Ankita Mehta

Apple CEO Steve Jobs is expected to launch the iCloud, in San Francisco which could fundamentally change the way Apple fans listen to music, watch TV shows and download movies.

French government on Monday said that it will enforce a law that will ban the use of the words ‘Facebook’ and ‘Twitter’ on television and radio programs, the Daily Mail reported.

Parents who have watched their young children eating mud while playing in the garden can now relax. A research suggests that eating mud or clay could actually be good for the stomach.

About 18 were killed when Israeli troops fired at Palestinian demonstrators in Syria on Sunday in what Israel called a challenge to its sovereignty, a Syrian state-run media reported.

Yoga is a way of life for good living and for the benefit of the body. Yoga is the only way through which the body will be fit and fine without any trainer, without equipment and medicine.

Lisle Austin acting president of CONCACAF has been temporarily from office by the soccer body’s executive committee suspended for 'possible violations' of its statutes, Reuters reported.

Police detained India’s most famous yoga guru temporarily early on Sunday and used teargas to evict his supporters from a huge tent where they were on a mass fast against corruption in New Delhi.

The microwave radiations emitted through mobiles phones might cause cancer a warning issued for the first time by the World Health Organization (WHO). The UN health body has listed risks that were quite alarming since it affects the youngsters and children, the most.

Swami Ramdev, India’s most famous and powerful yoga guru began a fast to the death in support of anti-corruption activist Anna Hazare, on Saturday, in New Delhi.

Yukio Edano, Japan's chief government spokesman on Saturday told Reuters that detested Prime Minister Naoto Kan would not stay in office till 2012.

China is committed to maintain peace and stability in the South China Sea, as Beijing following a week tension with Manila and Hanoi over the issue is trying to put a friendlier face, Reuters reported.

The French foreign minister Alain Juppe plans to invite his Israeli and Palestinian counterparts this month to Paris for re-starting peace talks.

Lady Gaga last week has set a digital sales record by selling more than 1.1 million copies of her album “Born This Way” to top the U.S. pop chart for the first time.

Around 27 police and paramilitary soldiers and up to 40 insurgents were killed in clashes after armed militants entered Pakistan and attacked a police checkpoint.

With 15 percent of the households possessing assets of $1 million or more, Singapore has the highest proportion of household millionaires in the world.

The U.S. has given Pakistan a deadline to launch a military offensive operation in the tribal area of North Waziristan to arrest five most wanted criminals, either independently or in a joint military action with NATO till July, a report in the Newsreporter stated.

Prime Minister Naoto Kan, facing a no-confidence vote in the parliament said on Thursday that he would resign after solving nuclear crisis and other disaster related issues, reported Reuters quoting local media. Kan’s statement would raise the chances of him surviving a no-confidence vote later in the day and quell a party rebellion.

One policeman was killed when 200 militants crossed into Pakistan’s northwest from Afghanistan and attacked a security check post on Wednesday, reports Reuters quoting police. A local television station reported the death toll at seven.

Every living object generates some kind of electricity. Humans produce electrical energy which is used to keep the blood flow to the heart in a normal state. Now scientists are exploring how certain types of bacteria can give off electricity.

U.S. Senator John McCain has begun a short trip to Myanmar in order to look after the country's situation after a new civilian government, promising reform took over from a military junta several months ago, a local media reported.

Ethiopia will consider dispatching peacekeepers to the disputed border area of Abyei between north and south Sudan if both Juba and Khartoum lodge a request, an official said on Tuesday.

Japan has underestimated the tsunami hazards for its nuclear power and needs to keep an eye on public and worker’s health, a U.N nuclear safety team in Japan said in a summary of its report on the nuclear crisis, Reuters reported.

North and south Sudan have agreed to establish a patrolled demilitarized border zone to strengthen security along the borders, the African Union said.

On May 31, 1911, about a hundred years ago, RMS Titanic, the largest passenger steamship in the world owned by the White Star Line and constructed at the Harland and Wolff shipyard in Belfast, Ireland, was launched into the waters of Victoria Channel in Belfast Harbor.

A loud noise was heard outside a reactor building at Fukushima nuclear plant as the operator of the plant cleared away debris, Tokyo Electric Power Co (Tepco) told Reuters on Tuesday.

Shahid Afridi, 31, Pakistan’s captain at the 2011 world cup has said he will not play international cricket under the current Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB), BBC reported.

Multiple attacks carried out by anti-government militants killed ten people including five suicide bombers and wounded 45 other with majority of them civilians in Herat city, 640 km west of the Afghan capital Kabul on Monday, a local media reported.

Japan’s sovereign debt ratings might downgrade due to concern about a weak policy response to faltering economic growth prospects and growing public debt, Credit rating agency Moody’s told Reuters on Tuesday.

At least 15 demonstrators were killed by Yemen security forces in the southern city of Taiz on Monday, Reuters reported.