A massive tornado, which was estimated to be at least 2 miles wide, has ripped through the US city of Oklahoma, killing at least 51, including seven children. The Oklahoma City Medical Examiner said at least 51 people died, including children,...

Canadian astronaut and outgoing International Space Station Commander Chris Hadfield has recorded the first music video in space while floating in zero gravity. Hadfield strummed an acoustic guitar and crooned his own rendition of David Bowie’s “...

Nawaz Sharif today headed for a third term as Pakistan's Prime Minister as his PML-N party took an unassailable lead over its rivals in landmark general elections that witnessed a huge turnout despite Taliban threats and bomb attacks. Trends from ...

Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML- N), led by former prime minister Nawaz Sharif is leading in the general elections, as suggested by the initial results on Saturday night. The PML-N is leading with 115 National Assembly seats, over its arch riv...

Pakistan Tehrik-e-Insaf Chief Imran Khan will not be able to vote in Saturday's historic general elections because of injuries sustained in a dramatic fall at an election rally, doctors treating him said on Thursday. Doctors at Shaukat Khanum ...

Still a persona non grata in the US, Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi is again set to talk to the Indian community in 18 cities in North America via satellite from state capital on Sunday. He will be the keynote speaker at Gujarat Day celebra...

Former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, who has recently donned the mantle of kingmaker behind the current, fragile Italian Government, is in trouble again after a court in the northern city of Milan upheld a conviction for tax fraud. Mr...

The death toll in Bangladesh’s worst industrial disaster rose to 931 on Thursday as rescuers overnight pulled out 97 more decomposed bodies from sandwiched floors of the ill-fated eight-storey building that collapsed last month. “Ninety seven ...

Unidentified gunmen have kidnap Pakistan's former Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani's son Ali Haider Gilani in Multan, TV channels reported. Ali Haider Gilani was addressing a political rally when he was kidnapped. One bodyguard and Gilani's se...

Emphasizing on the need to begin from "where we left in 1999", ex-Pakistani Premier Nawaz Sharif on Tuesday promised to probe ISI's role in the Mumbai terror attacks if he returns to power. Replying to a query on terror convict David Headley's sta...