Iran’s President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has warned the United States not to go ahead with its peace plans for the Middle East, saying that it would meet with failure as long as Washington continues to confront his government over its nuclear ambitions.
 

China’s economic growth surged to 11.9 percent in the first quarter, possibly giving Beijing room to allow its currency to rise, but analysts warned it faces growing pressure to cut back stimulus and keep the world’s third-largest economy from overheating.

A spokesman for the Russian Foreign Ministry says all adoptions by Americans of Russian children have been suspended.

Sadhvi Pragya Singh Thakur, one of the prime accused in the 2008 Malegaon blast case suffered a mild heart attack on Wednesday night and her condition is now stable, hospital sources said on Thursday.

The world has entered a new multi-polar economic order and 2009 saw the end of what was known as the Third World, World Bank president Robert B. Zoellick has said.

Sarah Palin, former Alaska governor who was John McCain's vice-presidential candidate in 2008, has sought a private aircraft, a deluxe suite and bendable straws at the lectern when she delivers a speech at a California university, a media report said.

Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh arrived in the Brazilian capital Wednesday to attend two back-to-back multilateral summits that aim at greater cooperation among top emerging economies of the world.

The Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) scientists have started countdown at the Satish Dhavan Space Centre in Andhra Pradesh's Sriharikota for the first flight-testing of indigenous cryogenic engine on homespun rocket Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle (GSLV-D3).

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh left Wednesday for Brasilia to attend the BRIC and IBSA summits in the Brazilian capital after taking part in the 47-nation nuclear security summit.