Pakistan Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani will travel to Qatar on Monday for talks on the Taliban's plans to set up a representative office in the Gulf state, Pakistani officials have said. ...

The United States has planned to keep its Special Operations forces, which hunt insurgent leaders and train local troops in Afghanistan, despite its decision to end the NATO mission in the war-torn...

A group of congressmen has sought the US citizenship for jailed Pakistani doctor Shakeel Afridi, who helped the CIA track down and kill former al-Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden last year in his...

Former Massachusetts governor and the 2012 White House contender Mitt Romney secured his third victory of the GOP primary season, as television networks declared him the winner of Nevada's...

Daniel Radcliffe had to go through an awkward moment during a TV interview in Los Angeles when a fan got down on one knee and asked him to marry her.

The Harry Potter star, who is dating production...

Sam Arora is a Maryland state Delegate, Aaron "Ronnie" Chatterji served on President Barack Obama's Council of Economic Advisors (CEA) and Hari Kondabalu is a rising comedy star just back from an...

Anna Kournikova has sold her Miami Beach's gated Sunset Island house for 7.4 million dollars.

The former tennis star, who has been dating Enrique Inglesias for ten years, paid 5 million dollars for...

Imams across Canada and the United States have issued a moral ruling condemning honour killings, domestic violence and misogyny as "un-Islamic."

Thirty-four imams belonging to the Islamic Supreme...

Demi Moore, who has not been spotted since her recent health crisis, is reportedly in a treatment facility and not at her Los Angeles home, as was speculated.

She is said to have checked into Cirque...

Versatile US actor Ben Gazzara died in a New York hospital of pancreatic cancer, The New York Times said. He was 81.

A student at New York's legendary Actor's Studio where other Hollywood stars like...

As a UN Security Council draft resolution to pressure Syria failed after China and Russia voted against it, India said it backed the motion as it favoured resolving the crisis through a Syrian-led...

SOFIA, Bulgaria (AP) -- U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton called Sunday for "friends of democratic Syria" to unite and rally against President Bashar Assad's regime,...

HOPE MILLS, N.C. -; North Carolina authorities say they used a stun gun on a woman motorist who blocked a McDonald's drive-thru for 20 minutes after employees refused to serve her because she...

February 5, 2012 In another example that we appear to be rapidly moving into a cashless society, Bank of America in California refused to accept cash for a mortgage payment. The manager of the bank...

The treason of American Congress seems to know no bounds, as it has submitted an urgent official request to the Secretary of Transportation to invite potential remote-controlled war upon American...

US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, who is on an official trip to Sofia Sunday, has met Bulgarian President Rosen Plevneliev. Details from the meeting have not emerged, as Clinton has already...

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla.  — Florida's poor can use food stamps to buy staples like milk, vegetables, fruits and meat. But they can also use them to buy sweets like cakes, cookies and...

Entrepreneurs, your time is now.Today we launch our call for entries for the Miami Herald Business Plan Challenge, our annual celebration of entrepreneurship, now in its 14th year. Sponsored by The...

OAKLAND, Calif. – Dozens of Occupy Oakland demonstrators burned an American flag and marched through the streets Saturday night, a week after police fired tear gas to quell violent...

NEW YORK – Ailing Ground Zero responders are finally getting their last checks from a settlement with the city, but many are crestfallen that the payments are less than touted when they took...

HOPE MILLS, N.C. – North Carolina authorities say they used a stun gun on a woman motorist who blocked a McDonald's drive-thru for 20 minutes after employees refused to serve her because...

This skirting of tax laws is possible because the IRS doesn't know about every bet, and is only aware of the big winners.Legal betting operations -- state lotteries, casinos and...

History Channel Jousting may seem so 12th century, but the History Channel is giving the medieval competition a very modern face-lift for its new series, "Full Metal Jousting." The show,...

One of the first obstacles I hear from clients trying to stick to their weight loss goals is while dining out on the weekends.  Knowing how to navigate a menu can help you from veering off...

I make my own beauty products . For the most part, I'm about as low-waste as a girl can get. However. There's one piece of the plastic puzzle that I've found as-of-yet unavoidable....

Life360.com service, powered by technology from a company called Loc-Aid, a parent can locate a child by her phone number or even an elderly parent who has wandered away from home.  Indeed,...

Tom Brady ’s super-model wife (Gisele) sent a personal e-mail to friends and family asking for prayers ';for Tommy'; some tweeters had a field day. My favorite tweet went something...

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Legislative and regulatory compliance, plan design, financing and strategy issues related to managing employee benefit plans, primarily health care and retirement...

Panama City - A group of indigenous protesters has blockaded the Pan-American Highway in Panama for days to protest the recent approval of mines and reservoirs in their...

SYDNEY  — Award-winning American cinematographer Mike deGruy and Australian television writer-producer Andrew Wight have died in a helicopter crash in eastern Australia, their employer...

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton is in Bulgaria, urging the country to break its energy dependence on Russia by diversifying its oil and gas...

By Madhusree Chatterjee, New Delhi, Feb 5 : Social realities, tragedies, life's profound truths, cynicism, laughter, theatre and puppets made of objects daily used come together in leading...

Extreme security measures have been implemented by Bulgarian authorities during the Sunday visit of US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton to Bulgarian capital Sofia. Clinton arrived in Sofia around...

Current US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's Sunday visit will be her second, both times without her husband Bill Clinton. Her first visit was almos 14 years ago, during 1998, in her...

Breaking news: When it came to the collapse of the bubble that touched off the 2008 meltdown of the U.S. economy, the Federal Reserve was a placid herd of clueless blockheads. Less than two years...

(Lincoln City, Oregon) – All of November swells with a special kind of American pride in Lincoln City: Native American Heritage Month fills the Lincoln City Cultural Center with bundles of...

The National Council of La Raza (NLCR) today reflected on President Obama's State of the Union address.The NCLR is the largest national Hispanic civil rights and advocacy organization in the...

Colorblind racism is the new normal in American conservative political thought. Well after the election of the nation's first African-American president, in 2012 Republican candidates are using...

BERKELEY, Calif. -- As President Obama delivered his third State of the Union Address, the 11 sentences he dedicated to addressing my current immigration status did little to instill in me any more...

OAKLAND, Calif. - Major medical breakthroughs over the past year in the treatment of HIV/AIDS are setting off some surprising alarm bells. While praised for their life-saving potential, they are...

Federal wildlife officials are planning a free ice fishing day for kids on the Upper Mississippi National Wildlife and Fish Refuge. Children between the ages of 6 and 13 will be allowed to fish for...

Three mushroom pickers took refuge in a hollowed out tree after getting lost in an Oregon forest, fighting wintry chills for six days and drinking water from streams until a helicopter pilot spotted...

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton is in Bulgaria, urging the country to break its energy dependence on Russia by diversifying its oil and gas supplies. U.S. officials say Clinton will...