Tripoli: Muammar Gaddafi's increasingly desperate attempts to crush a revolt against his four-decade rule have killed as many as 1,000 people and split Libya, Italy's Foreign Minister said on Wednesda

News that Britain’s royal wedding invites are in the post has touched off lively press speculation, with former England soccer captain David Beckham and the King of Bahrain tipped to be attending but

New Delhi: One of the most telling images from the frenzied media coverage of India's corruption scandals in recent months was billionaire telecoms tycoon Anil Ambani emerging from the CBI headquarter

Ahmedabad: A furious Ricky Ponting took out his frustration at being run out in Australia's opening World Cup match by smashing a television set with his bat in the team's dressing room.

The incident

Tripoli: Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi vowed defiance in the face of a mounting revolt against his 41-year rule on Tuesday, making a fleeting television appearance to disdain protesters and deny he ha

Mumbai: Not a single ticket for the Cricket World Cup final to be held in Mumbai's Wankhede Stadium on April 2 was sold to the public after the official website crashed, the ICC said on Tuesday.

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Sydney: A colony of 22,000 bats may be coming to a neighbourhood near you after an Australian court served the flying foxes with an eviction notice and allowed the government to chase them away with l

New Delhi: Ranbaxy, controlled by Japan's Daiichi Sankyo, only reported full-year results and declined to comment on what caused the loss. A Reuters calculation showed the fourth-quarter net loss at 9

Hambantota, Sri Lanka: Sri Lanka removed a ban on Tuesday on taking musical instruments into the island nation's World Cup venues, a day ahead of an expected low attendance match between Pakistan and

Sydney: Names can matter, thinks one Australian town named 'Speed' which renamed itself 'Speedkills' in an effort to promote road safety.

Speed, an outback town in rural Victoria with a population of