India

Iraqi authorities say that gunmen have stormed a Sunni mosque in Baghdad, killing five people.

Sameer, the son-in-law of member of legislative council Buqqal Nawaab, was driving past a shopping mall when unidentified assailants opened fire at his car.

On September 8, IOC will vote in either wrestling, softball/baseball or squash for the 2020 Olympics.

Nepal's home ministry has identified 17 types of crimes committed on its border with India, of which nine have links with international gangsters, officials said on Friday.

About 8,000 people have been affected by flood in Matiari district of Pakistan's Sindh province as the Indus river continues to be in spate, Online News Agency reported on Friday.

A Syrian chemical weapons attack killed 1,429 Syrian civilians, including 426 children, an unclassified report by US intelligence agencies concluded on Friday.

Self-styled godman Asaram Bapu failed to catch a flight on Friday for New Delhi, after he was prevented from entering the airport due to a clash between his enraged supporters who smashed TV cameras and other equipment carried by reporters waiting for him...

Proceedings in the December 16 gangrape-cum-murder trial before a fast track court in New Delhi interrupted on Friday when the lawyer for two of the accused in the case collapsed in the courtroom.

Sources had earlier said that he had confessed to his involvement in the Varanasi and Dilsukhnagar blasts in Hyderabad.

Kofstad shot a 7-under 64 in the first round on Thursday, which gave him a two-stroke lead.

YSR Congress president YS Jaganmohan Reddy, who was shifted to a government hospital in Hyderabad from jail following a five day-long indefinite fast against bifurcation of Andhra Pradesh, has refused to be put on intravenous fluids, doctors said.

Yanamala, who previously served as Speaker of AP Legislative Assembly, faxed his resignation as an MLC to Council Chairman A Chakrapani.

Amitabh Bachchan says he is just a host and doesn't take any credit for the show's popularity.

Intruders returned fire, aided by small arms firing by Pakistani troops.

Indian Mujahideen co-founder Yasin Bhatkal was restless and spent a sleepless night at a high security zone in Patna, officials said.

Equipped with two 180-degree high-definition cameras, the aerial vehicle is remote-controlled and once airborne can scan a 10-km area.