It was something that one of the world’s renowned scientists tried looking at. Yes, so I think. But he greatly failed finding answers. It’s elusive. In his own words, Isaac Newton opined that,...
Sri Lanka will proceed with the billion-dollar sale of a deep sea port to China despite protests in an effort to slash its foreign debt, the prime minister said Friday. Hambantota port straddles the...
A week old baby boy in India survived several hours in a grave after being buried alive by his teenaged rape victim mother, police said Friday. Cries heard by villagers produced the miracle rescue of...
Officially the snake charmers' profession is banned in India, but its devotees were at the centre of prayers and milk blessings offered to cobras and other deadly serpents in an annual tribute...
Pakistan's three-time premier Nawaz Sharif, whose power base earned him the moniker "Lion of Punjab", is a political survivor who has repeatedly roared back to the country's top office. Sharif scored...
Sri Lanka had their backs against the wall despite a defiant 90 not out by Dilruwan Perera on the third day of the first Test against India in Galle on Friday. Perera rallied the lower order to take...
Sri Lanka's Dilruwan Perera scored 90 not out by lunch on the third day of the first Test against India in Galle on July 28, 2017 Dilruwan Perera struck a defiant 90 not out as Sri Lanka tottered to...
Australia vice-captain David Warner has accused Cricket Australia of wrongly blaming players for not resolving a bitter pay dispute saga which threatens next month's Test tour to Bangladesh. CA chief...
Terror in Kashmir has a new name after a prominent young militant was named as the head of a new Al-Qaeda-linked group in the disputed Himalayan territory. The move has been described by Indian...
Procter & Gamble, seeking to fend off a challenge from activist investor Nelson Peltz, Thursday pointed to better-than-expected earnings as evidence its makeover of the consumer products giant is on...
A prominent young Kashmiri militant has been named as the head of a new Al-Qaeda-linked group in the disputed Himalayan territory, a move described by Indian police Thursday as an "ideological shift"...
India on Thursday freed Frenchwoman Marie-Emmanuelle Verhoeven, wanted in Chile in connection with the assassination of a senator, and she was put on a plane to France, sources told AFP. The Indian...
Abu Dhabi's Etihad Airways said Thursday it posted a $1.87 billion loss last year, hit by "one-off" impairments on aircraft and investments in troubled Alitalia and airberlin. The government-owned...
Paceman Nuwan Pradeep clinched his maiden five-wicket haul as Sri Lanka clawed back at a runaway India on day two of the first Test in Galle on Thursday. Pradeep (5-88) dismissed Cheteshwar Pujara...
Cricket Australia said Thursday it will take its bitter pay dispute with players to independent arbitration if agreement cannot be reached by early next week, with a tour to Bangladesh looming. Chief...
A former arch-rival of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi aligned with the Hindu nationalist leader on Thursday to form a new government in Bihar, one of the country's most populous states. The...
Sitting in her Karachi home, Jamshed Jahan Ara looks straight into the camera as she explains in a trembling voice how her family fled India during Partition in 1947. Just six years old when she...
A border standoff between Chinese and Indian troops on a remote Himalayan plateau has heightened long-standing tensions while ensnaring a tiny kingdom, Bhutan, between the two nuclear-armed powers....
The leader of India's eastern Bihar state resigned from his post on Wednesday in a surprise move widely expected to strengthen Prime Minister Narendra Modi's grip on power. Nitish Kumar, the popular...
Beijing issued a warning to Botswana Wednesday over its plans to host the Dalai Lama next month, asking the African nation to respect China's "core interests". The Tibetan spiritual leader, who lives...
