BAGHDAD -Reuters - More than 60 people were killed in a series of car bomb explosions targeting Shias across Iraq on Monday, police and medics said, part of the worst sectarian violence since US troops pulled out in December 2011.No group claimed responsibility for the bombings. Iraq is home to a ...

MOSCOW : At least eight people were killed and more than a dozen injured on Monday in twin car blasts outside a court building in the southern Russian city of Makhachkala in the restless region of Dagestan. The local investigative committee said that "within the space of a few minutes, two cars ...

BENGHAZIA powerful car bomb exploded Monday near a hospital in the Libyan city of Benghazi, killing and wounding dozens in what officials said was the first such attack on civilians since Moammar Gaddafi’s ouster.Officials gave contradicting death tolls, however, as information trickled in ...

  NEW YORK UPI New York’s 92-year-old Mike - Mighty Atom Jr - Greenstein said his teeth have very little to do with pulling his car with his mouth in a strongman show. The grandfather of three and great-grandfather of two is scheduled to pull off the feat of pulling his 2006 tan Buick ...

LOS ANGELES: Jessica Alba stole her parents’ car when she was 12. The ‘Sin City’ actress has revealed she was a wild child and drove her parents crazy with her rebellious antics, including going for joy rides in the family car and drinking liquor when she was just 11. In a joint ...

A car bomb has exploded near a government convoy in the Somali capital Mogadishu, killing at least eight people, officials said on Sunday.A police spokesman told local media that a suicide attacker had driven a car laden with explosives at an armoured government vehicle.According to the same ...

ATLANTA: A delivery man whose car was stolen continued travelling on foot to fulfill a pizza order before going to the police. The Papa John’s driver had his car - a black 2003 Cadillac CTS - taken from him by two men while working his shift in Atlanta on April 9. According to The AP, the ...

Five car bombs exploded Monday in mainly Shiite areas south of Baghdad, killing 16 people, officials said, the latest attacks in a seven-day wave of violence costing more than 230 lives across Iraq.The bloody unrest, which began last Tuesday with deadly clashes between security forces and Sunni ...

NUERBURGRING - Retired seven-time world champion Michael Schumacher will drive his old Formula One car again next month in a demonstration run around the daunting Nuerburgring Nordschleife track, Mercedes said on Thursday. The German manufacturer said the 44-year-old's drive in a 2011 car around ...

Islamabad - Law enforcement agencies on Tuesday foiled a bid to assassinate former Army Chief Pervez Musharraf and got hold of a suspected vehicle laden with almost 50-kg of highly explosive material, parked outside Musharraf’s farmhouse.“Yes, police have foiled a bid to bomb ...

Swabi/Quetta - Militants on Monday night targeted an Awami National Party (ANP) election office in Swabi, injuring two workers including the Pakhtun Students Federation District president.The militants hurled a hand grenade at the election office of ANP candidate for PK-31 Swabi-1, Gul Zamin Shah, ...

EDINBURGH (OC): Retailing at a jaw-dropping $97,060 the GRV goldRally Wax from luxurious car care products maker Mitchell & King has been described as “exceptionally exclusive” and is by far the most expensive car wax ever created.In the world of the rich and powerful, it’s ...

BERLIN : If Volkswagen is to achieve its goal of becoming the world's biggest automaker, it needs to conquer the only market where the German group trails major competitors: low-cost cars.Europe's biggest carmaker plans to launch a budget brand in China with one of its local partners by about 2015, ...

MILAN : In these lean economic times, even supercar makers are reaching down-market - which for Maserati means a price tag below 100,000 euros ($131,000). The Italian company owned by Fiat is reinventing its venerable Ghibli tourer as an "executive sedan" aimed squarely, as the description ...

PRNJAVOR: MIŠO Kuzmanovic, a mechanic from Bosnia, has spent two years and over $30,000 building his very own Formula One car. The 150hp vehicle doesn’t reach the top speeds of real race cars, but it’s still a sight to behold.A big fan of motor sports Mišo Kuzmanovic had ...

