US secretary of state Hillary Clinton has said that her proposed visit to Pakistan depends on progress of on-going talks with Islamabad and response to the questions raised after the killing of Osama bin Laden in Abbottabad.

Hollywood actress Jessica Alba has enrolled into a cooking course to hone her cullinary skills. The 30-year-old star, who is expecting her second child with husband Cash Warren, is taking is taking classes at the Epicurean School of Culinary Arts, reported Star magazine.

Battling damaging allegations of sexual assault, Dominique Strauss-Kahn on Thursday resigned as the managing director of the International Monetary Fund, but insisted he was innocent.

US President Barack Obama has seen off the ‘birther’ conspiracists who hyped rumors he was not American, now he is trying to rake in campaign cash from the row with a ‘Made in the USA’ campaign mug.

An audio message purportedly recorded by Al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden shortly before he was shot dead by US commandos in Pakistan has been released, a media report said.

Pakistan has launched four separate probes into Osama bin Laden's life and death on Pakistani soil, US Senator John Kerry said on Tuesday, adding that Pakistan's intelligence chief has promised to tell him if it turns out someone in his agency knew Bin Laden was there.

Al Qaeda has chosen a former Egyptian special forces officer as interim leader of the violent extremist group in the wake of Osama bin Laden's death earlier in May, CNN reported on Tuesday.

IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn, who is facing damaging allegations of sexually assaulting a hotel maid, has been put on suicide watch by prison authorities who fear he may try to kill himself.

Actress Penelope Cruz doesn't like invasion of her privacy and says she wants to raise her newborn son away from the prying eyes of media. "I want my son — and my kids if I have more — to grow up in a way that is as anonymous as possible.

Palestinian leader Mahmud Abbas said on Tuesday that his bid to secure international recognition for a Palestinian state was no "stunt" and would contribute to peace efforts with Israel.