DAMASCUS - An Arab League-UN joint mission to violence-wracked Syria could be in the offing with the League putting forward such a proposal, UN chief Ban Ki-moon has said.

Ban has also slammed...

LONDON - Prince Harry, the third in line to the British throne, is due to return to the frontline in Afghanistan after he qualified to fly the crack Apache helicopter-gunships.

The 27-year-old...

BEIJING - Speculation was rife, especially in the Chinese social media, that a well-known crime-fighting former police chief may have tried to and failed in getting political asylum in the United...

On April 10, 2002, then British Prime Minister Tony Blair told the House of Commons, "Saddam Hussein's regime isdeveloping weapons of mass destruction, and we cannot leave him doing so unchecked."...

BEIJING - Another Tibetan, said to be a monk, has set himself on fire in the troubled southwest Chinese province of Sichuan as thousands defied a security crackdown protesting against Beijing rule,...

ISLAMABAD - A US drone targeting a house in Pakistan's northwest tribal region near the Afghanistan border Thursday killed four suspected militants including a key commander of the terrorist group...

NEW YORK - After three decades, the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission Thursday granted licences to a consortium of utilities led by a Fortune 500 company Southern Co to build two new nuclear reactors...

The European Rhythmic Gymnastics Championship 2014 will be held in Azerbaijan's capital Baku, Vice-President of the European Union of Gymnastics Rudolf Hediger said here.

Addressing a press...

Reigning Olympic champion and world record holder Dayron Robles will go head-to-head with reigning world indoor champion Liu Xiang of China in a blockbuster 60-metre hurdles race at the Aviva Grand...

German international and Bayern Munich midfielder Bastian Schweinsteiger will be out of action for an indefinite period due to a torn ligament.

Schweinsteiger suffered the injury with only 17...

Actor Daniel Radcliffe wants to legalise gay marriage around the globe because he believes no human being should be denied the chance to love whoever they please.

The 22-year-old is thrilled by news...

A day after a court ordered the arrest of ousted Maldivian president Mohamed Nasheed, UN special envoy Oscar Fernandez-Taranco Friday called for dialogue to resolve the political turmoil.

The UN...

England wicketkeeper Craig Kieswetter has backed beleaguered Kevin Pietersen to regain his form, which earned him reputation of being one of the finest one-days batsman in international...

Tottenham Hotspur manager Harry Redknapp, who emerged as favourite to succeed Fabio Capello, is interested in taking charge of England for this summer's European Championships, but the Football...

A senior United Nations official today outlined a set of priorities that Member States should tackle ahead of the Sustainable Development Conference (Rio20) in June so that there is a clear framework...

A senior United Nations human rights official has voiced concern over a wave of violence inside prisons in South America, where at least eight inmates have been killed in the past two weeks in four...

The Maldives' ousted president Mohamed Nasheed Thursday appealed to the world community to help restore democracy in his country, claiming that he was toppled by a small group of police officers and...

The Maldives' ousted president Mohamed Nasheed Thursday appealed to the world community to help restore democracy in his country while stating that he was toppled by a small group of police...

On Wednesday afternoon in Los Angeles, 100 fans of the longest-running animated comedy show, 'The Simpsons' will watch all 500 episodes of the series in a row, in the hopes of breaking the Guinness...

Former India captain Sunil Gavaskar was inducted into the International Cricket Council (ICC) Hall of Fame in Dubai, receiving his commemorative cap from fellow Hall of Famer and team-mate Kapil...

Four schoolboys have been left open to public ridicule after an indiscreet list of rules for their rugby tour to Dubai was leaked for the world to see.

The group of high-flying friends, who call...

The international community may be forced to 'militarise' the crisis in Syria unless President Bashar al-Assad stops the onslaught on his people, a senior US official has warned.

The State...

Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation has said the phone hacking scandal at News International has cost the group nearly 200 million dollars till date.

News Corp said it had booked an 87 million dollars...

Pakistan off-spinner Saeed Ajmal, who took 24 wickets for Pakistan in the three Test series against England, has surprised the International Cricket Council with the claim that it had given him...

Steve Coogan and Paul Gascoigne were among a number of celebrity phone-hacking victims who settled their cases against the News of the World on Wednesday.

The bill for Rupert Murdoch's News Group...

Sri Lankan skipper Mahela Jayawardene has claimed Australia's bowling attack is their weakness, and his team would look to expose it in Friday's one-day international at the WACA.

