TEHRAN (Reuters/AFP) - International pressure for new sanctions against Iran grew on Monday after Tehran announced more moves to expand nuclear fuel production and enrichment plants, heightening Western fears it wants to make atom bombs. The United States and France led calls for what would be a ...

WASHINGTON (AFP) - The US east coast braced Monday for a new storm after record snowfall left tens of thousands of people without power, paralyzed transportation and shut down the federal government. The US capital remained largely snow-locked, while many local governments, businesses and schools ...

COLOMBO (AFP) - Sri Lankas defeated presidential candidate Sarath Fonseka was arrested Monday, and will reportedly face charges of military offences committed when he headed the army, officials said. Fonseka, a retired four-star general who lost to President Mahinda Rajapakse in the January 26 ...

AN Australian street performer has set a Guinness World Record by swallowing 18 swords in one go. Australian Chayne Hultgren set the new record for simultaneous sword swallowing in Sydney. The 31-year-old street performer, who calls himself the Space Cowboy, swallowed 18 stainless steel blades, ...

KARACHI - The race is on by the foreign and local investors to acquire business operations of the Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS Pakistan). Soneri Bank Limited, another financial institution from the domestic banking sector after Faysal Bank, has also expressed its intention to buy major stakes in RBS ...