NEW DELHI: India and Singapore on Monday night inked a fresh agreement to extend the use of training and exercise facilities in India by the Singapore Army for a further period of five years from August this year.

BEIJING: In one of China's worst industrial accidents in recent years, at least 120 people were charred to death and scores severely wounded in a massive fire at a poultry plant in northeastern China

WASHINGTON: US Secretary of State John Kerry on Monday issued a stark warning to Israel to resume long-stalled peace talks with the Palestinians, saying if efforts fail now they may never get another chance.

CHANDIGARH: BCCI joint secretary Anurag Thakur, who had pulled out all stops to seek an emergency board meeting to discuss the spot fixing row, on Sunday

RIO DE JANEIRO: If back-heeled flicks, classy side kicks and 62% possession of the ball means victory, Brazil were the clear winners at the New Maracana stadium on Sunday evening.

So, N Srinivasan has "stepped aside" as BCCI president, not "stepped down". What does this really mean? How much of his powers have been abridged and for how long?

PARIS: Seven-time champion Rafael Nadal has been showing signs of nerves at the French Open, but Monday's fourth round match against Kei Nishikori could be exactly what the doctor ordered for the Spanish third seed.

ISTANBUL: Turkey's Islamist-rooted government faced growing pressure on Monday after angry demonstrators clashed for a third night with police in a nationwide wave of protests.

FORT MEADE, MARYLAND: Army pfc. Bradley Manning goes on trial on Monday, more than three years after he was arrested in Iraq and charged in the biggest leak of classified information in US history.

JERUSALEM: The Israeli military said on Sunday that it has disciplined a group of female soldiers who posed for photos in underwear and combat gear and posted the images on Facebook.