Colombo, Feb 4: With differences over a political solution hampering Sri Lanka's efforts to resolve the Tamil issue, President Mahinda Rajapaksa on Saturday said participation in a parliamentary panel and not an "imported solution" was the way to heal the ethnic

Islamabad, Feb 4: Days after the partial easing of their tensions over a mysterious memo, Pakistan's government and army could be engaged in a fresh standoff over the issue of handing over control of all cantonment boards and military lands across

Washington, Feb 4: A host of bilateral and regional issues, including the Indo-US civil nuclear deal, Iranian sanctions and Pak-Afghan situation, are expected to figure prominently in talks Foreign Secretary Ranjan Mathai will have with top US officials during his visit

Washington, Feb 4: Seeking strong ties with both India and China, the US has said that its relations with the two Asian giants are not a zero-sum game. "We have a strong bilateral relationship with India. The United States is

Damascus, Feb 4: Russia rejected on Friday the latest bid for UN action to end the political crisis in Syria, as at least 25 more people were killed, several in clashes between loyalist and rebel troops.The violence came as thousands of people

Cairo, Feb 4: Riot police clashed with anti-military protesters in different parts of Egypt on Friday for the second straight day, leaving at least four people dead and over 1,000 injured in the latest unrest sparked by the worst soccer violence in

Beirut, Feb 3: Deadly clashes erupted between government troops and rebels in suburbs of the Syrian capital and villages in the country's south today in fresh violence that killed at least 20 people, including nine soldiers, activists said. President Bashar

Cairo, Feb 3: Egyptian pro-democracy protesters today demanded the ouster of military rulers over the deaths of 74 football fans in the country's worst soccer violence, even as three people were killed and hundreds injured in fresh clashes with the police.As the

Islamabad/Lahore, Feb 3: Insisting that his government does not want a confrontation with the judiciary, Pakistan Premier Yousaf Raza Gilani on Friday said he will respect decisions made by the Supreme Court, which is set to charge him with contempt for failing

Islamabad, Feb 3: The ruling Pakistan Peoples Party's top leadership has decided to contest the Supreme Court's move to frame contempt charges against Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani while not seeking any sort of confrontation with the judiciary, according to a media

Johannesburg, Feb 3: South African based e.tv was fined R35 000 (INR 2.26 lakh) for airing violent footage of Libya dictator Muammar Gaddafi's killing.The complaint was received by the Broadcasting Complaints Commission of South Africa (BCCSA), said the regulator in a

Islamabad, Feb 3: Parliamentarian Mani Shankar Aiyar seems to be a sort of person who will call a spade a spade, and did just that when he told Jamaat-ud-Dawah chief Hafiz Muhammad Saeed that he need to be arrested and

Libya, Feb 3: Slain dictator of Libya, Muammar Gaddafi's bloodied shirt and wedding ring have been put up for $2 million auction.Gaddafi was wearing the silver ring and the beige coloured bloodied shirt when he was killed.Ahmed Warfali, Libyan national has

Washington, Feb 3: Seven Indian-Americans have figured among the 40 finalists for the Intel Science Talent Search; which is the most prestigious science and maths competition for high school students in the United States.The Intel Science Talent Search finalists, who represent America's

Cairo, Feb 3:  Egypt's worst soccer violence claimed at least 74 lives in the northern city of Port Said, plunging the nation into rage and prompting protests and clashes with police in the capital. The unprecedented violence occurred last evening

Islamabad, Feb 2: Pakistan's embattled Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani told the parliament on Thursday that he would appear before the Supreme Court that has summoned him next week to frame contempt charges for refusing to revive graft cases against President Asif

London, Feb 2: UK police has widened its probe into the phone-hacking scandal to the most prestigious of Rupert Murdoch's UK papers, The Times, a top Labour MP said on Thursday. The Times is facing allegations of email-hacking.Labour MP Tom Watson, who has

Islamabad, Feb 2: Pakistan's Supreme Court on Thursday summoned Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani to appear before it on February 13, when he will be formally charged with contempt of court for failing to act on the court's orders to reopen

Los Angels, Feb 2: In a shocking incident, a 61-year-old Los Angeles teacher has been sent to jail over being accused of spoon-feeding his own semen to elementary school students.According to media reports, the accused named Mark Berndt, an ex-teacher at

Washington, Feb 2: The US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said that there is nothing new in the new classified report of NATO on Taliban, leaked portions of which says that the Pakistan continues to have links with the extremist organisation.“I think