An Abu Dhabi tower has been recognised as the “furthest-leaning man-made tower” in the world by Guinness World Records, local newspapers reported on Sunday.
The 160-metre Capital Gate tower, developed by the Abu Dhabi National Exhibition Company, leans at 18 degrees — over four times the angle of Italy’s famous Leaning Tower of Pisa, Khaleej Times reported.

London, June 6: Prince William’s girlfriend Kate Middleton has reportedly signed a “confidentiality agreement” with the British royal family before their anticipated wedding to ensure she never sells her story should the couple divorce.

Behind his public rhetoric of global engagement and diplomacy, US President Barack Obama has secretly sanctioned the deployment of US special forces to 75 countries as part of a largely “secret war” against Al Qaeda and other radical groups, a news report said on Sunday.

Amid Maoists’ demand for a national consensus government, a top party in Nepal’s ruling coalition has claimed the former rebels have a hidden agenda of imposing totalitarian rule and said it cannot agree on a power-sharing deal unless completion of the peace process and drafting of a democratic Constitution are ensured.

President Hamid Karzai ordered a review on Sunday of all cases of Taliban suspects being held in Afghan jails and said those being detained on doubtful evidence must be released.

English murder mystery writer Agatha Christie developed Alzheimer’s disease when she penned her last Poirot novel, Elephants Can Remember, at the age of 81, a leading professor has claimed.

With the Karnataka government rejecting suggestions for a CBI probe, the Union mines ministry is looking at other means to crack down on the mining mafia in the state.
In the face of the Karnataka government's resistance to a CBI probe, the matter was referred to the Cabinet, and the issue was discussed in the Prime Minister's office, t

In a bid to check the rampant malpractices in the realty sector, the Competition Commission has decided to suo motu enquire if various developers are misleading the buyers, apart from looking into specific complaints against the market leader DLF.

The upcoming elections in the Badminton Association of India are under the scanner of the sports ministry who have asked the badminton federation chief V.K. Verma on Sunday to divulge details of the June 13 general body meeting and the election process.

Assured of a slot in the final after knocking India out, Sri Lanka and Zimbabwe square off in the last preliminary match of the ODI tri-series here on Monday hoping to get a measure of each other before the summit clash.