Thousands of protesters turned their anger on the army on Saturday demanding that Egypt's ruling military council hand power to civilians and pressing for former President Hosni Mubarak to be put on t

Indian Grand Prix organisers are promising a Diwali festival-inspired debut race in October to showcase the country's ability to host international sporting events after a chaotic Commonwealth Games l

Higher input costs and interest rates are seen crimping demand for cars in India, the second-fastest growing auto market in the world after China, with sales growth expected to more than halve in this

A bomb went off outside a mosque in Srinagar on Friday, killing a prominent Muslim cleric, police and witnesses said, the first such attack near a religious place in recent years.

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A gene that makes bugs highly resistant to almost all known antibiotics has been found in bacteria in water supplies in New Delhi used by local people for drinking, washing and cooking, scientists sai

Spring means breeding season for toads and, in Philadelphia, that means closing off a city street so the tiny creatures are safe from traffic as they seek their mates.

Each year, volunteers organise

A smiling close-up of Silvio Berlusconi and Moroccan teenager Karima El Mahroug together would have been a priceless picture for photographers attending the Italian prime minister's trial on underage

Bank robberies in the United States take place most often in mid-morning, on Fridays and in southern and western states, according to government statistics released on Tuesday.

Robbers stole slightly

Absolutely no one likes a rat, a city official said on Tuesday, demanding $1.5 million (920 thousand pounds) be restored to the budget to be help control what he called Manhattan's horrific rat proble

Satyam Computer Services Ltd and auditor PricewaterhouseCoopers agreed to pay a combined $17.5 million to settle investigations into an accounting fraud that became India's biggest corporate scandal i