LONDON : Two men were jailed for up to 16 years in Britain on Thursday for planning acts of terrorism including an al-Qaeda-inspired plot to send a remote-controlled toy car into an army reservist centre.Zahid Iqbal, 31, and Mohammed Sharfaraz Ahmed, 25, had discussed building an explosive device ...

A six-year-old boy is in trouble in the US after he took the family car for a 6am drive - because he wanted a Chinese takeaway. The unnamed youngster, who could hardly see over the dash, was stopped by police three miles from his home near Detroit, Michigan. He told officers he wanted more of the ...

RAWALPINDI - A woman was deprived of cash, gold ornaments, mobile phone and other valuables by two armed bike riders while auto-theft gang pilfered a car from different localities of the city on Monday.Police have been investigating the cases after filing first information reports (FIR) with no ...

DUBAI  - A Bahraini youth opposition group on Monday said it blew up a car in Manama overnight in an incident the authorities blamed on a "terrorist group" just days ahead of the country's Formula One Grand Prix. There were no casualties in the blast and no damage other than to the car, police ...

ISLAMABAD  – Sunday Car Bazaar in Karachi Company (G-9 Markaz) may be a good business for buyers or sellers of vehicles, but it has made life miserable for traders and shoppers, visiting the market.The Car Bazzar creates disturbance in and around the market - leaving no space for ...

MOGADISHU - A nine-man suicide commando blasted its way into Mogadishu's main court complex Sunday, some blowing up their explosives vests while others sprayed gunfire in a rampage that left 29 civilians dead, while a separate bomb attack killed five more.The Al-Qaeda-linked Shebab militant group ...

LAHORE (PR) - The 7th Toyota Dream Car Art Contest organized by Indus Motor Company draws to a close with a grand event here. More than 300 schools from across Pakistan participated in the contest, including special children, from vocational training schools.The competition kicked off in January ...

ISLAMABAD - Islamabad police on Saturday claimed to arrest 19 accused from various areas of the city and recovered 3.735 kilograms heroin, stolen car and wine bottles from them, a police spokesman said.According to a press note issued from office of SSP Islamabad police on Saturday, a team of ...

BANGUI - Michel Djotodia, whose rebel coalition Seleka seized power in the Central African Republic last month, was on Saturday elected interim president by the national transitional council. Djotodia, who had proclaimed himself president after his troops took Bangui on March 24, was the only ...

DHAKA - Unidentified people on Saturday hurled three crude bombs apparently targeting a parked car being used by Indian High Commissioner in Bangladesh during a visit to southwestern Khulna district, injuring three people including his driver. "The High Commissioner (Pankaj Saran) is ...

BIRMINGHAM  - Defending IndyCar series champ Ryan Hunter-Reay held off Kiwi Scott Dixon to capture the Grand Prix of Alabama Sunday for his first victory of the season.Pole sitter Hunter-Reay posted his 10th IndyCar victory by passing Helio Castroneves for the lead with 14 laps to go then ...

BANGUI - The rebel strongman who seized power in the Central African Republic last month, Michel Djotodia, on Saturday ordered the creation of a transitional body to designate an interim president for the country. The decree complies with demands from the six-nation Economic Community of Central ...

BANGUI  - The interim govt of the Central African Republic said it had held its first cabinet meeting, after seizing power in a bloody coup last month. Govt spokesman Crepin Mboli-Goumba said the meeting was called due to the “need to get to work without delay in order to deal with the ...

DETROIT (Reuters) - Detroit Electric, a startup electric-car maker reviving a brand that dates back more than a century, unveiled its first model on Wednesday: a $135,000, battery-powered sports car that is to go into limited production in August.Founded more than five years ago, Detroit Electric ...

BANGUI - Central African Republic’s new leader Michel Djotodia, facing international isolation after seizing power, said on Saturday he would not take reprisals against rivals and called on those who fled abroad to return. The United States said on Saturday it did not recognize Djotodia, who ...