LOS ANGELES, Sept. 15 (UPI) -- Iran's previously correct, if not cordial relations with Britain have taken a hammering in recent weeks following the detention of a former prominent Iranian diplomat there , and the Iranian media has reflected the outcry , …

WASHINGTON, Feb. 27 (UPI) -- German Chancellor Gerard Schroeder's remark Thursday that the EU may cut interest rates to counter a weak dollar is generating great interest. But it hardly mattered that Schroeder and President Bush barely discussed the issue …

BANGKOK, March 5 (UPI) -- When the great corporate governance scandals of the U.S. stock market bubble burst , the news made headlines around the world for months. The latest scandal involving Thai companies only rates a few paragraphs in the local busine …

MUMBAI , Aug. 5 (UPI) -- Officials in India said they have an export deal and a nuclear deal passed in Parliament. The U.S.-Indian agreement on civilian nuclear cooperation passed last week , and Tuesday an agreement was reached on export control requirem …

OTTAWA , June 24 (UPI) -- The Canadian government delayed sending alcohol-based hand sanitizer to Indian reservations battling the H1N1 flu virus out of fears people would drink it. The news emerged Tuesday in Ottawa when Kim Barker , public health advise …

Hollywood's star couple Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie are set to sue British tabloid, 'News of the World' which reported that the couple were splitting.The tabloid ran a story last month declaring the couple were breaking up after six years and dividing the …

Once an armed underground party whose uprising against the state killed over 13,000 people, Nepal's Maoists on Wednesday unveiled the policies and programmes of the first government led by them , pledging peace and development.President Ram Baran Yadav, wh …

Now even listening to tunes may unwittingly leak personal info. Pandora, a free Internet radio service that streams and recommends songs, has an app for Android phones that finds , gathers and transmits " mass quantities" of personal data to advertising a …

 Halloween is scary enough without having to spend it in New Jersey, according to a poll of Jersey residents who were asked which areas they feel safest in. Their response? Manhattan, across the river in New York. About 800 New Jersey residents were interv …

The number of people who filed for unemployment benefits last week dropped again to 390 ,000, the lowest level since April, continuing a trend that bodes well for job growth. The number of initial jobless claims was down 10,000 from the previous week's rev …