The Super Bowl not only attracted controversy for an incident involving rapper M.I.A., but also for Republican senatorial candidate Pete Hoekstra's political ad that featured an Asian woman speaking...

Pharmaceutical saleswomen in Singapore have no qualms in having sex with doctors in a bid to boost their sales, according to reports.

A 30-year-old saleswoman, known only as Cheryl, has heard of...

Former Pakistan captain and batting legend Javed Miandad has lauded his team's whitewash of England in the series in the United Arab Emirates.

"I must be in the minority because I am not surprised...

The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) has dropped Ian Bell from squads for one-day and Twenty20 series against Pakistan in Abu Dhabi and Dubai.

He had passed 50 only once in his last 14 ODI...

England cricket team coach Andy Flower has blamed his team's two-month break for their disastrous 3-0 whitewash to Pakistan.

After losing the Third Test by 71 runs, head coach Flower said: "We spent...

Dr Abdul Qadeer Khan, the founding father of Pakistan's nuclear programme blamed by the West for making Pakistan a nuclear power, has condemned inaccuracies in The Atlantic magazine's November 2005...

Sachin Tendulkar's aim to score his hundredth international ton may have to wait as he may be rested for the upcoming one-day international match against Sri Lanka in Perth.

The move comes as a part...

Almost after three months, the Obama administration is reportedly considering apologising to Pakistan for the deaths of its 24 soldiers in the NATO attack on a border post in November last year.

A...

Pakistani actress Veena Malik has revealed that she has been signed for a "powerful" role in a British film.

"I am getting many offers from across the globe. Recently, a UK film team was in Dubai...

Pakistan skipper Misbahul Haq has said his team's impressive victory over England sends a strong message to the cricketing world that Pakistan is a power in the sport and should no longer be...

Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) chairman Zaka Ashraf has said the team needs a qualified head coach to win the World Cup.

Although he praised Mohsin Khan's as a coach, Ashraf said: "No doubt the team...

Pakistan has narrowed the gap with the top four sides in the International Cricket Council (ICC) Test Championship table after beating the world number-one team, England by 3-0 in the three-Test...

Sri Lanka all-rounder Angelo Mathews has rejected suggestions that the Indian team is vulnerable, claiming they remain a world-class team despite losing the Test series 4-0 to Australia.

"India are...

Pakistan has assured Iran that it would implement, on a fast track basis, multi-billion-dollar gas and electricity import projects, despite international sanctions and concerns over the latter's...

Pakistan cricketer-turned-politician Imran Khan has warned that Afghanistan could slide into civil war once NATO forces leave the country for good.My fear is that they are going to leave a far bigger...

Pakistan on Monday beat England by 71 runs in the third and final Test being played here, and achieved a three nil series whitwash.

Chasing a victory target of 323, England scored 252 in their...

At least 13 people have been killed and 40 are believed missing after an earthquake struck the moutain village of Planas in the Philippines on Monday.

The 6.8-magnitude quake buried as many as 30...

Pakistan has failed to announce a new date for its judicial commission to visit India to record statements of key officials linked to the investigation of the Mumbai terror attacks.

The team was...

Indonesia: Gunfight in Indonesia's restive Papua province killed one police officer and wounded an unidentified man on Tuesday, police said.The shootout between police and an unknown group of...

Pakistan: Pakistani rescuers on Tuesday recovered more bodies from the rubble of a factory that collapsed in the city of Lahore, raising the death toll to 17 in a grim search for survivors.The...

ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Tears tracing lines of dirt on his face, six-year-old Pakistani boy Nabeel Mukhtar cries while crouching on a pavement to scrub motorbikes, his job for nine hours a day, six...

A | A joint Search and Rescue (SAR) team has built temporary embankments at several points along Cikandang river in Pakenjeng, Garut regency, West Java, as the search for a missing student at the...

A | Volcanic ash reportedly started showering some areas on the slopes of Mt. Semeru in Lumajang, East Java, on Tuesday morning. Lumajang Disaster Mitigation Management head Rochani said the...

A | Surakarta Mayor Joko "Jokowi" Widodo, a controversial figure behind the production of the Esemka car assembled by vocational high school students, is scheduled to test drive the car...

district court and have been granted the permission to execute 14 of those closures," Yogyakarta's Public Order Agency head Suryanto said on...

