Three days after the 7.9 magnitude quake that rocked Wenchuan County, Sichuan Province in China on May 12, the death toll is now climbing as the crucial 72-hour window for rescue has passed. Howeve...

By Muhammad Najeeb, Islamabad, May 3: Pakistanis have mourned the death of peace activist and Gandhian Nirmala Deshpande for her contribution to the peace process between Pakistan and India.

A Coptic Christian youth has been stabbed to death by a Muslim neighbour in southern Egypt, the latest violent incident between members of the two faiths, a security source said on Friday.

HO CHI MINH CITY: Vietnam paid their last respects Sunday to former premier Vo Van Kiet, who led the communist nation's economic and diplomatic reopening to the world after decades of war and isolation.

A young woman convicted of playing a role in the beating death of 13-year-old Nina Courtepatte in April 2005 was "far from the norms of civilized society" and will be sentenced as an adult, an Alberta Court of Queen's Bench judge ruled Thursday.