WASHINGTON: US President Barack Obama, in a populist step designed to appeal to voters, will propose a "Buffett Tax" on people making more than $1 million a year as part of his deficit recommendations to Cong....

BEIJING: Beijing's postal system has stepped in to counter the rising divorce rate in the Chinese capital. All that a lover or spouse needs to do is buy one of the special envelopes brought out by Beijing Post, and send a...

WASHINGTON: The chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, expressing "deep concerns" about violent attacks mounted by the Haqqani insurgent network, has again pressed the Pakistani....

NEW DELHI: In a dramatic U-turn in the cash-for-votes scam trial, senior lawyer Ram Jethmalani has now said that the bribe to the BJP MPs was paid by Congress leaders and not Amar Singh....

NEW DELHI: The oceans are the new theatre of India-China competition, but one with possible security implications....

RENO (Nevada): The death toll rose to nine Saturday in an air race crash in Reno as investigators determined that...

Six years after she was deemed cancer-free, Kara Kennedy accepted the Presidential Medal of Freedom on behalf of her father, just weeks before Sen...

The United Nations voted overwhelmingly to hand over Libya's UN seat to the former rebel National Transitional Council, while easing economic and...

Pakistani Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani on Friday said Pakistan had contributed enormously in the fight against terrorism and extremism and that it...

Beatles legend Paul McCartney, who is all set to marry for the third time, has refused to sign a pre-nup ahead of his marriage to American Nancy Shevell...