A | The Gajah Mada University (UGM)'s website has been named as the best university website in the country by the Webometrics Ranking of World Universities. "UGM's website has seen...

A | The Foreign Ministry has inked a deal with the Universitas Terbuka (UT) in order to open more slots for Indonesians abroad to enroll in the university's distance learning degrees. The...

A | Tiger Airways Holdings Limited (Tiger Airways) announced the completion of a 33% investment in the Indonesian firm PT Mandala Airlines (Mandala) in Singapore, Tiger Airways CEO Chin Yau Seng...

A | A Batavia Air plane skidded off runway while landing in the Sentani airport in Jayapura, Papua, on Tuesday morning, according to Papua Transportation Agency head Bambang Sismanto.The plane...

A | While hundreds of people, most of whom are children, are being treated for dengue fever in hospitals and public health centers in Kupang, East Nusa Tenggara, the disease has claimed five lives...

A | Morowali Police chief Adj. Sr. Comr. Suhirman says that the police were questioning 10 witnesses regarding the burning of a nickel producer PT Vale Indonesia's (formerly known as PT Inco)...

ROC President Ma Ying-jeou (left) and Premier Sean C. Chen lay out the government's goals Feb. 6 following the swearing-in of the new Cabinet earlier in the day....

Taiwan Today Details of the upgrade package for Taiwan's F-16 A/B fighter jets have been negotiated with the U.S., and the budget set according to air force combat needs and the U.S. price...

Newly sworn-in PCC Minister Chern Jenn-chuan outlines plans Feb. 6 to allow more mainland Chinese participation in Taiwan's infrastructure projects. (Staff photo/Chen...

Taichung City in central Taiwan has been named one of the world's seven 'most intelligent' communities by U.S.-based think tank International Intelligent Forum, which noted the...

Taiwan Today By June Tsai The Taipei International Book Exhibition wrapped up Feb. 6 with a record high of more than 600,000 visitors during its six-day run. A total of 746 publishing companies...

Taiwan Today By Kwangyin Liu The 23rd annual Taiwan Lantern Festival kicked off on the evening of Feb. 6 in Changhua County, marking the height of the Lunar New Year celebrations. ROC President Ma...

Taiwan Today By Grace Kuo Taiwan will establish an index of well-being and release the results as early as next year, according to the Cabinet-level Directorate-General of Budget, Accounting and...

A strange fish with an appearance somewhat between a puffer, a flying fish, a red head silver carp, and a crocodile was caught on Sunday morning somewhere two kilometers off the shore of northeastern...

TIMIKA (AFP) - A gun-fight in Indonesia's restive Papua province killed one police officer and wounded an unidentified man on Tuesday, police said. The shoot-out between police and an unknown...

Aung San Suu Kyi, leader of major opposition the National League for Democracy (NLD) party, holds a Pathein umbrella while on a one-day trip to Pathein, the capital of rice bowl Ayeyawady Division,...

ISLAMABAD -; Pakistan's defense minister says the country should reopen its Afghan border crossings to NATO troop supplies after negotiating a better deal with the coalition. Pakistan closed...

A school janitor was shot and killed and his wife was seriously injured early Tuesday, police said. Witthaya Ratanakul, 53, was shot while riding his motorcycle to his rubber plantation in Bua...

The Commerce Ministry aims to push Thai export growth to 15 per cent this year while in the first quarter exports are projected to expand by between one and five per cent. Nuntawan Sakuntanaga,...

Nan - Nan Deputy Governor Witthaya Kamol said Tuesday that all 15 districts in his province have been declared drought disaster zones. He said the long period of no rains affected some 216,000...

Eclimo . The Australian scooter-maker will supply 1,274 units of its rolling frames in completely knocked down (CKD) form in schedule shipments under an ordering plan struck between the two...

CHIANG MAI, Thailand, Feb 7, 2012 (IPS) - Moves by the Burmese government to settle ethnic conflicts in the country, notably with the Karen in the mountainous eastern part of the country, have ...

line s between the two nations. Now a circular needs to be issued to inform all stakeholders about the decision," said the official requesting...