International News Headlines

The US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) believes Osama bin Laden and his top deputy, Ayman al-Zawahiri, are inside Pakistan though it does not know precisely where.

The United States says engaged as it is in a common struggle with Pakistan and India against terrorism, it's encouraging all round cooperation through strategic dialogues with the two South Asian neighbours.

A technique for destroying breast tumours by freezing them with ice could offer hope of a safe non-surgical cure for the disease, a study suggests.

Though humans wouldn't miss a chance to swim with dolphins, the aquatic mammals don't return the sentiment.

Men who are facing a future with less hair should stop fretting at the retreating hairline, as a recent study suggests hair loss "almost halves the risk of prostate cancer".

US President Barack Obama Wednesday denied that Washington's relationship with close ally Israel was in crisis over the Jewish state's plans to build settler housing on land within East Jerusalem.

A key Al Qaeda operative believed to have been involved in a December attack on a US base in Afghanistan that left seven CIA employees dead has been killed, a US official said Wednesday.

An innovative folding electric plug designed by a student here has won the prestigious Brit Insurance Design Award 2010.

Ramallah/Jerusalem/Amman, March 18 (DPA) Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman said Wednesday that the best way to achieve peace was through direct talks, which Israel was willing to begin immediately, but Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said the Jewish state first had to meet its obligations under international agreements.

Pakistan has signed a deal with Iran that would lead to the construction of a crucial gas pipeline, officials said Wednesday.