France’s foreign minister demanded Tuesday that Egypt’s ousted president Mohamed Morsi be freed, describing the political crisis as “very critical” after bloody unrest in Cairo.

In a heart-rending tale, six women from Andhra Pradesh, whose husbands have been jailed in Dubai, have petitioned the Chief Minister and the State Human Rights Commission for permission to sell their

Narrating her plight, S. Padma, wife of Hanumanthu, said, “My husband is in jail for the past seven years. With the constant efforts of the Migrants Rights Council, the wife of the Nepali guard has ag

Japan on Monday released the 14 crew of a Chinese fishing trawler involved in a collision with two Japanese coastguard vessels in disputed waters last week, but kept its captain in detention. The inci

A senior prosecutor said on Sunday that Iran is ready to release Ms Sarah Shourd, one of three US hikers detained for more than a year and accused of spying, on bail of around
$500,000. "For the fema

JuD chief Hafiz Mohd Saeed, blamed by India for masterminding the Mumbai attacks, has alleged that the flood situation worsened in Pakistan after the neighbouring country released waters in Pakistani

The US on Friday asked Iran to release three detained American hikers on humanitarian grounds immediately, even as it claimed that the Iranian nuclear scientist came here and left the country on his o

Maoists have released nine of the 11 villagers, whom they had kidnapped from Bihar's Kaimur district, officials said here on Tuesday.

However, the fate of the other two villagers are not known yet a