An Indian man, who kicked his co-worker on his head resulting in immediate death during a druken brawl, has been jailed for five years in the United Arab Emirates (UAE)....
A group of medical workers from China's Tibet region on Monday reached Nepal to help prevent the outbreak of diseases in border areas following the country's catastrophic earthquake....
Myanmar President U Thein Sein on Monday said the government is ready to finalise a nationwide ceasefire agreement....
Opting for relief work as against traditional celebrations to mark the 50th anniversary of the first successful Indian expedition to Mount Everest in 1965, the "living members" of the Indian team of mountaineers have decided to help the quake-affected people in Nepal....
It was a sunny Monday morning in the national capital with the minimum temperature settling at 22 degrees Celsius, three notches below the season's average....
Kenya's Deputy President William Ruto has said the government will not allow the practice of homosexuality as it is against Christianity and the human nature, media reported on Monday....
A benchmark index of Indian equities markets, the 30-scrip Sensitive Index (Sensex), on Monday surged 205.21 points or 0.76 percent....
An earthquake measuring six on the Richter scale hit New Zealand's South Island on Monday. ...
Two gunmen were killed and a security guard wounded in an attack outside a controversial Dallas-area event Sunday evening where organizers were holding a contest for cartoons featuring the Muslim prophet Muhammad, police said....
Italian authorities on the weekend rescued some 3,700 illegal migrants who were sailing from North Africa to Italy in more than a dozen boats, a communique from the Coast Guard said....
