Michael Jackson’s younger sister Janet Jackson has expressed her desire to raise his three children as she has forged a close bond with them since the pop star’s sudden demise.
Janet, 43, who is the most successful of her siblings after Jackson, has become a mother figure to Prince Michael, 12, Paris, 11, and seven-year-old “Blanket”, [...]

At least 17 militants, including a top Taliban commander, were killed in Pakistan’s restive northwest region on Saturday in stepped up attacks by fighter jets and a US drone on rebel hideouts. However, there are also reports of resurgence of terrorists in Buner.
Militant commander Abdullah Shah Mehsud was killed when a US drone fired two [...]

Commending the technical education in India as the “best in the world”, US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Saturday suggested her country and India should work together in the field to help bridge the gap between talent and opportunities.
“Technical education in India was the best in the world. We need to work together in [...]

England all-rounder Andrew Flintoff announced on Wednesday that he will retire from Test cricket after the Ashes series against Australia because of his ongoing struggle with injuries.
The 31-year-old Flintoff is still determined to feature in the four remaining Tests of the current series _ despite aggravating a knee injury during the drawn first Test against [...]

The United States on Friday termed as “positive development” the resumption of dialogue between India and Pakistan.
“We are very encouraged by the positive signals coming out of these talks,” State Department spokesman Ian Kelly told reporters, referring to the talks Prime Minister Manmohan Singh had with his Pakistani counterpart Yousuf Raza Gilani.
“The initial indications are [...]

Blasts ripped through two luxury hotels in the Indonesian capital Jakarta on Friday morning killing at least nine people and injuring over 50.
Huge explosion tore through the Marriot and Ritz Carlton in the busy business area of the city.
Eyewitnesses said they first heard a loud explosion at the Marriott, and five minutes later, another explosion [...]

Iranian opposition leaders are planning a united show of strength this week when they attend
Friday prayers in Tehran led by influential cleric and former president Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani.
Defeated presidential candidates Mir Hossein Mousavi and Mehdi Karroubi said they will join hundreds of other worshippers as the two-time ex-president delivers a sermon for the first time [...]

At least 16 people, including several children, were killed and 120 others injured when a powerful explosion in a small village in Pakistan’s Punjab province flattened a madrassa on Monday. The place was being used to make bombs, officials said.
The blast, which occurred shortly before 10 am local time in the village near Mian Channu [...]

Michael Jackson’s sister La Toya has sensationally backed calls for a detailed probe into the star’s death — insisting he was murdered for his fortune.
The King of Pop’s sibling claims a number of people took advantage of the singer and killed him — and she is determined to find out who was responsible for his [...]

Three people were killed when an under-construction flyover of the Delhi Metro collapsed in south Delhi early Sunday morning. Thirteen people were injured and rushed to the AIIMS trauma centre.
Some workers may still be stuck under debris.  About 35-40 workers were at the site.
One of the pillars, which broke, led to the collapse of the [...]

China’s official toll on Saturday mounted to 184 in the deadliest communal riots between minority Muslim Uighurs and Han Chinese in its northwest strategic Xinjiang region bordering India.
Releasing the casualty figures, the information office of the regional government on Saturday said 184 people had died in the riots that broke out on Sunday in Urumqi, [...]

As the world grappled to cope up with the “worst global recession in a generation,” President
Barack Obama on Tuesday said that prosperity in countries like India and China is good for the US and West as it opens new markets for them and pushes their businesses to innovate.
“We meet in the midst of the worst [...]

Michael Jackson will be buried without his brain in a private ceremony on Tuesday by his family.
The pop star, 50, died after a suspected cardiac arrest on Tuesday but the circumstances around his death continue to baffle the investigators.
Michael Jackson’s brain was taken out to conduct neuropathology tests to seek clues to his sudden collapse [...]