Credited with introducing eight new brands from the stable of the world's largest liquor maker Diageo Plc, Asif Adil, the managing director of its India subsidiary, Diageo India Pvt Ltd, has set himself a target of achieving a sales turnover

One of the most awaited films of the year, Love Story 2050, will release on July 4. Having spent around 12 million on this science-fiction, Harry Baweja, the director, shares his experience about making Love Story 2050 possible and much

Sathya Sai Baba deceived by a Swedish imposter, Dr. Michael NobelBoth his vaunted 'omniscience' and any plain common sense he has left failed when Sathya Sai Baba proudly announced how his own majesty had drawn Dr. Nobel to him, the

By George FriedmanRiyadh- The Saudis are hosting an interfaith conference June 4. Four hundred Islamic scholars from around the world will be there, with one day devoted to interfaith issues.

Beirut- Qatar has reportedly stepped in to try to achieve a breakthrough in a dispute over the make-up of the new cabinet as Free Patriotic Movement leader Michel Aoun appeared to be the biggest obstacle in government formation.

By Huda al HusseiniBeirut- For over a year now there has been serious but intermittent communication between Syria and Israel via Turkish mediation after Israel bombed a nuclear installation in Syria in September 2007.

By: Randa TakieddineBeirut- Finally, and after months of waiting and calling for the election of a president in Lebanon, French President Nicolas Sarkozy will manage to be the first Western leader to congratulate the new president, General Michel Suleiman, at

Beirut - The focus will continues to be the forming of the government of National unity . As Saturday gets closer the pressure will increase to form the government as quickly as possible. Saturday is the day that Lebanon will

Beirut- Lebanese president Michel Suleiman said that no one can pressure the Baabda palace except the supreme national interest and common Arab interests,

Afghanistan has postponed by two years its first full census amid security concerns and fears it could be made controversial by a simultaneous voter-registration drive, the country's statistics authority said Wednesday. President Hamid Karzai and his cabinet agreed on Monday

KARBALA: Two mausoleums in the central Iraqi city of Karbala that are among Shiite Islam's holiest shrines are threatened by a rise in the water table, officials said on Wednesday.The mausoleums of Imam Hussein and his half-brother Imam Abbas are

After another round of Egypt-brokered talks between Israel and Palestinian resistance factions, a cessation of hostilities in the Gaza Strip remains elusive as ever. According to statements by both sides, failure to achieve a degree of calm in the short

A suicide bomb rocked Baghdad on Wednesday, killing 15 people, while US troops suffered their biggest single loss in a month, bringing to an end a relative lull in violence, officials said. A powerful truck bomb in the capital targeted

The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) tackled the contentious Iranian nuclear dossier Wednesday, as its inspectors prepared for a visit to Syria to probe allegations of a covert nuclear reactor. In a three-hour debate on Iran's atomic drive, Western states

Seven Palestinian scholars who have received US-funded Fulbright grants may be allowed to leave the besieged Gaza Strip, officials said on Monday, but hundreds of other students remain stranded. The US has convinced Israel to allow the seven Fulbright scholars

The United States on Wednesday kept Gulf Arab allies Kuwait, Oman, Qatar and Saudi Arabia on a blacklist of countries trafficking in people, but removed ally Bahrain and trading partner Malaysia. Fiji, Moldova and Papua New Guinea were added to

Saudi King Abdullah reiterated Wednesday a call for dialogue between Islam and other religions during a gathering of Muslim scholars to discuss eventual inter-faith talks."You meet today to tell the world ... that we are the voice of justice and

Turkish President Abdullah Gul arrived in Japan Wednesday with a major trade delegation on the first visit by a Turkish head of state to Asia's largest economy. Gul is on a five-day visit to Japan that includes lunch with Emperor

US President George W. Bush and Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert agreed on Wednesday that the Islamic Republic was a "threat" to peace that needs to be confronted, as they kicked off talks at the White House. "Iran is an