International

New York: Under the bright glare of generator-powered floodlights, rescue workers using back hoes and a bulldozer tried to clear through mountains of broken bricks […]

Washington: World Wide Web inventor Tim Berners-Lee says the web is under increasing attack by governments and corporate interests. Speaking on the 25th anniversary of […]

Washington: Welcoming new Indian ambassador Subrahmanyam Jaishankar, US President Barack Obama told him that the two countries could accomplish a lot together. Obama also wished Jaishankar […]

Washington: President Barack Obama will meet this week with Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk, the White House said Sunday, in a prominent show of U.S. […]

Kuala Lumpur : Desperate family members of passengers onboard the missing Malaysia Airlines (MAS) flight MH370 have urged MAS to use satellite technology to pick […]

Colombo: At least 32 Indian fishermen were arrested by the Sri Lankan Navy for allegedly poaching in the country’s waters off the coast of the Delft […]

Beijing: Authorities had said that another 130 people were wounded in “premeditated, violent terrorist attack”. Xinhua said that four suspects were shot dead, one arrested […]

Mumbai: At least seven sailors were seriously injured on Wednesday in a mishap involving the Russian-origin Kilo Class submarine INS Sindhuratna, 40 nautical miles off […]

Pakistan: It was a bloody day in Afghanisthan and Pakistan region with Taliban insurgents killing soldiers in Afghanistan, Pakistani army pounding militants as important talks […]

China: A fuming China summoned a top US diplomat late on Friday night to register its Protest against President Barack Obama’s meeting with the Tibetan […]

Kiev: Ukrainian protesters and police have reached a stand-off in the capital Kiev, after dozens were killed in clashes on Thursday. Thousands of protesters remain […]

Kiev: Hopes for a settlement of Ukraine’s three-month crisis are evaporating tonight in what is potentially its most serious escalation yet amid scenes of rioting, […]

Bangkok: A Thai police officer was killed by a gunshot to the head as authorities launched an operation to clear anti-government protesters from streets in […]

Abuja: At least 90 people were killed in an attack launched by insurgents in Nigeria’s northeastern state of Borno, the stronghold of Boko Haram sect […]

Islamabad: Taliban militants on late Sunday night claimed to have killed 23 security personnel kidnapped in 2010 in the country’s northwestern tribal region of Mohmand […]

Geneva: Swiss police have detained the co-pilot of an Ethiopian Airlines flight that was forced to land at Geneva’s international airport early today morning. Police […]

Kathmandu: Security personnel looking for the missing Nepal Airlines plane recovered 18 bodies and the plane’s wreckage at Arghakhanchi district today. With this, it is […]

Geneva: U.N.-brokered peace talks resume Saturday between Syria’s government and opposition delegations, with both sides far apart on any possible agreement. U.N. mediator Lakhdar Brahimi meets […]

Karachi: A car bomb targeting a police bus today claimed the lives of 12 policemen and left 55 others injured, officials said. The attack took […]

Kabul:  The U.S. military on Tuesday slammed Afghanistan for continuing to order the release of prisoners who the United States believes are dangerous, but who […]

Cairo: Three Egyptian policemen were killed today by unidentified gunmen in the Suez Canal city of Ismailia, northeast of Cairo.  The militants shot randomly at […]

Washington: The influential US Chamber of Commerce today asked the Obama Administration to designate India as a Priority Foreign Country, the worst classification given to […]