Damascus: Two strong explosions ripped through the Syrian capital on Thursday, killing or wounding dozens of people and leaving scenes of carnage in the streets in an assault against a centre of government power.

Manchester: Judge Gerald Clinton on Wednesday  sentenced a 59-year-old ringleader(name withheld)  to 19 years imprisonment and eight other Pakistani men for jail terms from four to 12 years on charge of gangraping and sex abusing upto 47 girls, some as young as 13,  in Greater Manchester, Daily Mail reported. 

Washington: Happiness can be fleeting, but by hanging on to those good times and not comparing your personal experiences to those of others can help you remain happy for longer, a new study has suggested.

Washington: The Indian-American community has come out in strong support of US President Barack Obama, who kicked off his re-election campaign with two rallies in Ohio and Virginia, with an overwhelming 85 per cent of them favouring a second term for him.

Paris, May 7: France handed the presidency to leftist Francois Hollande, a champion of government stimulus programs who says the state should protect the downtrodden—a victory that could deal a death blow to the drive for austerity that has been the hallmark of Europe in recent years.

TOKYO: Thousands of Japanese marched to celebrate the switching off of the last of their nations 50 nuclear reactors on Saturday, waving banners shaped as giant fish that have become a potent anti-nuclear symbol.

LONDON: Philip Abraham, an Indian journalist from Kerala , has been elected as a councillor in the UK, becoming the first person of Asian origin to be elected to the Loughton town council.

WASHINGTON: Osama bin Laden had planned to kill US President Barack Obama and General David Petraeus, who was then top US commander in Afghanistan, and had issued instructions to Ilyas Kashmiri to set up two units to target planes carrying them.

MELBOURNE: US President Barack Obama had a fling with an Australian woman in New York in the 1980s and a new biography threatens to bare this torrid affair.

WASHINGTON: Secret diaries of an Australian woman who was one of young Barack Obamas girlfriends, show the warmth and trust of the future president in love, but also hint at his reserve and "coolness."