Vast Mayan city discovered in Mexico jungle

At least 60 people were killed in Nigeria Tuesday when some gunmen stormed four villages of Zamfara state early morning, residents and security sources said.

Michael Hastings, the Rolling Stone journalist who triggered the 2010 downfall of US Afghanistan commander General Stanley McChrystal, died in a car crash, his employer ..

Indian author Amitav Ghosh is among a group of award-winning writers and poets to make the longlist of Warwick Prize for Writing here today.

Pakistan is working on a new policy to stop US drone strikes, which are a contravention of the country`s sovereignty and counter-productive for the campaign against terr ..

As the US whistleblower accused President Barack Obama of worsening "abusive" practices, Obama defended extensive surveillance of US communications, saying it had disrup ..

Over 30 wild animals of highly endangered species such as the slow loris, marmoset, Indian star tortoise and ball python, prohibited for being kept as pets, have been se ..

The White House has briefed India on the summit meeting between US President Barack Obama
and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping, which was held recently in Californi ..

China on Monday joined the growing international chorus in demanding an explanation from the US over its controversial surveillance programmes which had collected troves ..

British Prime Minister David Cameron is now looking isolated after expressing his desire to arm Syrian rebels. The latest to bash some sense in him is the London Mayor B ..

A 29-year-old Indian-origin journalist was today named the editor of The Independent, becoming the first non-white editorial head of a UK national paper.