London: More than 640 million people globally now weigh in as obese and the world has more overweight than underweight people, according to an analysis of...
Nairobi: A new road and rail project cutting through a nature reserve on the outskirts of Nairobi threatens wildlife, livestock and people, conservationists...
Geneva: North Korea will pursue its nuclear and ballistic missile programme in defiance of the United States and its allies, a top Pyongyang envoy told...
Berlin: Germany's longest-serving foreign minister Hans-Dietrich Genscher, a one-time refugee from the Communist East who helped unite his divided...
Manila: A woman abandoned in a central Philippine church when a baby has topped an opinion poll barely two months ahead of elections to succeed President...
London: Iraqi-British architect Zaha Hadid, whose fluid, futuristic designs were used in buildings across the world to widespread acclaim, has died of a...
Kolkata: A flyover under construction in the bustling Indian city of Kolkata collapsed on to moving traffic below, killing at least 14 people with as many...
Duliajan (Assam): Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Wednesday claimed that the insurgency situation has improved considerably in the last 18 months since BJP...
Cairo/Larnaca: Egypt's public prosecutor has asked Cypriot authorities to hand over an Egyptian man accused of hijacking a passenger plane and diverting...