British Prime Minister David Cameron will pay a three-day official visit to India beginning on Monday during which he will hold delegation level talks... Read More
Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said that Iran has no intention of developing nuclear weapons, but if it wanted to, the United States... Read More
President Hamid Karzai said that Afghan security forces are to be banned from calling for foreign air strikes in residential areas.
Karzai said... Read More
Four foreign nationals have been arrested in the eastern Libyan city of Benghazi on suspicion of being Christian missionaries.
A spokesman... Read More
President Barack Obama pledged a "steadfast" commitment to defend Japan, including preventing nuclear attacks on its ally in the wake of North Korea's... Read More
Iran announced an upgrade to its uranium enrichment machines, upping the stake even as UN experts were holding talks in Tehran on the Islamic republic's... Read More
Former Maldives president Mohamed Nasheed took refuge in the Indian High Commission in Male today as police attempted to arrest him, risking fresh protests... Read More
South Korea said it would accelerate the development of longer-range ballistic missiles that could cover the whole of North Korea in response to... Read More
North Korea has carried out a third nuclear test in defiance of United Nations warnings.
The move prompted criticism from its sole major ally, China,... Read More
Seismic activity has been detected in North Korea, several nations say, in what could be a sign of a widely-anticipated nuclear test.
The US Geological... Read More
North Korea's ruling communist party has called for the staging of a "high-intensity" action and further long-range rocket launches, ahead of an expected... Read More
Syria's opposition leader said the Damascus regime had given "a very negative" message to the world by failing to welcome his offer for peace talks to... Read More
The 85-year-old Pope is to resign at the end of this month in an entirely unexpected development, saying he is too old continue.
He became Pope... Read More
A Republican lawmaker threatened to block the confirmations of President Barack Obama's nominees for defence secretary and CIA director over the... Read More
The main day of bathing has been held at India's Kumbh Mela, with 30 million pilgrims taking a dip at the confluence of the Ganges and Yamuna rivers.
This... Read More
The US northeast slowly dug out from a mammoth blizzard that choked air, road and rail travel, left some 650 thousand homes and businesses without... Read More
A major snowstorm has brought swathes of the north-eastern US and eastern Canada to a standstill, leaving about half a million homes without power.
High... Read More
At least four people have been killed in a plane crash at Charleroi airport in Belgium.
The small Cessna aircraft suffered difficulties on take-off... Read More