BEIRUT: Twelve civilians including four members of one family from the same Damascus district were killed under torture in prison after their arrest,...
BEIRUT: Twelve civilians including four members of one family from the same Damascus district were killed under torture in prison after their arrest,...
JAKARTA: Indonesia's anti-graft agency said Thursday it would question as a witness a World Bank managing director as part of an investigation into...
PESHAWAR, Pakistan: Suspected Taliban militants bombed four boys' schools in Pakistan's northwestern tribal belt on Thursday, officials said, in the Islamists' latest attack...
TOKYO: Haruhiko Kuroda, nominated Thursday as the next Bank of Japan governor, is a finance veteran who has long pushed for the kind...
BEIJING: Asia has more billionaires than any other continent, followed by North America and Europe, according to a survey by a China-based wealth...
BAGHDAD: At least eight civilians were wounded in a car bomb explosion in Al-Azizia district, north of Wasit province, in southern Iraq. A...
KUWAIT: Kuwait plans to choose a winning bid in the first quarter of this year from among 18 companies competing to build a...
MANILA: The mating rituals of two captive Philippine eagles are being broadcast live over the Internet to rally global support for saving of...
TOKYO: Tokyo stocks jumped 2.71 percent Thursday, following a strong lead from Wall Street and as the government nominated a new Bank of...
Firefighters try to put out the blaze at a multi-storey market complex in Kolkata, yesterday. Kolkata: At least 19 people were killed in...
New Delhi: The second phase of Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission, that is slated to begin next year, must focus on sustainable...
New Delhi: Around 100 children from across the country suffering from rare genetic disorders yesterday participated in a silent march to appeal to...
LONG BEACH, California: Sugata Mitra (pictured) on Tuesday was awarded a million-dollar TED Prize to pursue the promise of building schools in the...
New Delhi: India’s Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) will set up missile test ranges in Andaman and Nicobar Islands and Andhra Pradesh...
New Delhi: A five-year-old girl was abducted and raped by two unidentified men here, police said yesterday. The incident was reported from east...
Fresh snowfall in Srinagar, the summer capital of Jammu and Kashmir, yesterday. Rain and snow has been forecast during the next 18 hours.
New Delhi: A joint parliamentary committee (JPC) will probe the purchase of 12 VVIP helicopters, it was decided while Defence Minister A K...
New Delhi: Pushing for reforms and tangible action on removing bottlenecks to investment and job creation, India’s Economic Survey for 2012-13 pegs the...