TEHRAN: Iran said on Friday it was ready for immediate talks with the United States, Russia and France over an exchange of nuclear fuel and added that it was also against stockpiling higher enriched uranium.... (more...)

NEW DELHI: The real jewel in Britain’s actual crown will not be returning to India, Prime Minister David Cameron said on Thursday, as he ruled out any repatriation of the famed Kohinoor diamond.... (more...)

WASHINGTON: The United States is urging King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia and President Bashar al-Assad of Syria to encourage the Palestinians to resume direct peace talks with Israel when they meet Thursday.”We... (more...)

NEW YORK: Fewer Pakistanis are concerned about armed groups like the Taliban and al-Qaeda, according to a new survey from the US-based Pew research centre. They see the Taliban, and especially al-Qaeda,... (more...)

NEW YORK: President Barack Obama has reaffirmed his administration’s plan to “start thinning out” US combat troops from Afghanistan beginning July 2011. In an ABC television programme,... (more...)

DHAKA: The Royal Bengal Tiger, Bangladesh’s national animal, is faced with the threat of extinction due to shortage of food, and the reckless destruction of forest and other habitats. Forest and... (more...)

NEW YORK: The family of an unarmed  black man shot and killed by police on his wedding day in 2006 will get 3.25 million dollars in settlement of their lawsuit, the New York City Law Department said Wednesday. ... (more...)

NEW DELHI: A radar malfunction at New Delhi airport on Wednesday caused major delays on the first day that international flights began arriving at a new showcase multi-billion-dollar terminal, reports... (more...)

KABUL: NATO reported that a foreign soldier was killed in an insurgent attack in southern Afghanistan, bringing the toll among its forces to 402 for the year, according to an AFP count. NATO’s international... (more...)

ARIS: France is “at war” with Al-Qaeda and will step up military involvement in North Africa after the regional branch of the jidahist group killed a French aid worker, the prime minister said... (more...)