A preliminary hearing for five men accused in the 9/11 attacks has been postponed for 10 days due to the Muslim holy month of Ramzan, one of their lawyers said.

There's nothing like a little booing to help the first couple overcome their shyness.

In a setback to the prosecution of seven suspects charged with involvement in the 2008 Mumbai attacks, a Pakistani court on Tuesday ruled that all findings of a judicial commission that visited India were illegal and could not be made part of the evidence against the accused.

Oscar-winning actre-ss Celeste Holm — who was the original girl who couldn’t say no in the musical Oklahoma! — has died aged 95, her family and reports said on Sunday.

South Africa's Nelson Mandela turns 94 on Wednesday, but he is unlikely to attend a host of celebrations as the frail anti-apartheid icon has increasingly vanished from the public eye.

A local court on Tuesday rejected the plea of the two Italian marines to provide them with the Italian translation of the charge sheet and other documents in connection with the case of shooting to death two Indian fishermen from cargo ship Enrica Lexie.

Louisiana's Indian-American governor Bobby Jindal has trashed Barack Obama, saying the US President was the "most liberal and incompetent president since Jimmy Carter".

Apologising to the US lawmakers for its 'mistakes' in tackling terror funding and money laundering related risks, global banking giant HSBC on Tuesday said it is committed to fixing the lapses with the bank's risk management system.

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Last week the Pakistan Cricket Board proposed resumption of cricket ties with India. Three options were given: a series in either country, or failing that at a neutral venue.

Ahead of the 2008 Olympics in Beijing, life seemed golden for Russia’s freestyle wrestling star Bilyal Makhov. A 1.94 metre tall man-mountain from the Caucasus, conquering all before him in the 125 kg weight division, Makhov was reigning Russian and world champion. But then disaster struck.