
Australia became the first team to clinch five cricket World Cup titles, crushing traditional rivals New Zealand by seven wickets in the final of the 11th quadrennial tournament at the majestic Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG) here on Sunday....

The funeral of Singapore's founder and first prime minister Lee Kuan Yew was held on Sunday with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi describing him as "among the tallest leaders of our times" and a friend of India....

A day after it sacked dissident leaders Prashant Bhushan and Yogendra Yadav, AAP leaders who met at Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal's residence also set up a new disciplinary committee and a panel to study the Aam Aadmi Party's state of affairs in various states. ...
Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has told Saudi King Salman bin Abdul Aziz that he will soon send a high-level delegation to Riyadh to discuss cooperation for the Saudi-led strikes on Yemen, a top diplomat said....
Iran has exhibited the necessary flexibility during the course of nuclear negotiations, calling on the P5+1 group of world powers to take the turn and the final steps, said Iranian President Hassan Rouhani....
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday described Singapore's founder prime minister Lee Kuan Yew as "among the tallest leaders of our times"....

The German co-pilot suspected of deliberately crashing a passenger plane into the French Alps and killing himself and the other 149 people on board told his girlfriend last year that he was in psychiatric treatment and that he planned to do something that would make his name known worldwide....
Congress president Sonia Gandhi said on Saturday that Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi would be seen "soon"....
AAP chief Arvind Kejriwal's announcement to resign from the post of national convener and his emotional speech were the "turning point" in the crucial party meet which expelled dissident leaders Prashant Bhushan and Yogendra Yadav, a party source said on Saturday....

Exactly at 5.19 p.m., the rocket - the Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV-C27) standing around 44 metres tall and weighing around 320 tonnes - tore into the clear blue evening sky with fierce orange flames at its tail. ...