MALE: The Maldives' top judge received death threats before his arrest in a regime crackdown, his lawyer said today ahead of a United Nations...
DHAKA: Bangladesh's ex-premier Khaleda Zia was today sentenced to five years in jail in a corruption case, a setback for the opposition BNP chief...
BEIJING: China today opposed any UN mediation in the Maldives but called on the international community to provide "support and convenience" to the relevant...
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: A travel ban has been imposed by a Dubai court against Binoy Kodiyeri, the elder son of CPI (M) state secretary Kodiyeri Balakrishnan,...
WASHINGTON: A US-based Sikh outfit today appealed to Sikhs in India and elsewhere to celebrate March 14 as World Sikh Environment Day, as a...
UNITED NATIONS: India and other G4 nations today called for starting a "credible" text-based negotiations which adequately captures all positions expressed to reform the...
PANAJI: German researcher Christiane N sslein-Volhard, who won the Nobel Prize in physiology in 1995, feels that many women were not interested in doing...
UNITED NATIONS: The recent incidents of sexual assault on young girls in India and Pakistan are "heartbreaking", the spokesperson of the UN chief said,...
ISLAMABAD/KABUL: A powerful 6.1 magnitude earthquake struck northern Afghanistan today, with the tremors felt as far away as India and Pakistan, where one girl...
LONDON: The UK government has agreed to support and fund a national memorial to honor the sacrifices and contribution of Sikh soldiers who fought...