At least 15 Iraqis were killed and 32 wounded Monday in three separate attacks in the northern Iraqi city of Kirkuk, police said. A car bomb went off in a garage near the emergency police centre in the city 250 km north of Baghdad, killing 11... More

The United States is offering alternative jobs to scientists from Russia, Libya and Iraq with nuclear expertise to prevent their recruitment by rogue states and terrorist organisations. This is part of ongoing efforts with more than 70 countries... More

Celebrity Indian-born fashion designer Anand Jon was charged with 13 new criminal charges Monday, a charge denied by close family members. Jon was charged with committing the crimes against five women and two girls - after four new victims came... More

California regulators and lawmakers will soon have to decide whether threading, a hair removal technique mostly practised by immigrant Indian American women, should be exempted from state cosmetology regulations that protect consumers. Threading... More

Yemeni troops killed at least 25 rebels in the northern province of Saada where armed members of an outlawed Shia group have been battling army and police forces for more than six weeks, military sources said. The rebel fatalities occurred after... More

A young Nepali woman who flew in here from Kuwait via New Delhi in a state of severe trauma is now undergoing psychiatric treatment. Disgusted NGO officials here say Kuwait has become the hellhole for Nepali women being illegally trafficked to Gulf... More

Increasing numbers of tech-savvy Asians are wanted for the boardrooms of US and European companies, a published survey said Monday. The demand reflects the fact that Asian markets are the fastest growing, with many being early adopters of... More

Italian journalist Daniele Mastrogiacomo, who was kidnapped by Taliban about two weeks ago, was released along with his interpreter in Helmand province of southern Afghanistan Sunday morning. The journalist was handed over to local tribal elders,... More

The crisis over the suspension of the top judge may see both Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf and the Pakistan Army as "casualties" with the military's hold being weakened, an American think tank has said. The assessment of Strategic... More

With the war in Iraq poised to enter its fifth year, thousands of demonstrators hit the streets of the US capital in protest. An estimated 8,000 to 10,000 people braved winter weather to gather at the Lincoln Memorial and cross the Memorial... More