Desperate to redeem pride in shorter formats after being embarrassed in the Test series, the Indian cricket team wason Monday left frustrated by wet practice pitches at the ANZ Stadium - the venue of

Cairo: Moammar Gadhafi's forces fired on mourners in the eastern city of Benghazi, wiped out a protest encampment and clamped down on Internet service throughout Libya on Saturday as the regime trie

Naypyitaw: Myanmar's first parliament in more than two decades nominated five vice-presidential candidates today, one of whom will become president and lead the new military-dominated government.

David Beckham will reject the chance to make one final appearance for England, a person familiar with the former captain’s plans said.

Tiger Woods has never looked worse. As he has done so often at the Bridgestone Invitational, Woods doffed his cap as he walked up towards the 18th green to warm applause from fans who occupied every seat in the grandstand on Sunday.

Bahrain’s foreign minister said the country has no plans to follow its Persian Gulf neighbours in banning some BlackBerry services because security fears do not outweigh the technological benefits.

Sachin Tendulkar and V.V.S. Laxman put together an unbeaten 83-run partnership as India, chasing 257, inched towards a series-levelling win by reaching 145 for four at lunch on the fifth and final day of the third cricket Test against Sri Lanka here on Saturday.

Curfew remained clamped in the violence-hit Kashmir Valley on Wednesday with security forces keeping a tight vigil to maintain law and order.

The Afghan defence minister on Monday said that efforts to combat the Taliban in his country were moving in the right direction and could bear significant results by the end of 2010, despite the recent spike in US casualties.

Islamabad/Washington, July 26: Pakistan’s most powerful spy agency lashed out against a trove of leaked US intelligence reports that alleged close connections between it and Taliban militants fighting