Rajmohan Gandhi, grandson of Mahatma Gandhi, has asked people for more help in flood relief efforts in Pakistan, saying humanitarian needs should transcend international...

In his new memoir, Tony Blair is attempting to justify former US President Bill Clinton's...

White House gatecrasher Michaele Salahi has finally parted ways with her little red party...

A Chicago dentist is paying for a new ad advocating that Secretary of State Hillary Clinton make a second presidential run in...

As the US lost 54,000 jobs last month, President Barack Obama promised a new package of ideas next week on job creation and lashed out at Republicans for blocking a legislation to help small...

Tiger Woods' alleged mistress Rachel Uchitel has apparently purchased a 2-million-dollar Park Avenue apartment in New York...

'Clear Blue Tuesday', a musical offering a unique perspective on the Sep 11, 2001 terror attack in New York was released here...

The landmark trial of wartime Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic will resume Monday at the UN's Yugoslav war crimes court in the Hague after a brief...

Lindsay Lohan can't steer clear of trouble. Just days after she was released from a jail and rehab stint, witnesses accused her Friday of hitting a baby stroller with her Maserati and then leaving the...

Victor Zamorano, one of 33 miners trapped 700 metres underground in northern Chile, sent a poem Friday to officials working to rescue...

Tsunami monitoring agencies said they had detected no destructive tsunami after a deep earthquake of 7.4 magnitude struck near New Zealand's South Island...

India's Sania Mirza's run in the US Open tennis tournament ended with her losing in the first round of the women's doubles...

Indian documentary filmmaker Vijay Kumar, arrested in Houston for allegedly carrying 'jihadist' literature and brass knuckles in his checked baggage, will remain behind bars without bail but can leave 'voluntarily' if his case is resolved within 120...

North Korean leader, Kim Jong-il is reportedly preparing to hold a rare congress of the ruling Workers' Party to pave the way for his son to succeed him, a feat of political engineering that would be a first in the Communist world, extending dynastic rule to a third...

Kendra Wilkinson is a hot siren herself, but can't stop gushing about her favourites in Hollywood - especially Beyonce's derriere, which she likes so much she would like to bite...

It's not just Rafael Nadal's looks that girls are crazy about - they will lay their hands on anything that belongs to him, even if it's his discarded...

American rapper 50 Cent is taking a break from Twitter to concentrate on his new album 'The Return Of The Heartless...

Actress Michelle Rodriguez has said that she signed her latest film "Machete" because she felt the film was a symbol of hope like President Barack Obama's...

Former manager for Britney Spears has officially signed on to save Lindsay Lohan's...

A Bronx teenager has earned the title of New York's bookworm of the year for plowing through a staggering 325 novels and comics in just three...

Hotels are making extra effort to ensure ESPN sportscaster Erin Andrews' safety after her recent stalker...

Tiny ants are scaring away jumbos about a billion times their size from stripping the tree cover, scientists have...

A seven-month-old baby died after doctors at a hospital in the US flushed his system with alcohol instead of saline solution during a heart...

Seven out of ten New Yorkers participating in a New York poll, want the proposed Muslim community center and mosque to be relocated away from Ground Zero in Lower...

Pakistan's nuclear arsenal has prevented a conventional war with India, ensuring 'our survival, our security, and our sovereignty', besides making the 'nation walk with head held high', boasts A.Q. Khan, the disgraced scientist considered the father of Islamabad's clandestine nuclear...

Two-thirds of New York City residents want a controversial Muslim community centre and mosque to be relocated farther away from the site of 9/11 terrorist attack, according to a New York Times...

Former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin has lashed out at reporters who write about her using anonymous sources, branding them 'impotent' and...

People who believe in fate and destiny tend to dump superstition when faced with the death, says a recent...

Socialite Kim Kardashian has stunned her fans after posing with two nude men for a magazine photo shoot. She describes it as one of her most risque covers to...

Actor Ashton Kutcher is reportedly threatening to sue the editors of a US tabloid for defamation, following an article they published suggesting he had been cheating on his wife Demi...

Despite reports from the US Thursday that initial jobless claims fell to 472,000 last week and pending home resales were up 5.2 per cent in July, Canada's top Toronto Dominion (TD) Bank said the economic recovery in North America is slipping after positive hints four months...

US President Barack Obama's approval rating appears to have edged up after his speech on the Iraq war but he still gets bad marks on the economy, according to a new...

UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon Friday 'strongly condemned' the bomb attacks in which scores of people were killed this week in Pakistan's cities of Quetta and...

US Defense Secretary Robert Gates is in the south of Afghanistan after touching down on...

Miami police swooped on the main airport on Friday when screeners detected a suspicious article in a checked...

Jamaican tennis star Dustin Brown has said that he is excited about facing World No. 4 Andy Murray in their second-round US Open clash...

Former President George W. Bush was at Ridgewood Country Club on Friday morning for a charitable event to raise money for the education of spouses and children of service members killed or...

By KASEY JONESASSOCIATED PRESS WRITER BALTIMORE -- Maryland health officials have ordered two doctors to stop performing abortions after a woman was critically injured during a procedure last...

The Associated Press LYNN ELBER (AP Television Writer) Kara DioGuardi is following Ellen DeGeneres and Simon Cowell out the door at "American Idol."Her departure leaves Randy Jackson, who's been...

"We have a lot of Americans here," Querrey said. "None of us play on center court. If you go to the French Open, they have (Frenchmen Richard) Gasquet, (Julien) Benneteau, (Gael) Monfils; they're on...

The blowout preventer from the BP gusher site was raised in a step to permanently seal the well while another rig explosion has started new debate over...

New York (CNN) -- The mother of a 4-year-old girl found dead in her Brooklyn home Thursday morning was charged Friday with second-degree assault, reckless endangerment and endangering the welfare of...

(CNN) -- Six job recruiters have been indicted in federal court in what the FBI has called the largest human-trafficking operation ever to result in charges in the United...

(CNN) -- Bethany Storro doesn't usually wear sunglasses, but she got a surprise paycheck and bought a pair earlier this week. Those sunglasses, she is convinced, saved her eyesight when a woman threw...

British Columbia is suing several third parties in efforts to recoup health care costs relating to a fiery hot-air balloon crash that killed two people and injured several others in August 2007.Those...

HOUSTON (Reuters) - BP Plc removed a failed blowout preventer from atop its ruptured Gulf of Mexico oil well on Friday afternoon, a company spokesman...

The American Society of Civil Engineers issues a report card every 4 years on the state of America's infrastructure. In the last two report cards, the nation got a D. Richard Schlesinger continues...

America's Failing Infrastructure The American Society of Civil Engineers issues a report card every 4 years on the state of America's infrastructure. In the last two report cards, the nation got a D....