In his opening remarks at the conference on Tuesday, India’s Minister of State for External Affairs, V.K. Singh, pointed to “zero tolerance towards terrorism” as the recipe to counter the menace. Without naming Pakistan, he said: “Political conve ....

 As Republican Presidential candidates engaged in fiery debate on the threat posed by radical Islam, top party aspirant Ted Cruz cited the example of India and said millions of Muslims live in peace there without any such problem, as he differed with frontrunner Donald ....

In a fun puzzle that tests your knowledge of master musician Ludwig van Beethoven's work, Google celebrated the genius composer’s music via an interactive doodle. December 17th marks the 245th anniversary of the composer’s baptism.   The doodle pu ....

The government has disputed the death toll, acknowledging that at least seven members of the sect were killed but refusing to provide updated casualty figures. Still, the killings appeared to add a dangerous new dimension to the sectarian violence that has long bedevill ....

The defeat of the FN was down to mass tactical voting, an increase in turnout and warnings by the left that what it called the “anti-semitic and racist” party would bring France to its knees. All this combined to stop the FN translating its huge first-round ....

“Countries in Asia have been developing infrastructure to support their further development,” Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Hong Lei told a media briefing here. He was responding to a question about India-Japan agreement to build a bullet train corri ....

The talks were difficult and sometimes teetered on the brink of collapse. Every country made compromises to get the deal done, but some got more than others by the time the gavel dropped on Saturday. SMALL ISLANDS The tiniest countries were arguably the biggest wi ....

 The Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) meeting is set to showcase growing alignment between China and Russia, through closer integration of the Beijing-marshalled Silk Road Economic Belt (SREB) with the Moscow-driven Eurasian Economic Union (EEAU), steered by a 1 ....

The cartoon, by veteran Bill Leak, who is known for his often offensive caricatures, showed poor and thin Indians being forced to eat solar panels that were provided by the UN, and was criticised by newspapers worldwide. Entitled “Aid a la mode”, the cartoon ....

Gunfire was reported immediately following the explosion, in a heavily protected area of the capital close to many foreign embassies and government buildings. Officials said police were on the scene. At least three insurgents appeared to be involved in the attack, a pol ....