Category: World News

Indian PM Manmohan Singh will boycott this week’s Commonwealth summit in Colombo, officials say, amid a row over Sri Lanka’s human rights record. Indian media said Mr Singh had written to Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa to say he will…

A deal can be reached with Iran to curb its nuclear programme, UK Foreign Secretary William Hague has said. The outline of an agreement was “on the table” although he acknowledged current talks were “formidably difficult”.

More than 120 people have been reported killed by Typhoon Haiyan in the Philippines after the massive storm swept through on Friday.

Typhoon Haiyan is battering the central Philippines with sustained winds of up to 320 km/h (199mph).  Meteorologists say that if initial estimates based on satellite images are borne out, it could be the most powerful storm ever to make landfall.

Palestinian officials say Israel is the “only suspect” in the death of leader Yasser Arafat following a Swiss report that said his remains contained high levels of radioactive polonium.

Washington, DC – The United States government should undertake a thorough and impartial investigation into new allegations of US complicity in the killings of 18 men in Afghanistan, Human Rights Watch said today. An article published on November 6, 2013,…

Manila, Philippines — Thousands of villagers in the central Philippines, including those from a province devastated by a recent earthquake, were being evacuated Thursday as one of the most powerful typhoons globally this year approaches.

Petrapole (West Bengal): Union Home Minister Sushilkumar Shinde Wednesday said relations between India and Bangladesh would not be affected by the conflict situation within Bangladesh. The minister was present at the Indian side of the border checkpoint here in West…

Former Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat may have been poisoned with radioactive polonium, says a Swiss forensic report obtained by al-Jazeera. Arafat’s medical records say he died in 2004 from a stroke resulting from a blood disorder.

Dhaka: In a veiled attack on India, an opposition BNP leader has said his party feared that a “neghbouring country” has hatched plots to keep the ruling Awami League in power after the next elections.

Moderate Republican New Jersey Governor Chris Christie has won a landslide re-election, a possible launch pad for a 2016 White House run.

The Vatican has launched a worldwide survey to find out what Catholics really think about its teaching on marriage and family life. Pope Francis is calling bishops to Rome next October to discuss possible reform that considers modern social realities.

India has successfully launched a spacecraft to the Red Planet – with the aim of becoming the fourth space agency to reach Mars.

A Pakistani court has granted bail to former military ruler Pervez Musharraf over the 2007 army operation to oust militants from Islamabad’s Red Mosque.

Egypt’s ousted leader Mohammed Morsi has gone on trial in Cairo, telling the judge the case is illegitimate as he remains president.

A rare solar eclipse allowing a view of the Sun that is totally or partially blocked out by the Moon is under way.

Yangon — A boat carrying 70 ethnic minority Muslim Rohingya capsized Sunday off the western coast of Myanmar, an aid worker said. Only eight survivors have been found.

The military commander in China’s restive western province of Xinjiang has been stripped of his Communist Party position, state media report.

Israeli aircraft have carried out a strike near the Syrian coastal city of Latakia, a US official says. The official said the strike targeted Russian-made missiles intended for the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah.

A voicemail message left by Prince Harry was hacked by the News of the World, the Old Bailey has heard.

The German government says it is keen to hear directly from the fugitive NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden about the US spy agency’s activities.

Agartala: The separatist groups from India’s northeast regions have their camps in Bangladesh, though the Bangladeshi security forces’ have been cracking down on them, Director General of Tripura Police C Balasubramaniam said here on Thursday.

Syria’s declared equipment for producing, mixing and filling chemical weapons has been destroyed, the international watchdog says.