International

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 […]

London: The prime minister, under growing pressure for not visiting the flood-hit Somerset levels, finally made a trip to the area on Friday where he […]

Beirut: The Syrian government has not decided yet whether to take part in a second round of peace talks tentatively scheduled for next week, a […]

Baghdad: Nine people were killed and at least 28 injured today in a series of explosions near a high-security government area in central Baghdad, security […]

London: British Prime Minister David Cameron has asserted that there was “absolutely no” involvement of the Margaret Thatcher Government in the 1984 Operation Bluestar by […]

Washington: Even Obama listens (to) the speech of NaMo, says the caption of a doctored picture showing the US President watching a Narendra Modi speech […]