Colombian troops tricked rebels into freeing politician Ingrid Betancourt and three Americans in a bold but bloodless jungle rescue that dealt a severe blow to Latin America’s oldest left-wing insurgency.

Researchers say they’ve taken a significant stride forward in understanding how relaxation techniques such as meditation, prayer and yoga improve health: by changing patterns of gene activity that affect how the body responds to stress.

Indian police fired at Hindu nationalists protesting a government decision to revoke a transfer of land to a revered Hindu shrine in Muslim-majority Kashmir, a senior officer said. At least three people were injured in the violence yesterday. Police...

Developers are being asked to devise applications for mobile devices so users can “access it, mix it up, save it, and store it”

Personal flying machines will be a reality, home computer and electric car pioneer Sir Clive Sinclair has said.

The latest film from acclaimed director Shane Meadows has won the top award at this year’s Edinburgh Film Festival.

India’s fashion extravaganza Wills Lifestyle India Fashion Week (WIFW) kick-started on Wednesday here with 82 designers lining up to showcase their collections to buyers from London, Paris, Tokyo and Europe.

Lou Majaw wore his signature skin-tight, cutoff short-shorts. His long gray hair hung like dirty threads around his face. Eyes closed in prayer, a guitar cupped in arms, he strummed the chords to “Blowin’ in the Wind.”

The MTV Video Music Awards, scene of a disastrous performance by Britney Spears last year, will return to Los Angeles for the first time in a decade on September 7, the lifestyle cable network said on Monday.

In the remote Australian Outback, a retired miner has found himself the toast of theastronomical world by capturing rare pictures of an electrical storm on Saturn. TrevorBarry’s images have attracted interest from Nasa’s Cassini mission to...