Tensions in the South China Sea Saturday figured in talks between External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj and her counterparts from the region, with the Philippines minister elaborating on the country's three-stage resolution of territorial disputes in that sea.

The Pentagon announced Friday that the US military has launched targeted airstrikes on forces of the Islamic State (IS) Sunni insurgent group by dropping two laser-guided bombs on its mobile artillery in northern Iraq. "The mission really is to protect ...

Israel has declared that it has resumed air strikes on Gaza after Hamas militants launched rockets on the former following the expiry of a three-day long truce. The Israeli army denounced the renewed attack as unacceptable, intolerable and short-sighted, ...

According to The Daily Star, soon after the double-decker Pinak-6 sank in the river in Lauhajang upazila of Mushiganj, locals rescued two female passengers from the river, who died later. However, rescue workers were unable to retrieve any more bodies or ...

Arsenal football team manager Arsene Wenger has said that his side has not made an offer for rumoured transfer target Sami Khedira, who plays for Real Madrid as a midfielder. Khedira, a member of Germany's World Cup-winning side, is facing renewed ...

After English television presenter Gabby Logan remarked that the Glasgow 2014 didn't need Usain Bolt or Yohan Blake to have a good time; Bolt returned the favor by furnishing a sassy retort. While lauding Jamaica's victory in the 4x100 relay race in ...

Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott today welcomed the recovery of more remains from the crash site of Flight MH17 but said it would take at least another week to complete the task. Some 38 Australian citizens and residents, including children, were ...

Gazans and Israelis had their first quiet morning of calm under seething disquiet as a 72-hour temporary ceasefire came into effect early today after Israel accepted a joint proposal from the US and the UN which took into consideration a key demand by the ...

Militants in Libya have reportedly seized a key Benghazi army base of the Libyan army's special forces, following days of fighting. According to Dawn, a militant alliance announced the capture of the main military base in the eastern city in a statement, which ...

The US and European Union have slapped tougher and "wide-ranging" sanctions on Russia, targeting its energy, finance and defence sectors for its continued support of separatists in Ukraine. Announcing the latest US actions at the White House, President ...

The US today expressed concern over the transfer of highly-sophisticated Russian weapons to Ukrainian separatists, after the Pentagon claimed that Moscow appears to be set to move more rockets across the border into Ukraine. "We are very concerned ...

Four countries are now taking part in the search for the Air Algerie plane which went missing over northern Mali, an air traffic control official in Dakar said today. "We cannot as yet say exactly what happened because the search operation is still going on," the ...

Indian captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni today described his team's 95-run win over England in the second Test here as a special one, and said the victory was a "memorable" one for him because he does not forsee himself to play a five-day game again at the ...

Hockenheim (Germany), July 21 (IANS/EFE) Mercedes driver Nico Rosberg extended his lead in the Formula One drivers' standings with his first win on home soil while both Force India drivers scored points at the German Grand Prix here Sunday.

UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon strongly condemned Sunday the persecution of minorities in Iraq by the Islamic State (IS) and related armed groups. The UN chief is "particularly disturbed" by reports of threats against Christians in Mosul and other ...

Egypt has condemned the Israeli "escalation" on the Gaza Strip after Tel Aviv launched its first massive ground offensive in the Hamas-ruled Palestinian territory. Egypt also asked the two sides to agree on a plan to reach a truce and to accept its initiative for a ...

He may not have been able to deliver the World Cup to Argentina but Lionel Messi topped the google search results for forwards during the just-concluded event in Brazil along with Portuguese star Cristiano Ronaldo. "Portuguese star Christiano Ronaldo and ...

Israel has launched its first massive ground offensive in the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip in five years, after 10 days of bombardment from the air and sea killed nearly 260 Palestinians but failed to stop the militants' rocket attacks on the Jewish state. In a dramatic ...

Northern Irish golf ace Rory McIlroy set the pace on the opening day of the Open Championship at Royal Liverpool with some splendid golf as he shot a six-under 66 to lead by one stroke. McIlroy heads Italy's Matteo Manassero by one stroke while world ...

Terming the crash of a Malaysian airliner in eastern Ukraine as a "terrible tragedy", US President Barack Obama today said officials were trying to establish if any Americans were on board. "The world is watching reports of a downed passenger jet near the ...