At least three people were killed and 79 injured as knife-wielding attackers detonated bombs and assaulted travellers at the railway station of the capital city of China's far-western Xinjiang "autonomous region" on Wednesday evening, State media reported, ...

Anti-government protesters have seized the government headquarters in yet another regional centre in eastern Ukraine even as Russia reiterated its pledge not to annex the country's Russian-speaking provinces. Thousands of unarmed activists on Tuesday ...

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on Sunday called the Holocaust “the most heinous crime” of modern history and expressed his sympathy for the victims, a rare acknowledgment by an Arab leader of Jewish suffering during the Nazi genocide.

The Vatican says the retired pontiff, Pope emeritus Benedict XVI, will be among prelates helping Pope Francis to celebrate the sainthood ceremony Sunday for their late predecessors John Paul II and John XXIII. Vatican spokesman the Rev. Federico ...

The United States and other nations in the Group of Seven say they have agreed to “move swiftly” to impose additional economic sanctions on Russia in response to its actions in Ukraine. In a joint statement released Friday night by the White House, the G-7 ...

With the 5.4 billion euro Microsoft-Nokia transaction finally coming to a close on Friday, the Finnish firm set about damage control, promising to bring in some elements of its famed Bridge programme to the employees of the Chennai plant. Nokia's Chennai ...

With the 5.4 billion euro Microsoft-Nokia transaction finally coming to a close on Friday, the Finnish firm set about damage control, promising to bring in some elements of its famed Bridge programme to the employees of the Chennai plant. Nokia's Chennai ...

With the 5.4 billion euro Microsoft-Nokia transaction finally coming to a close on Friday, the Finnish firm set about damage control, promising to bring in some elements of its famed Bridge programme to the employees of the Chennai plant. Nokia's Chennai ...

With the 5.4 billion euro Microsoft-Nokia transaction finally coming to a close on Friday, the Finnish firm set about damage control, promising to bring in some elements of its famed Bridge programme to the employees of the Chennai plant. Nokia's Chennai ...

With the 5.4 billion euro Microsoft-Nokia transaction finally coming to a close on Friday, the Finnish firm set about damage control, promising to bring in some elements of its famed Bridge programme to the employees of the Chennai plant. Nokia's Chennai ...

With the 5.4 billion euro Microsoft-Nokia transaction finally coming to a close on Friday, the Finnish firm set about damage control, promising to bring in some elements of its famed Bridge programme to the employees of the Chennai plant. Nokia's Chennai ...

Manchester United named veteran player Ryan Giggs as interim manager, having earlier sacked David Moyes. Giggs, who has spent his whole career at Old Trafford, will be responsible for the first team until a permanent appointment can be made, United ...

One year after a pair of homemade pressure-cooker bombs killed three people and wounded more than 260 others, turning a day of athletic triumph into one of tragedy, the Boston Marathon returns to the streets on Monday. Security along the course will be ...

In a major breakthrough, scientists have for the first time grown stem cells from a man's skin using cloning techniques. While the advancement could reopen the debate over ethics of human cloning, it could also lead to development of tissue in a lab that could ...

Following the Indian Supreme Court's ruling on Tuesday to create a 'third gender' for transgendered individuals rather than forcing them to write 'male' or 'female' in official papers, the South Asian Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) community ...

Wrapping up five days of relentless cross-examination of Oscar Pistorius at his murder trial, the chief prosecutor insisted on Tuesday that he intentionally shot his girlfriend to death after they argued and in a final exchange urged the Olympic athlete to take ...

The social networking service Twitter is revamping its design, the San Francisco-based company announced Tuesday. What's new? "The new web profile lets you use a larger profile photo, customize your header, show off your best Tweets," Twitter said on its ...

The social networking service Twitter is revamping its design, the San Francisco-based company announced Tuesday. What's new? "The new web profile lets you use a larger profile photo, customize your header, show off your best Tweets," Twitter said on its ...

The social networking service Twitter is revamping its design, the San Francisco-based company announced Tuesday. What's new? "The new web profile lets you use a larger profile photo, customize your header, show off your best Tweets," Twitter said on its ...

CRPF personnel had successfully completed a road-opening process in the Darbha Valley, securing all EVMs used in the April 10 polling in Bastar and officials, before some of them decided to board an ambulance on Saturday. The decision proved costly as ...