Islamabad: The sister of a man suspected in the shooting of Malala Yousufzai has apologised to the teenage Pakistani rights activist, saying that her brother had brought shame to their family.

Washington : Notwithstanding the latest opinion polls suggesting a close fight between incumbent Barack Obama and his rival Mitt Rmoney, both the Democrat and Republican camps have claimed victory ahead of the crucial presidential elections set for today.Hours ahead of the millions of Americans were to cast their vote in the today’s elections, both the Romney and Obama campaigns, in their speeches and conference calls with reporters, claimed that enthusiasm was on their side.

WASHINGTON: President Barack Obama and Republican rival Mitt Romney engaged in a frenzied cross-country blitz of the remaining toss-up states on Sunday, with both sides predicting victory in a race that remains too close to call just two days before election day.

LONDON: British PM David Cameron on Sunday faced huge embarrassment after details of intimate text messages he exchanged with former News International boss Rebekah Brooks were published by the media.

LONDON: A bronze bust of Indian-origin 'spy princess' Noor Inayat Khan, a first memorial in Britain to either a Muslim or an Asian woman, will be unveiled in London next week in honour of the war heroine who died on a secret mission against the Nazis.

New York, Nov 3: India has said the U.N. Security Council in its present structure is “completely out of tune” with global realities and serves “no one’s purpose”, asserting that an expansion in the 15-member body should have permanent representation from Asia, Africa and Latin America.

Long Beach, New York: With forecasters expecting that the New York area could get the worst of the super storm moving its way towards the country, property owners boarded up their homes and many were not leaving anything to chance and evacuated their families out of the city centre on Sunday.
Forecasters warned that the mega storm could wreak havoc over 1,300 km from the East Coast to the Great Lakes.

Engineers at Air Fuel Synthesis (AFS.L) in Teeside, northern England, say they have produced 5 litres of synthetic petrol over a period of three months.

 

KABUL: A huge roadside bomb ripped through a minibus carrying guests to a wedding party in Afghanistan on Friday, killing at least 15 people and wounding 18 others, police said.

Former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, on trial for allegedly having sex with an underaged prostitute, on Friday denied there had ever been sex games at parties in his villa.