The Asian Development Bank said on Thursday that it approved two loans worth $470 million to fund infrastructure and agricultural projects in India.

At least 14 people were killed and four others remained missing after an aircraft carrying 47 passengers and four crashed on Monday in southern Venezuela, authorities said.

Thirty-three people were r

Private security firm Blackwater Worldwide created over 30 shell companies in an attempt to secure millions of dollars in US government contracts, The New York Times reported on Saturday.

Top seed Rafael Nadal took full advantage of benevolent weather to storm into the third round of the US Open when forecast rain failed to materialise as an Atlantic storm bypassed the tournament.

New Zealand's top golfer David Smail, who has been married for 25 years, revealed on Friday that he had an affair with a Japanese woman but said he was no Tiger Woods.

Berlin, Aug. 30: A team of German scientists may have discovered a needle-free malaria vaccine by combining antibiotics with malaria-infected mosquitoes — effectively using mosquitoes themselves as sy

Google and the Associated Press have reached a new deal that will allow the web-search giant to continue running stories from the AP on its Google News site, the Internet company said on Monday.

One person died and thousands were evacuated on Sunday as a volcano on the Indonesian island of Sumatra erupted for the first time in 400 years, shooting black smoke and ash up to 1,500 metres into th

Mogadishu, Aug. 24: Somali politicians were among 31 people killed in an attack on a Mogadishu hotel Tuesday, as an insurgent offensive that has claimed at least 60 lives entered its second day.

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Bomb blasts primarily targeting police stations in several Iraqi cities killed at least 50 people, including 20 policemen and two children, and injured dozens on Wednesday.