Afghanistan's government must show progress on eradicating rampant corruption or risk losing the support of the United States, which helps it stay in power, a senior US politician said on Wednesday.

Thirty-five people were killed when a packed passenger bus plunged into a deep ravine in the northern Philippines on Wednesday, rescuers said.

A Japanese coastguard helicopter crashed into the sea on Wednesday after apparently hitting offshore power lines, leaving its five crew missing, a coastguard official said.

Washington, Aug. 17: Israel has “eight days” to launch a military strike against Iran’s Bushehr nuclear facility and stop Tehran from acquiring a functioning atomic plant, a former US envoy to the UN

Berlin, Aug. 17: Gay couples in Germany who have formally registered their partnerships must have equal inheritance rights as married couples, the country’s top court said on Tuesday. Germany introduc

London, Aug. 17: Highly-thought of Welsh teenage striker Jake Cassidy secured a permanent move to English Premier League side Wolverhampton on Tuesday from Welsh Premier League club Airbus after he im

Kingston, Jamaica: Double sprint world record-holder Usain Bolt says his loss to American rival Tyson Gay will not play on his mind.

Bolt, who cut his 2010 season short after losing his first 100m ra

Tehran, Aug. 16: Defying world powers which have slapped new sanctions on Tehran for pursuing the sensitive nuclear work, Iran is to start building its third uranium enrichment plant in early 2011, a

Taipei, Aug. 16: A private zoo in Taiwan has become the island’s first to breed “ligers” — a hybrid of a lion and a tigress. But officials seized the cubs and said on Monday they may fine the owner.

Nowshehra (Pakistan), Aug. 16: Six million children are suffering from Pakistan’s devastating floods: lost, orphaned or stricken with diarrhoea, they are the most vulnerable victims of the nation’s wo