Palash Ghosh

According to various reports, Gina Rinehart, an Australian mining executive, is one the verge of becoming the richest person on the planet.

Almost three-dozen opposition figures in Malaysia remain in detention after being arrested prior to a banned political rally planned for next month.

Speculation about the health and whereabouts of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez is running wild two weeks after he underwent surgery in Cuba.

Dozens of people have been detained in Athens in connection with an alleged match-fixing scandal that has struck Greece’s football leagues.

Dozens of people, including women, children and the elderly, have been killed in an unprecedented car bomb attack on an Afghanistan hospital.

The army of the West African nation of Mauritania has reportedly “completely destroyed” an Al-Qaeda camp in the neighboring country of Mali, according to a Mauritanian security source.

The chief of Hezbollah in Lebanon has claimed that he has uncovered two spies in his organization who were confessed they working for Israel and the C.I.A.

One of the many problems hampering the speed and strength of the economic recovery has been the very restrictive lending guidelines that have arisen since the start of the financial crisis.

Like Ralph Kramden, Sheriff Andy Taylor, Mister Spock, Tony Soprano and Archie Bunker, Lt. Columbo was a legendary figure from TV.

Television and film Actor Peter Falk, who was probably best known as the rumpled detective in the NBC series “Columbo,” has died at the age of 83, according to his family.

Despite the ongoing crisis with euro zone debt, the United Kingdom could still join the euro, said former British Prime Minister Tony Blair.

Recently departed Osama bin Laden wanted to change the name of his terrorist outfit al-Qaeda to something else for “marketing reasons,” according to a report in the British newspaper The Daily Telegraph.

A close ally of Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has reportedly been arrested on corruption charges, widening the ongoing rift between the president and Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.

After being embarrassed by a very unfunny David Letterman last night on his show, an unidentified man attacked Bieber on the street outside of Macy’s store in Manhattan’s Herald Square.

US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has vowed to offer more money to fighting drug trafficking in Central America.

The top military official in the U.S. said that while he supports President Barack Obama’s plan to gradually withdraw troops from U.S., he finds it somewhat risky.

Jamaican reggae star Buju Banton has been sentenced to ten years in prison in the U.S. for his part in setting up a cocaine deal two years ago.

The attorney for the parents of Casey Anthony is denying media reports which claimed that they believe their grand-daughter is guilty of killing her daughter, Caylee.

With Michael Jackson dead, who better to pump up the publicity machine than one of the most famous (alleged) celebrity killers in history?

Oil futures are plunging as the International Energy Agency (IEA) said that the U.S. and 27 other nations will release a total of 60-million barrels of oil from strategic reserves.

Greece’s largest unions have called for a 48-hour general strike next week to protest a new austerity package that the nation’s parliament will vote on.

The Pakistani army said it is investigating the possible links between four of its majors and the Hizb ut-Tahrir Islamist group.

Following the decision by US President Barack Obama to start withdrawing troops from Afghanistan, his counterpart in France has decided to take a similar undertaking.

Airbus SAS signed a contract to supply 200 of its A320neo jets to Malaysia's low-cost carrier AirAsia in a deal valued at about $18-billion in the largest single order of aircraft in history.

Thirty years ago this July, the streets of urban Britain exploded with violence. While the UK had seen riots and street demonstrations throughout its long and tumultuous history, the disturbances of 1981 represented something new – for they largely involved the frustrations and anger of Britain’s large immigrant populations.

The European Union (EU) should not provide a second bailout to Greece because, among other things, by the year 2014, nearly two-thirds of Greek debt will be owned by taxpayers, according to Open Europe.

Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke has a formidable challenge this afternoon when he addresses the economic and investment community post the 2-day FOMC meeting

Dunn died the way a real rock star/celebrity should.

Fans of Ryan Dunn, the “Jackass” star who died early Monday morning in an automobile crash, are outraged over plans by the extremist Westboro Baptist Church to picket his funeral.