Washington/St Peters-burg/Damascus: US President Barack Obama on Wednesday defended his decision to go for a limited military strike against the Assad regime of Syria arguing that it is a question of

Syria’s deputy foreign minister said Wednesday that the regime would not give in to threats of a US-led military strike against the country, even if a third world war kicked off.

Beijing: Over a lakh kilogrammes of fish perished in China following discharge of ammonia by a chemical plant in one of the major rivers, causing a major aquatic disaster.
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London: Over 300,000 attempts were made to access pornographic websites from the British Parliament in the past year, according to official figures.
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Washington: Senator John McCain, a longtime advocate for forceful military intervention in Syria, was caught playing poker on his smartphone on Tuesday as top administration officials testified at on

President Vladimir Putin warned the west against taking one-sided action in Syria but also said Russia “doesn’t exclude” supporting a United Nations resolution on punitive military strikes if it is proved that Damascus used poison gas on its own people.

Cleveland: Ariel Castro, sentenced to life in prison for the kidnapping, rape and beatings of three Cleveland women he held captive for years in his house, was found hanged in his Ohio prison cell la

New York: In a shocking incident, an Argentine mother allegedly sold her 11-year-old daughter in exchange for a freezer. Thirty-year-old Pabla Cesarina Monzon Aldana reportedly swapped her daughter t

Moscow: Russian radar detected the launch of two ballistic 'objects' towards the eastern Mediterranean from the central part of the sea on Tuesday, Russian news agencies quoted the Defence Ministry a

US President Barack Obama received a big boost in his efforts to get Congressional authorisation for a military strike against Syria on Tuesday. A top Republican senator, John McCain, supported the move saying it would be “catastrophic” to reject such an action.