A tsunami warning was issued following a 7.5-magnitude earthquake that struck 150 km south of Papua New Guinea on Tuesday....
Hackers claiming to represent Islamic State (IS) terrorist organisation commandeered the official Web site of the St. Vincent and the Grenadines government to post a message accusing US and NATO Forces of "organised butchery." ...
Bangladesh will provide at least 100, 000 tons of rice and other relief materials including drinking water to help the earthquake victims in Nepal....
In a major setback for Pakistan Prime Minister's Nawaz Sharif an election tribunal has disqualified his confidant and Railway Minister Khawaja Saad Rafique for vote rigging in 2013 general elections and ordered re-election in Lahore's NA-125 and PP-155 constituencies. ...

Roopesh, a Maoist leader from Kerala, has been arrested along with his wife and four others in Tamil Nadu, Kerala Home Minister Ramesh Chennithala announced on Tuesday....
Kathmandu, May 5 : The death toll in Nepal's April 25 earthquake has risen to 7,557, the home ministry announced on Tuesday. As many as 10,718 buildings were destroyed in the massive earthquake while 14,741 sustained partial damage, the ministry said. A total of 191,058 houses have been flattened and 175,162 partially devastated. The district worst hit in the 7....
A benchmark index of the Indian equities markets, the 30-scrip BSE Sensitive Index (Sensex), was trading flat at 16.91 points or 0.06 percent up during afternoon session on Tuesday....
New Delhi, May 5 : The Lok Sabha witnessed an uproar on Tuesday following a Telangana member's demand for a separate high court in the state. As soon as the house assembled, Lok Sabha Speaker Sumitra Mahajan mourned the death of 20 passengers in a bus accident in Madhya Pradesh. Soon after the house observed a minute's silence, members...
New Delhi, May 5 : Prime Minister Narendra Modi will pay a three-nation official visit to China, Mongolia and South Korea from May 14-19. In China, Modi will visit Xian, Beijing and Shanghai from May 14-16. He will hold bilateral meetings with the country's leadership and participate in cultural and business events. The prime minister will also ...
Mumbai, May 5 : A benchmark index of the Indian equities markets, the 30-scrip BSE Sensitive Index (Sensex), ...