Ankita Mehta

Russia's Maria Sharapova has reached the final of the Australian Open after beating Petra Kvitova of the Czech Republic with a three-set victory in the semi-final in Melbourne Thursday.

The Year of the Dragon holds special importance for the Chinese as it is considered to be the luckiest of Chinese years which brings happiness and success.

An Indian couple's fight with the Norwegian government appears to be coming to an end after authorities have agreed to handover the children to their grandparents in Kolkata, India.

A video posted online shows a police man in Southern California shot and killed a man who was using a metal bar to break windows at a fast food restaurant in Monterey Park Monday.

Chinese communities across the world celebrated the first day of the lunar year and of their New Year, on Monday, Jan. 23.

With the beginning of the luckiest Chinese lunar year, the year of the Dragon, China expects a dragon baby boom.

In less than two days, the Year of the Rabbit will come to an end. However, the Chinese are already busy celebrating the arrival of the New Year - the Year of the Dragon.

An Indian couple in Norway is living in a nightmare after their children - a three-year-old son and one-year-old daughter - were taken away by Norwegian social workers.

Casey Anthony, the Orlando mother who was acquitted in the murder of her 2-year-old daughter, might be living in a church complex in Palm City, Fla., and getting help from a pastor there, the Daily Beast reported.

A U.S. radio station personality has reportedly offered $250,000 to Kim Kardashian's younger sister Khole to take a DNA test and prove she is the daughter of late Robert Kardashian.

A new image of the capsized Costa Concordia ship near the west coast of Italy was captured from space.

Justin DiPietro, the father of 21-month-old missing toddler Ayla Reynolds, took a polygraph test shortly after his child went missing, Maine State Police confirmed on Friday.

Rescue workers Wednesday halted their search for the missing passengers of the Costa Concordia cruise ship that capsized Friday off the west coast of Italy after the position of the ship moved, said the Italian coast guard.

Wikipedia's 24-hour blackout against US anti-piracy legislation has not been joined by all major players.

American actress Michelle Williams, the winner of the 2012 Golden Globe for Best Actress in a Motion Picture (Musical or Comedy), spoke to GQ magazine, about her relationship with one-time fiancée Heath Ledger. Williams also spoke about Ledger's death, in 2008, and how it affected her acting career.

Rescuers Tuesday pulled five more bodies from the wreckage of the Costa Concordia, a cruise ship that ran aground near the west coast of Italy, while Francesco Schettino, captain of the ship, was placed under house arrest.

As the nation remembered the civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. on his birthday on Monday, the King Center in Atlanta has published 200,000 never-seen-before personal documents by or about the King on its website.

American talk-show host Oprah Winfrey, who arrived in India to film an episode of her talk show, was given a warm welcome and an exclusive party, which was attended by prominent stars of the Indian film industry.

Italian coast guard officials said, on Monday, the number of people missing from the wreckage of the Costa Concordia has increased to 29.

Laura Kaeppeler, a 23-year-old from Kenosha, Wis., was crowned Miss America 2012 on Saturday night in Las Vegas. Kaeppeler, a tall, dark-haired beauty, impressed the seven judges after walking the runway in a white bikini and a black, beaded evening gown.

Miss Wisconsin - Laura Kaeppeler - was crowned Miss America 2012 in Las Vegas, on Saturday night. Kaeppeler, 23, was handed her title by Miss America 2011, Teresa Scanlan.

The deck of the USS Ronald Reagan, a nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, is covered with the vehicles of sailors, making it a strong contender for the title of the world's most expensive parking lot.

Paula Deen, a celebrity chef and queen of the deep fryer, will soon reveal to the world that she has Type 2 diabetes.

Friday the 13th is an almost universally acknowledged day of bad luck. Unfortunately, it is here again... meaning that people who fear the date may be so terrified they won't get out of their beds! Even more unfortunately, for them, the date is set to repeat itself twice more this year.

Peruvian teenager Natalie Holloway, who was missing for more than six years, was officially declared dead by an Alabama judge on Thursday after her father petitioned for the motion.

Kate Gosselin, an American television actress who appeared on the reality show Kate Plus 8 with her eight children, is hosting a Caribbean Cruise this August.

It now transpires that the video showing Jarawa tribal women and children dancing and singing for food, as filmed by tourists, is older than first thought.

Canadian freestyle skier Sarah Burke, who was in critical condition on Tuesday night after a serious crash while performing, in Park City, Utah, remains in a coma. She is at the University of Utah hospital in Salt Lake City.

Authorities investigating the death of Natalie Wood said on Tuesday there was no fresh evidence that suggested foul play.