The Australia one-day and Twenty20 international squads named on Monday to play Pakistan in the United Arab Emirates from August 28 to September 10.

Tomatoes and shoes were thrown at US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's motorcade by Egyptian protesters who shouted, "Monica, Monica, Monica" as she left the newly reopened American Consulate in Alexandria.

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Last week the Pakistan Cricket Board proposed resumption of cricket ties with India. Three options were given: a series in either country, or failing that at a neutral venue.

Ahead of the 2008 Olympics in Beijing, life seemed golden for Russia’s freestyle wrestling star Bilyal Makhov. A 1.94 metre tall man-mountain from the Caucasus, conquering all before him in the 125 kg weight division, Makhov was reigning Russian and world champion. But then disaster struck.

Stephen R. Covey, author of The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People, has died in Idaho three months after a serious bicycle accident in Utah.

Iran has said that it could prevent even ‘a single drop of oil’ to pass through the Strait of Hormuz if its security is threatened.

In a speech hitting at recent India government's decisions on foreign investment, US President Barack Obama said New Delhi is putting too many limits or prohibits foreign capital in too many sectors such as retail.

"Becoming an astronaut was a little bit of happenstance for me," says Sunita Williams, an Indian-American astronaut who took off on her second space journey today onboard Russian Soyuz spacecraft.

Japan recalled its ambassador to China for consultations on Sunday amid a simmering row between the Asian powers over disputed territory in the East China Sea, reports said.

At least 36 pilgrims, mostly Indians, were killed on Sunday when an overcrowded bus skidded off the road and plunged into the Gandak Canal in southern Nepal.