Taliban militants attacked two bases of the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) in eastern Afghanistan in predawn raids on Saturday.

Militants attacked the bases in Khost province with ind

The mother of a decorated captain who allegedly committed suicide in 2006 in Jammu and Kashmir on Saturday demanded an independent probe into the death saying she has "no faith in an Army inquiry" whi

Upset over politicians’ bid to use them to serve their own political ends, agitating farmers of western Uttar Pradesh have decided to go on indefinite fast with effect from Monday morning, demanding h

A two-month-old tiger cub was found sedated and hidden among stuffed toys inside a woman's luggage at the Bangkok airport, wildlife officials said.

Wildlife trade monitoring network Traffic said the

At least 15 people suffered minor injuries when a Jet Blue passenger aircraft crash landed at the Sacramento international airport in California on Thursday, officials said.

A Jet Blue spokesman said

The Supreme Court on Friday allowed the Indian Olympic Association and Hockey India to select and field the men's and women's hockey teams for the Commonwealth Games to be held in October.

Amid reports that an Indian Army general was denied a visa to visit China, the country's envoy Zhang Yan visited South Block on Friday afternoon to meet officials of the ministry of external affairs,

Former US president, Mr Jimmy Carter, left North Korea on Friday after achieving the release of a US man who had been imprisoned there, the state-run Korean Central News Agency said.

Carter flew to P

Work on a practice stadium and some city infrastructure projects associated with New Delhi's preparation for the October 3-14 Commonwealth Games are set to miss the final August 31 deadline for comple

A space probe has detected two giant Saturn-sized planets passing in front of the same star.

It is the first time that more than one planet has been discovered "transiting" a single star, according t