Politicians have once again badly let down the people of this South Asian country. Here we go again. After a...

Sharjah Police arrested a Comoros Islands national who allegedly specialised in stealing motorbikes and luxury vehicles and modified them at...

Sharjah Police on Monday, arrested red handed a gang comprising three Pakistani nationals specialised in burgling commercial outlets. The gang...

Higher Education Minister Khaled Al-Anqari on Tuesday announced his ministry’s plan to establish medical colleges and hospitals at all of...

The flag of Saudi Arabia has been carried into outer space, unfurled on Mount Everest and now flies at one...

Telecoms equipment giant Alcatel-Lucent will pay $137m (£88.7m) to settle US charges that it paid bribes to win Latin American...

Five teenagers have died in a motel room in southern Florida, in a case of suspected carbon monoxide poisoning. The...

The Indian government has stepped up security measures after it said it had received information that militants were planning attacks....

A television channel in Bangladesh has been ordered to stop broadcasting interviews with the country's most famous hangman, officials say....

Somali pirates have freed a German-owned chemical tanker, reportedly after a $5.5m (£3.6m) ransom was paid. The Marida Marguerite, with...

The Mexican border town of Guadalupe has been left with no police force after the last officer was kidnapped. Erika...

President Asif Ali Zadari who is also Co-chairman of the Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) Asif Ali Zardari said  on Monday...

Transport workers in Bolivia have begun an indefinite strike, called in protest at an increase of more than 70% in...

South Korean President Lee Myung-Bak has called for new six-party talks with North Korea. Mr Lee said there was no...

The north-eastern US is trying to get back to normal after blizzards left tens of thousands of air passengers stranded...