The publisher of popular children books about a curious monkey is considering legal action against a Georgia bar owner for selling T-shirts that link Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama to the character

US President George W. Bush on Saturday blamed the ‘wealthy’ lifestyle of India’s huge middle class for the spiralling global food prices.

“There are 350 million people in India who are classified as middle class. That’s bigger than America....

# China has secretly built a major underground nuclear submarine base that could threaten Asian countries and challenge American power in the region.

# This is a challenge to any hegemonic power, particularly the US which still remains dominant in...

# Natural variations in climate could halt temperature rise, scientists have said.

# Global average temperature rise which has been predicted for the next decade by the UN’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) may not happen

# The...

# Former Iraqi Deputy Prime Minister Tariq Aziz is due to go on trial over the deaths of a group of Baghdad merchants in 1992 and could be sentenced to death if found guilty.

# Among his co-defendants are Saddam’s half brother Watban Ibrahim...

Indian spinner Harbhajan Singh was Monday banned for the rest of the Indian Premier League matches this season for slapping bowler S Sreesanth, officials said. Harbhajan, 27, who pleaded guilty and apologized for the offence, was also fined his match...

# NY city’s first Arabic-language school was branded as threat that was thought by its principal as an institution for “peace and hope.”

# Muslim leaders, academics and others see the drive against the school as the latest in a series of...

# China has signalled it would meet envoys of the Dalai Lama in coming days, following weeks of calls from world leaders for talks in the aftermath of anti-Chinese riots in Tibet.

# While Beijing’s tone since March’s riots has been aggressively...

This weekend, Rock Against Racism and the Anti Nazi League’s historic 1978 Carnival is celebrated in an anniversary gig. Here, some of those who organised or played at the original concert – and members of the audience – remember the event

Indian police say the organisers of the new tournament transforming world cricket could be fined if cheerleaders are deemed to be dressed indecently.