An elite Australian college has sparked a race controversy after it organised a 'colonial- themed' party where Indians wearing traditional garments served guests present at the event.

An Egyptian security official says former president Hosni Mubarak has been slipping in and out of consciousness, more than a week after he was transferred to a hospital inside a Cairo prison to serve

Pakistan Army chief General Ashfaq Pervez Kayani has said that Pakistan is a peace loving nation and the focus of its armed forces has always remained on defending and serving the country.

Sri Lanka captain Mahela Jayawardene elected to bat after winning the toss against Pakistan in the second one-day international in Pallekele on Saturday.

A British primary school is virtually a league of nations as the students speak an astonishing 31 different languages, including Bengali, Sylheti, Tamil, Punjabi, Urdu and Gujarati besides English.

US Defense Secretary Leon Panetta told troops in Afghanistan on Thursday that the decade-long war was at 'a turning point', as Kabul reacted with fury to a NATO air strike that killed up to 18 civilians.

The United States is running out of patience with Pakistan over safe havens for insurgents who attack US troops across the border in Afghanistan, Defencee Secretary Leon Panetta warned on Thursday.

Iraq on Thursday executed Saddam Hussein's Presidential secretary and chief bodyguard Abid Hamid Mahmud, justice ministry spokesman Haidar al-Saadi said.

Her screams were not drowned out by the clamor of the crazed mob of nearly 200 men around her.

A U.S. drone strike in northwest Pakistan has killed Al-Qaeda's second-in-command, officials from both countries confirmed on Tuesday, the most significant victory so far in the controversial bombing campaign and the biggest setback to the terror network since the death of Osama bin Laden.