India is raging against the killings of two fishermen allegedly by security personnel guarding an Italy-registered vessel.

Defence Minister A.K. Antony on Thursday described the killings as 'very ser

World oil prices rose on Wednesday amid heightened tensions between the West and major crude producer Iran, analysts said.

New York's main contract, West Texas Intermediate (WTI) light sweet crude fo

Iran trumpeted advances in nuclear technology on Wednesday, citing new uranium enrichment centrifuges and domestically made reactor fuel, in a move abetting a drift towards confrontation with the West

Anti-government activists in Syria are now removing President Bashar al-Assad from the world map - literally.

The Washington Post reported that groups are using 'a Google crowd-sourcing program, Map

Union Law Minister Salman Khurshid, who was under fire from Election Commission over the issue of minority quota, wrote back, said Chief Election Commissioner S.Y. Quraishi.

The minister reportedly t

Pakistan Supreme Court on Monday indicted Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani in a contempt of court case for failing to reopen graft cases against President Asif Ali Zardari.

There was tight security

A report prepared by the Supreme Court-appointed Special Investigation Team on the 2002 Gulberg massacre was presented in a court in Ahmedabad on Monday.

However, it hasn't been made public. The cour

Google is building a new test lab at its California headquarters with a major investment of over $120 million dollars.

The 'secret lab' will include buildings that are screened against external radi

Bombers targeted staff at Israel's embassies in India and Georgia on Monday, wounding four people, and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu accused Iran and its Lebanese ally Hezbollah of involvement.

Congress today sought to put a lid on all controversial statements made by party leaders during poll campaigning in Uttar Pradesh by virtually snubbing Law Minister Salman Khurshid over his remarks on