Beijing yesterday threw cold water on the possibility of re-launching talks with the Dalai Lama, saying greater autonomy for Tibet was

Hillary Clinton has put an end to speculation about one question: Yes, she's running for president. But that leaves another: What role

In the standoff with Congress over the Iranian nuclear deal, President Obama just blinked. Now the US Congress will have a say on a

The key Iraqi city of Ramadi could fall within hours to ISIS militants who have been gaining ground in recent days, a local official said yesterday.

Cuba hailed US President Barack Obama's move to drop Cuba from a list of state sponsors of terror, a landmark step paving the way

Canada's prime minister yesterday announced a breakthrough deal to supply uranium to India for electricity generation, putting

Pakistan's former president and co-chairman of opposition PPP Asif Ali Zardari has met with his estranged son Bilawal Bhutto Zardari in

A Japanese court has blocked the restarting of two nuclear reactors in the western city of Takahama, after local people raised safety

British police have arrested six people on suspicion of terrorism after Turkish authorities stopped a group crossing the Syrian border,

Pakistan's Punjab government on Tuesday challenged the Lahore high court's decision to suspend the detention of LeT operations

Atleast 10 Colombian soldiers die following in an attack by left-wing Farc rebels in west of the country

A school maths question posted on Facebook by a Singaporean TV presenter stumps thousands, and left many asking if that's really what is expected of Singaporean students.

United States President Barack Obama drops out from the top 10 influentials list made by the voters – half of whom were from inside the US.

Divorcees are more likely to have a heart attack than their peers who stay married, US research suggests.

The remains of nearly 400 US servicemen killed at Pearl Harbor are to be exhumed so they may be identified and given individual burials.

Air safety authorities in Japan is investigating how a South Korean Asiana Airlines plane skidded off a runway on landing at Hiroshima airport.

About 400 migrants are feared drowned after their boat capsizes off Libya, survivors tell aid group Save the Children. Italian coast guard rescues 144 people and launches air and sea search operation in hopes of rescuing others.

Al-Shabab militants attacks a government complex in a busy area of Somalia's capital, Mogadishu, killing at least 10 people.

Iran proposes a peace plan for Yemen and called for an end to Saudi-led air strikes against Houthi rebels allied to Tehran, but the move was likely to draw a cool response from Riyadh.

Islamic State (IS) has lost more than a quarter of its territory in Iraq since US-led coalition air strikes began in August, the Pentagon has said.