WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has been interrogated by police in Sweden, where he is facing molestation allegations, his lawyer said on Tuesday, adding he expected the charges to be dropped.

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A hardline Iranian newspaper stepped up its attack on French first lady, Ms Carla Bruni, saying on Tuesday that the "Italian prostitute" deserved to die for supporting an Iranian woman sentenced to de

Baghdad, Aug. 31: The US military was preparing to end its Iraq combat mission on Tuesday as Vice-President, Mr Joe Biden, met the war-torn nation’s leaders in Baghdad after seven years of fighting th

The man at the centre of an alleged betting scam involving the Pakistan cricket team was out on bail on Monday as police, governments and authorities probed the scandal rocking the sport.

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Top Indian telecom and security officials were set to meet on Monday to discuss a security standoff with the maker of BlackBerry handsets which could see the phone service banned this week.

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A French climber known as "Spiderman" was arrested on the roof of a 57-storey Sydney skyscraper on Monday after scaling the building without ropes or a harness to raise awareness of climate change.

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Oil prices turned lower in Asian trade on Monday on profit-taking and as investors realised that the US economic recovery remained weak despite the Federal Reserve chief's reassurances, analysts said.

North Korea accused The South on Monday of blocking its people from accessing online social-networking sites launched by the secretive communist country.

Pyongyang opened a Twitter account on August

Two Russian pilots operating in Sudan's western region of Darfur have been abducted by unknown gunmen, an army spokesman said on Monday.

The pair were seized in Nyala, capital of South Darfur state,

London, Aug. 29: David Beckham has received a personal phone call from England manager Fabio Capello to explain why he controversially ended the midfielder’s international career without telling him f