R. Mohan

Withdrawal symptoms involving the hands and the TV remote, laptop keyboard, tablets, mobile phones and other electronic devices are certain to afflict those couch potatoes who took an extra interest in the London Olympics for two weeks and more.

England captain Andrew Strauss was hailed as an 'outstanding leader', as he became only the ninth England player to appear in 100 Tests when leading the side against South Africa at Lord's on Thursday.

Fresh violence gripped this trouble-torn Assam district leaving at least nine seriously injured while unrest spread to Kamrup (rural) which reported arson and police firing on Thursday.

Heavily armed militants stormed a Pakistani air force base on Thursday, sparking clashes that left nine people dead and raised concerns about the safety of the country's nuclear arsenal.

A group of terrorists on Thursday stormed a key Pakistan Air Force base at Kamra in Punjab province, triggering an intense gun battle with security forces.

Ecuador said it would announce its decision on granting asylum to WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange on Thursday, and slammed Britain for threatening to storm Quito's mission in London to retrieve him.

Japan was Thursday considering whether to prosecute or deport 14 people it arrested after pro-China activists landed on a disputed island, as Beijing angrily demanded their immediate release.

The Sydney Sixers are hoping to lure Yohan Blake to play in Australia's domestic Twenty20 Big Bash League after fellow sprint star Usain Bolt said he wanted to turn out for the Melbourne Stars.

Cisco Systems Inc., the world's largest maker of computer networking equipment, is seeing its ambitions cramped by the global economic turmoil, but results for its latest quarter were strong enough that it announced an increase to its dividend.

Ethnic violence that has rocked parts of lower Assam on Thursday spread to a new district where incidents of arson were reported, forcing the Army to stage a flag march.