The 11-year-old Shannon Tavarez, who played the character of young Nala in one of Disney’s most popular production Lion King, has died from leukaemia.

When 18th century philosopher Adam Smith coined the term “invisible hand” to describe self-regulating markets, he could scarcely have imagined his idea would one day star in a superhero comic book.

An entire contingent of the police on duty in an Afghan town appeared to have switched sides to the Taliban, surrendering a police station after cutting a deal with the militants, and leaving the Afgh

The US Army, for the first time is admitting openly gay and lesbian candidates into its ranks, in line with a court ruling that suspended a ban on homosexuals serving openly in the military.

To step up pace of reconciliation talks, the Afghan government has opened direct contacts with Al Qaeda-linked Haqqani faction of the Taliban, which is believed to have close ties to Pakistan's milita

Indian-American fashion designer Anand Jon, accused of rape and sexual abuse against several women including minors, got reprieve from a Manhattan court after the judge dismissed some of the charges a

Most art lovers would be overjoyed to find a rare, unfinished artwork of Michelangelo’s, but not when they find out that it was tucked behind a sofa for 27 years.
Called The Mike by the Kober clan, the painting remained in the house, wrapped and kept in a corner until Air Force Lt. Col. Martin Kober retired in 2003 and was told by his father to do something about the painting.

A teenage Muslim boy in America has revealed how his life was made a living hell by four classmates, who called him a “terrorist” and beat him up every chance they got.

She plays a temptress who seduces Captain Jack Sparrow in the latest Pirates Of The Caribbean flick but pregnant Penelope Cruz is finding it hard to fit into the binding corsets.

Pakistan's ISI is pushing the Taliban to attack US troops and their allies based in Afghanistan, the media here has said, close on the heels of a White House report that slammed Islamabad for not doin