AMMAN , Jordan , March 27 (UPI) -- A spokesman for the Iraqi Embassy in Amman said Thursday it had issued 425 entry visas to foreign journalists since the outbreak of the war eight days ago. Embassy spokesman Jawad al-Ali told United Press International t …

SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 8 (UPI) -- The final fugitive member of one of the most notorious radical organizations of the Vietnam era was being held in a South African jail cell Friday pending his extradition to the United States to face bomb-possession and murd …

Sikh activists on Wednesday stopped trains at several places across Punjab, seeking the arrest of controversial Dera Sacha Sauda sect chief Gurmit Ram Rahim Singh.The protest was triggered by the killing of a Sikh youth, Balkar Singh, outside a shopping ma …

Shiv Shankar Prasad Chowrasia won the inaugural $2.5 million EMAAR-MGF Indian Masters by two stroke at the par-72 Lodhi Course Delhi Golf Club here on Sunday.The Kolkata-based 29-year-old golfer made history by becoming the first man to win a European Tour …

For more than 20 years , Michael Aram has brought the natural world to the table in the form of sand-cast and hand-forged metal accessories. His workshop in India, which employs 170 craftsmen, also has created the Skeleton chair, a solid aluminum seat that …

The U.S. economy expanded at a tepid pace overall last quarter, but some analysts are finding a ray of light in Americans’ spending on services. Services-sector expenditures by consumers rose at a 2.5% real annualized rate in the three months through Septe …

 There are few easy fixes in education, but to Kansas City, Mo. , Superintendent John Covington looked like a silver bullet. Covington rode into the troubled Kansas City Missouri School District in 2009 with promises of change that he quickly fulfilled. He …

Here's your feets-don't-fail-me-now Friday roundup of consumer news from around the Web: --Consumers are still feeling blue about the economy , but that apparently isn't enough to stop us from going shopping. Consumer sentiment worsened sharply in early Au …

Here's your market-driven Monday roundup of consumer news from around the Web: -- Going somewhere tomorrow or the next day? Boy MBT Changa für Frauen, does JetBlue have a deal for you. The budget carrier is offering $10 tickets for all remaining seats on n …

Getting through “The Twelve Days of Christmas” with partridges and pear trees in tow will cost $101,119.84 this year –- the most expensive total ever. True loves will have to dig deeper into their wallets to get into the holiday spirit, according to the an …