Rio de Janeiro: The number of dead in flooding and mudslides in the Brazilian state of Rio de Janeiro has reached 652.

The disaster has affected the mountainous area of the state, and worst hit are t

New York: Negotiations among governments to reform the UN Security Council may enter a new phase this year with serious talks to meet demands to enlarge the body to include countries like India, Germa

Johannesburg: Over 50 people have died in floods in South Africa and neighbouring Mozambique, South Africa's Minister for Cooperative Governance Sicelo Shiceko said Tuesday.

More than 6,000 people ha

Sydney: Horsham in Victoria was the latest of 46 towns in Australia's southeast corner to go on flood alert on Monday with a warning to its 14,000 residents to expect the worst soaking since the flood

Tunis: Gunfire erupted in the Tunisian capital Tunis just hours after Foued Mbazaa was sworn in as interim president.

Tunisian journalists said it sounded like the army was moving against the preside

Cairo: An Egyptian court sentenced a man to death on Sunday for a drive-by shooting of Christians in the southern city of Naga Hammadi last year which left seven people dead.

Mohamed Hassan, the prim

Tunis/Paris: Violence and chaos continued on Sunday in the Tunisian capital Tunis, according to eyewitness reports in the ongoing turmoil despite the end to the 23-year autocratic presidency of Zine e

New York: Somali pirates have driven up shipping costs in the Indian Ocean, resulting in world economic losses estimated at $7 billion to $12 billion a year, a study by One Earth Future Foundation sai

San Francisco: Intel posted a 48-per cent rise in fourth-quarter earnings on Thursday and reported record earnings for 2010 as the world's largest chipmaker enjoyed a resurgence in the market for comp

Seoul: North Korea on Wednesday reopened a Red Cross hotline with South Korea, an official in Seoul said, as Pyongyang steps up its efforts to re-engage in talks and get much-needed aid flowing again.