WASHINGTON (Agencies) - North Korea has ordered US nuclear monitors out of the country, dealing a harsh, early setback to the Obama Administrations efforts to disarm the defiant regime. Monitors have been asked to depart DPRK, State Department spokesman Robert Wood told reporters. Its a step ...

MOMBASA, Kenya, (AFP) - Pirates attacked an American freighter with rocket fire and machineguns but the ship escaped even as other vessels fell into the clutches of marauding Somali bandits. Pirates have taken four ships since losing two battles with US and French forces at the weekend. Their ...

RAMALLAH, West Bank, (AFP) - Jailed intifada leader Marwan Barghuti said in an interview published on Wednesday that Palestinians had no peace partner in the current largely right-wing Israeli cabinet. The problem is the absence of a partner for a two-state solution and the absence of a political ...

LAHORE - The International Cricket Council (ICC) at its two-day board meeting on Saturday will discuss the feasibility of holding the 2011 World Cup in the terror-hit subcontinent and the demand for official status by Indian Cricket League (ICL). Top teams have expressed apprehension in playing in ...

IF you want to stand out on your wedding day, this dress made up of 2009 peacock feathers could be just the ticket. The $1.5 million creation was made at a wedding dress factory and took eight workers 40 days to sew together. An average male peacock sheds around 200 feathers during his annual moult ...

UNITED NATIONS - The UN General Assembly president on Tuesday said that preparations for the June summit to deal with the impact of the global economic crisis on developing countries was going ahead despite attempts by certain nations to lower the scope and profile of the sessions. The financial ...