He said if his...

Cuban runner and world record holder in the 110-metre hurdles Dayron Robles has said his objective in the London Olympics is "nothing but to win the gold".

"I have no other choice. I will strive for...

Left-arm spinner Monty Panesar's comeback in international cricket after a gap of more than two years is a terrific boost for England cricket, feels fast bowler Stuart Broad.

Speaking to the Daily...

England all-rounder Stuart Broad appears to share the opinion of most Indian cricketers that the umpires decision redressal system (UDRS) requires reworking and improvement to be more effective and...

The executive director of Football Against Racism in Europe (FARE), Piara Powar, has been branded a racist for calling an Asian fan a "coconut".

Replying to Parmjit Singh's Twitter comment about a...

REPORTING FROM ISLAMABAD, PAKISTAN -- An apparent US drone strike early Thursday in northwest Pakistan killed a top Pakistani Taliban commander also serving as a key Al Qaeda operative, local...

Unlike many of his peers, Charles Dillingham has an unusual perch on the real estate world. The manager of the CIBC Canadian Real Estate Equity Fund works for the investment arm of Morguard...

A rebel peers through a window in Idlib, Syria, Thursday. Syrian forces fired mortars and rockets that killed scores of people Thursday in the rebellious city of Homs, activists...

The Associated Press GUADALAJARA, Mexico -- The historic seizure of 15 tons of pure methamphetamine in western Mexico, equal to half of all meth seizures worldwide in 2009, feeds growing...

Los Angeles Times BEIRUT -- Diplomats on Thursday were seeking new approaches to remedy the worsening conflict in Syria as opposition activists reported that government shelling and attacks...

BEIJING -; Beijing says a celebrity policeman linked to one of country's rising political stars spent a day in a U.S. consulate in southwestern China amid speculation that he sought political...

Ruling Saenury Party lawmaker Kim Chung-hwan delivers a speech to the media before Park and other lawmakers head to North Korea's Industrial District of Kaesong from the Inter-Korean Transit...

In this photo taken on Wednesday, Feb. 8, 2012, hundreds of Tibetans gather on the side of a main street in Nangqian county, China's Qinghai province. Another Tibetan has set himself on fire in...

PAJU, South Korea -; A delegation of South Korean lawmakers has crossed the tense border with North Korea to visit a joint factory park seen as the last major symbol of reconciliation between the...

Former Maldivian president Mohamed Nasheed greets supporters outside his residence in Male, Maldives, Thursday, Feb. 9, 2012. A Maldives court issued an arrest warrant Thursday for Nasheed, one day...

This image from amateur video made available by Shaam News Network on Thursday, Feb. 9, 2012, purports to show smoke filling the air near a mosque in Homs, Syria. (AP Photo/Shaam News Network via...

Iran ranks 17th on the list of the world's major economic powers based on the statistics released by the International Monetary Fund (IMF). A report by the IMF says Iran's economy has...

Thursday, Feb. 9, 2012 | 6 p.m. Not quite recovered from Super Bowl weekend? No worries. The weekend ahead is packed with plenty of low-key, but nonetheless tantalizing, performances and events....

Vodafone, the largest cellular network operator, missed quarterly revenue forecasts yesterday as increasingly tough trading in Spain and Italy overshadowed solid performances in emerging markets and...

Naples - Francesco Schettino, the captain of the capsized cruise liner Costa Concordia, knew as soon as his ship struck a rock off the island of Giglio on January 13 that he had made a catastrophic...

The US-China relationship has the potential to take the world in a "very positive direction" in the coming decades, former US National Security Advisor Zbigniew Brzezinski said recently. ...

| Feb 09, 2012 08:36 PM EDT Mount Etna in Italy, Europe's tallest volcano, has erupted once again. Huge volumes of lava, flames and hot ash billowed over Sicily, the country's southern...

It is believed the assailants had been the man's own guards and might be linked to a pirate gang. Colonel Mohamed Hussein said the hostage had been part of a two-man group in the region under...

Japan Airlines (JAL) and International Airlines Group (IAG) have agreed plans for a new joint business between JAL and British Airways on flights between Europe and Japan. The joint business would...

TAIPEI -- The annual Computex Taipei, the world's second-largest computer trade show, will be held in early June on a bigger scale than ever before, according to the...