US President Barack Obama arrived in Jakarta on Tuesday afternoon for a 24-hour visit to a country where he spent part of his childhood.

At least 48 people were killed and 16 injured in a car bombing on a crowded street near a mosque in the central Iraqi city of Karbala, the police said.

At least 48 people were killed and 16 injured in a car bombing on a crowded street near a mosque in the central Iraqi city of Karabala, the police said.

Bali (Indonesia), Nov. 6: Ana Ivanovic celebrated her 23rd birthday with a fighting 7-5, 6-7 (5-7), 6-2 win over Kimiko Date Krumm on Saturday which took her into the final of the Bali Tournament of C

A tell-all book about South African cricket by batsman Hershelle Gibbs was sold out within two days, the South African on Sunday Times reported.

Gibbs, who is still under contract to the South Afric

Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula has claimed responsibility for the recently uncovered attempt to destroy cargo planes with parcel bombs, according to a private terrorism watchdog.

A Qantas plane made an emergency landing in Singapore after dumping fuel over Indonesia's Batam island on Thursday, officials said.

A bomb exploded outside the Swiss Embassy in Athens on Tuesday, a spokeswoman for the embassy said.

A suspected US missile strike on Monday killed five people in Pakistan's tribal region near the Afghan border, security officials said.

Myanmar's Supreme Court said on Friday that it would decide 'soon' on opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi's appeal against an 18-month house detention sentence which is set to keep her out of the way d