As the US mobilses international support against the authoritarian Syrian regime, the Obama Administration wants India and China, the two countries having major investment in Syria's energy sector, to step up pressure on President Bashar al-Assad to curtail his government's brutal crackdown on protests, secretary of state Hillary Clinton has said.

Seeking wider global action against Syria for its violent crackdown on anti-regime protesters, the US has said it wants India and China, which have large energy investments in that country, to tak

The US budget deficit has hit a staggering $1.1 trillion putting the federal government on track to finish the 2011 fiscal year with the second-largest gap between its incoming and outgoing cash.

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A top Republican lawmaker has demanded an investigation into a report that the White House is cooperating with a film on the mission to kill Osama bin Laden.

In a letter Wednesday to the defence depa

Barely one in four Americans feels confident that the Obama government can fix America's economic problems with a large majority agreeing that the policymaking process in Washington is unstable and i

Spices like turmeric and cinnamon are what you need to stave off the negative effects of a fat rich meal.

Researchers found that meals rich in these spices boosted antioxidant activity by 13 per cent

The United States said Wednesday it would like China to explain why it needs an aircraft carrier amid broader US concerns about Beijing's lack of transparency over its military aims.

"We would welcom

Tests that measure DNA in a pregnant woman’s blood work well for telling the sex of a baby after seven weeks’ gestation without posing danger to the foetus, a US study has said.

It’s believed that humans have 14 types of noses. But whatever the type you have, the vital organ of your face is a gateway for virus linked to brain disorders, scientists have claimed.

A new analysis of carbon meteorites suggests that they likely carried some of the building blocks needed for DNA to the earth, according to a Nasa-funded study published on Monday.