DONETSK, Ukraine — After days of street battles and weeks of shelling, Ukrainian troops made a significant push Wednesday into rebel-held territory, claiming control over a large part of the separatist stronghold of Luhansk and nearly encircling Donetsk, the ...

DONETSK, Ukraine — After days of street battles and weeks of shelling, Ukrainian troops made a significant push Wednesday into rebel-held territory, claiming control over a large part of the separatist stronghold of Luhansk and nearly encircling Donetsk, the ...

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The explosions rocking the Gaza Strip may seem far removed from the flashy cars and skyscrapers of ultra-rich Qatar, but efforts to end fighting between Hamas and Israel could hinge on how the tiny Gulf Arab state wields ...

London, The United Nations has started aid drops in Northern Iraq which is reportedly its largest aid operation for a decade as it targets at least 5,00,000 people. A UN jet has arrived in Irbil with 100 tonnes of cooking equipments and tents, reports the BBC.

US defence officials have said they failed in an attempt to rescue journalist James Foley (pictured) and other hostages in Syria earlier in the summer. Mr Foley was subsequently executed by the Islamic State group, which was documented in a video posted ...

The United States' most senior law enforcement official sat down with college kids, community leaders and angry residents in a suburb shaken by more than a week of racially charged protests. Attorney General Eric Holder was in Ferguson, Missouri, ...

PAT protesters have blocked the main entrance of the Parliament House. PHOTO: WASIM NAZIR / EXPRESS. ISLAMABAD: The workers of Pakistan Awami Tehreek (PAT) on Wednesday literally blocked the entry and exit gates to Parliament House after the ...

New Delhi: B.K.S. Iyengar, who helped introduce the practice of yoga to a Western world awakening to the notion of an inner life, died Wednesday in the southern Indian city of Pune. He was 95. The cause was heart failure, said Abhijata Sridhar-Iyengar, his ...

It's called the Ice Bucket Challenge, and if you're on social media, you've probably seen a video or two dozen featuring your “friends” taking the challenge. Celebrities, political figures, athletes and other folks in the limelight around the world also are taking the ...

WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — Former President George W Bush took the so-called Ice Bucket Challenge in support of Lou Gehrig's disease research yesterday, and challenged his Democratic predecessor Bill Clinton to do the same. "To you all that ...

The attorney general recalls the "humiliation and anger" he felt upon being stopped in his car by police and accused of speeding. 6:10am UK, Thursday 21 August 2014. Attorney General Eric Holder talks with Capt. Ron Johnson of the Missouri State Highway ...

In the latest round of a week-long political impasse, focus shifted to the Supreme Court as it issued notices to Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chairman Imran Khan and Pakistan Awami Tehreek (PAT) chief Tahirul Qadri against the ongoing protests in the ...

In the latest round of a week-long political impasse, focus shifted to the Supreme Court as it issued notices to Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chairman Imran Khan and Pakistan Awami Tehreek (PAT) chief Tahirul Qadri against the ongoing protests in the ...

BEIJING (Reuters) - Growth in China's vast factory sector slowed to a three-month low in August as output and new orders moderated, a preliminary private survey showed on Thursday, heightening concerns about increasing softness in the economy.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has pledged to continue military operations against Gaza militants while fighting persists between the two sides. Israeli military launched 92 airstrikes against Gaza on Wednesday. Gaza had fired 137 rockets into the ...

Islamic extremists holding James Foley before he was executed this week sent messages to his family in the United States, it emerged last night. Just a week before the journalist was beheaded and a video put on social media purportedly showing his final ...

Superstar Rajinikanth's 'Lingaa' heroine, Sonakshi Sinha shared a video of herself on Instagram participating in the Ice Bucket Challenge. Sonakshi took the Ice Bucket Challenge uninvited, but in a further twist of the rules, her bucket contained a solitary ice ...

Meet the killer Beatles — led by a jihadist named John. A terrifying trio of British-born militants, including one suspected of beheading an American journalist, became known by the legendary band's name among their hostages in Syria, The Guardian ...

DONETSK, Ukraine - With street fights and artillery barrages, the Ukrainian military pressed its advance on Aug. 20 on the two eastern provincial capitals held by pro-Russian separatists in a day of violence that killed 52 civilians and Ukrainian soldiers and an ...

Thailand's junta-appointed legislature has nominated the country's military ruler to be the next prime minister. The assembly voted unanimously on Thursday to name General Prayuth Chan-ocha to the post during a session in Bangkok. General Prayuth was ...