Three blasts rock UN office in Afghanistan
A UN office in Afghanistan's Herat city was hit by three blasts on Saturday when a group of militants stormed the premises, a media report said.
Crocodile causes aircrash
London, Oct. 22: A plane crash in Democratic Republic of Congo that killed 20 people on board was caused by a crocodile hidden in a bag on the flight, a media report said here on Friday.
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Depp wants to star in The Thin Man
Hollywood actor Johnny Depp is eager to work with director Rob Marshall again in new film The Thin Man.
Cage fights against human trafficking
Hollywood actor Nicolas Cage is urging international community to stand up against organised crime and help victims of human trafficking.
Split was tearful, admits Christina
Singer Christina Aguilera revealed that her separation from husband Jordan Bratman was painful. “It’s not easy, and there have been a lot of tears and sadness.
Clinton condemns WikiLeaks pending release of Iraq documents
Washington: US Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton Friday condemned WikiLeaks apparent plans to release hundreds of thousands of classified documents related to the war in Iraq.
Clinton said th
Rape probe continues against WikiLeaks founder
Stockholm: A Swedish investigation into alleged rape charges against the founder of whistleblowing website WikiLeaks, Julian Assange, was continuing though no decision on charges had yet been made, a
100 fishermen missing as cyclone hits Burma, Bangladesh
Over a 100 fishermen with 21 boats went missing from the northeastern reaches of the Bay of Bengal after cyclone Giri hit Burma and Bangladesh, authorities said Saturday.
US seeks wider CIA role to fight militants in Pak
The US is pushing to expand the presence of its Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) officers in Pakistan in order to help Islamabad target the safe havens of Al Qaeda and other militants more aggressive
Sonia, Rahul to campaign for Bihar polls again
Congress president Sonia Gandhi and her son, party general secretary Rahul Gandhi, will campaign in Bihar for the third and fourth phases of the assembly polls, party leaders said on Saturday.