Holder Rafael Nadal drew strength from a great escape in his opening match to grind into the French Open third round on Thursday but women's second seed Kim Clijsters' dream of first Paris title was s

Deep-voiced country singer Scotty McCreery won the tenth season of American Idol on Wednesday, defeating rival Lauren Alaina who had been dubbed the frontrunner by the show’s judges heading into the night.

Ratan Tata, retiring soon as chairman of the sprawling Tata conglomerate, is known for making sketches of the company's next car model and fussing over details of a hotel's design.

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A panel of ministers may meet on June 9 to discuss raising prices of diesel, kerosene and cooking gas, an oil ministry source told reporters on Thursday.

"My expectation is that diesel, LPG (liquifie

U.S. President Barack Obama warned Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi on Wednesday there would be 'no let-up' in pressure on him to go, following a second successive night of heavy NATO bombing in Tripoli.

Pakistan's military was ridiculed and accused of complicity in the media on Tuesday after a small group of militants laid siege to a naval air base, holding out for 16 hours against about 100 commando

Thousands of passengers were forced to abandon plans after ash from an Icelandic volcano caused the cancellation of 500 flights on Tuesday, but officials said Europe's airways would be less disrupted

International Business Machines (IBM) edged past old rival Microsoft Corp in market value for the first time since April 1996, marking the latest twist in the fluctuating fortunes of two of the world'

Joseph Brooks, the Oscar-winning composer of the hit You Light Up My Life and who was awaiting trial on rape charges, was found dead in his New York apartment on Sunday, having apparently killed himse

Terrence Malick won the Palme d’Or in Cannes for The Tree of Life, but the 2011 film festival will be remembered above all for the shock expulsion of Danish director Lars von Trier for his Hitler joke