Saudi Arabia says an overnight fire at a hospital in the southwestern province of Jizan has killed at least 31 people and injured over 100. Saudi Civil Defence spokesman Maj Yahya bin Abdullah al-Qahtani says the cause of the blaze remains unknown. It broke out in the ....

The parliament building, that was started in 2009 has missed its completion deadlines at least 3 times since 2011, and has gone over-budget by double the original costing of $45 million. As it happened: 12: 45 pm: 12: 30 pm: "We must support Afghanistan wi ....

 A 6.2-magnitude earthquake hit northern Afghanistan and Pakistan late on Friday, two months after more than 300 people were killed by a quake in the same mountainous region. Strong shocks were felt in the Afghan capital Kabul at 11:14 p.m. local time (1914 GMT) and ....

Security was tight at the Vatican as Pope Francis, marking the third Christmas since his election in 2013, read his traditional Christmas Day “Urbi et Orbi” (to the city and the world) address from the central balcony of St. Peter’s Basilica. Tens of t ....

And then there are the far more famous father and brother who seldom get a mention unless explicitly asked about. Family members may not be physically present for the most part on the 2016 presidential campaign trail, but their presence is routinely felt as candidate ....

The passionate Chennaite in A.R. Rahman is coming together with the passion he’s more known for — his music — to revive Tamil Nadu just recovering from the absolute devastation caused by the floods earlier this month. In a freewheeling chat, at a rare m ....

“That’s like a statesman. Padosi se aise hi rishte hone chahiyen (This is how it should be with neighbours),” Ms. Swaraj tweeted. Mr. Modi on Friday made a surprise announcement of a stopover in Lahore as he wrapped up his brief Afghanistan visit. ....

Mr. Yechury also notes that strengthening the organisation becomes “all the more important given the concerted attack by … rightwing reactionary elements against the CPI(M), particularly in our stronghold of West Bengal, through the politics of terror and i ....

So what exactly did the Prime Ministers speak about, as they sat together on the sofa of a waiting lounge on the sidelines of the climate change summit? The Ministry of External Affairs spokesperson referred to it as a ‘courtesy meeting’ at the time, but sou ....

 In a veiled attack against Pakistan, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said here on Friday that Afghanistan would succeed only when terrorism no longer flowed across the border and when nurseries and sanctuaries of terrorism were shut. Declaring that India was in Afghan ....