NEW YORK - Saudi Arabia's first all-girl rock band has scored an underground hit with its first single and hopes to play live gigs and record an album in the conservative Islamic country, according to a dispatch in The New York Times. In a dispatch from Jeddah on Monday, the newspaper said the ...

NEW YORK - President-elect Barack Obama unveiled his economic team on Monday that will help him deal with the U.S. financial crisis but declined to specify how much his proposed 2-year stimulus package would cost. At a news conference in Chicago, Obama presented Timothy Geithner as his nominee for ...

HARARE (AFP) - A transformation in Zimbabwe's batting almost earned them a shock victory over Sri Lanka here Monday in the third of five internationals. They followed the Sri Lanka score of 171 for seven in the allocated 28 overs following morning rain with 166 for seven to lose by only five ...

R&B singer Chris Brown was the big winner at the American Music Awards (AMA) in Los Angeles, picking up three prizes including artist of the year. "I would've gave it to Coldplay - I'm at a loss for words," a shocked Brown said of the night's biggest award. The 19-year-old was also named ...

KARACHI- The value of Pak rupee is expected to remain stable against the US dollar in the inter-bank and in the open market as the IMF is releasing the first tranche of loan in next couple of weeks. At present dollar-rupee exchange has declined to below Rs 79 due to crackdown against the cartel, ...