The Cannes film festival is gearing up for what critics say should be a vintage year, with Hollywood stars out in force, revered directors there in droves and political controversy thrown into the mix

Days after the killing of Osama bin Laden, U.S. President Barack Obama met New York fire-fighters and police on Thursday and visited Ground Zero to offer comfort to a city still scarred by the September 11 attacks.

Manny Pacquiao has been installed as an odds-on favorite for his WBO welterweight title defence against Shane Mosley but the Filipino has taken great pains not to underestimate his American challenger

John Travolta called her the “most delicious” thing to come out of Italy, Roberto Benigni serenaded her with the Neapolitan song O Sole Mio and Billy Crystal said she was his “first great love.” Holly

Al Qaeda considered attacking the U.S. rail sector on the 10th anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks, U.S. government officials said on Thursday in describing intelligence from Osama bin Laden's hide-ou

Al Qaeda considered attacking the US rail sector on the 10th anniversary of the September 11 attacks, US Government officials said on Thursday in describing intelligence from Osama bin Laden's hide-out in Pakistan.

International law experts in the United States said important legal questions remained about the killing of Osama bin Laden even as the Obama administration defended the action.

While an act of Congr

State-run Air India has invited bids for wet leasing of aircraft as its struggles to soften the effects of an ongoing strike by a section of its pilots.

"In order to meet urgent operational requireme

Former South Korean president Roh Tae-woo was admitted to hospital with a bad cough and ended up on the operating table to remove an acupuncture needle from his right lung.

Local media reports said R

Photographs acquired by Reuters and taken about an hour after the U.S. assault on Osama bin Laden's compound in Abbottabad in Pakistan show three dead men lying in pools of blood, but no weapons.

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