tall, which would make him as the shortest adult human in Guinness World Records' history.

Chandra Bahadur Dangi's height, if confirmed,...

WELSH retailer Iceland has made the list of the world’s 250 biggest retailers. The Deeside-based company came in at number 217 in the league table in Deloitte’s Global Powers of...

KIEV (AFP) - Temperatures have plunged to new lows in Europe where a week-long cold snap has now claimed more than 220 lives as forecasters warned that the big freeze would tighten its grip over the...

The Decca music label is looking for a singer who can go where no other singer is believed to have gone...

Active.com PHOENIX, Arizona, February 3. DURING the past week, the following meet managers took full advantage of uploading their results to the Swimming World meet results section of the website....

NEW YORK -; A close score Sunday between the New England Patriots and New York Giants likely will break the record set by last year's Super Bowl for the largest audience in U.S. television...

Supporters of Mayawati, the chief minister of Uttar Pradesh, wave at her as she arrives to address an election rally at Ambedkarnagar, near Lucknow, India, Thursday, Feb. 2, 2012. India's...

In this citizen journalism image provided by the Local Coordination Committees in Syria and released Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2012, an anti-Syrian regime protester, holds a poster in Arabic that reads,...

In this citizen journalism image provided by the Local Coordination Committees in Syria and released Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2012, an anti-Syrian regime protester, holds a poster in Arabic that reads,...

Finnish Presidential candidates Sauli Niinist, centre left, and Pekka Haavisto, centre right, arrive for a televised political debate at the Finnish broadcast company YLE in Helsinki, Finland,...

People and traffic battle through the snow in Helsinki.(Getty) Temperatures have plunged to new lows in Europe where a week-long cold snap has now claimed more than 220 lives as forecasters warned...

A week-long cold snap across Europe in which temperatures plunged to new lows has now claimed more than 220 lives as forecasters warn that the big freeze would tighten its grip over the weekend. A...