World

London/Athens: Smugglers based in Turkey are offering to take migrants to Italy instead of Greece where they are likely to be deported under a deal between...

London: More than 640 million people globally now weigh in as obese and the world has more overweight than underweight people, according to an analysis of...

Nairobi: A new road and rail project cutting through a nature reserve on the outskirts of Nairobi threatens wildlife, livestock and people, conservationists...

Geneva: North Korea will pursue its nuclear and ballistic missile programme in defiance of the United States and its allies, a top Pyongyang envoy told...

Berlin: Germany's longest-serving foreign minister Hans-Dietrich Genscher, a one-time refugee from the Communist East who helped unite his divided...

Manila: A woman abandoned in a central Philippine church when a baby has topped an opinion poll barely two months ahead of elections to succeed President...

Naypyitaw/Yangon: Myanmar's upper house of parliament approved a bill on Friday that gives Aung San Suu Kyi a powerful government role, despite...

London: Iraqi-British architect Zaha Hadid, whose fluid, futuristic designs were used in buildings across the world to widespread acclaim, has died of a...

Kolkata: A flyover under construction in the bustling Indian city of Kolkata collapsed on to moving traffic below, killing at least 14 people with as many...

Duliajan (Assam): Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Wednesday claimed that the insurgency situation has improved considerably in the last 18 months since BJP...