PARIS- Parents keen on giving their child a jump on the competition can teach the rudiments of counting even before a toddler can talk, according to a study published Wednesday. Previous research...

BANGKOK- Love swept around the world Monday as the amorous mixed traditional chocolates and roses with new and more determined ways to demonstrate their ardour on Valentine's Day. Seven enchanted...

KUALA LUMPUR- Malaysian police arrested 65 members of an Indian rights group who want the government to drop a textbook from the school curriculum over a reference to the caste system, an activist...

Abu Dhabi - Under the patronage of His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi, Deputy Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces, and Chairmanof Abu Dhabi Education...

ROME, Francoise Kadri- Hundreds of thousands of women took to Italy's streets Sunday in protest against Silvio Berlusconi, as a key rival launched a scathing attack at the start of a crucial week for...

ABU DHABI- The United Arab Emirates on Saturday confirmed the arrest earlier this month of an Emirati on charges of religious incitement, a detention denounced by local and international rights...

WASHINGTON, Kerry Sheridan- When NASA astronaut Leland Melvin thinks back on his 12-year career, he estimates he must have read to a half million children, sometimes in classrooms, sometimes via...

STOCKHOLM- Swedish actress Lena Nyman, who starred in Ingmar Bergman's 1978 film "Autumn Sonata", died Friday after a long illness, her agent told AFP. "She died early this morning. She was 66,"...

NEW DELHI- The Dalai Lama has called for a thorough probe into the discovery of almost a million dollars in foreign currency at the monastery of one of Tibet's most senior religious leaders....