Two fresh cases of assault on Indians have been reported in Australia, with three students being injured in two separate incidents in Sydney and Adelaide.

Noting that Pakistan houses a 'syndicate of terrorism’, US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said her country is watching the actions being taken by Islamabad.

Suspecting involvement of locals in 26/11, Pakistan has sought from India the interrogation reports of two terrorists Fahim and Sabahuddin held in connection with the Mumbai attacks.

Alleging that the ransacking and arson at her Lucknow house was a state-sponsored crime, UPCC chief Rita Bahuguna Joshi demanded a CBI inquiry into the incident.

A team of Organisation for Counter Terrorist Operations (OCTOPUS) of Gujarat Police arrested a terror suspect allegedly involved in the attack on Gandhinagar’s Akshardham Temple in 2002.

The Delhi High Court verdict legalising gay sex has put the government in a fix as it remains undecided about its stand in the Supreme Court.

Pakistan Premier Yousuf Raza Gilani has said he hoped that Manmohan Singh's political 'expediencies' would not prevent normalisation of bilateral ties.

Lebanon's most influential Shiite cleric issued a religious edict Sunday saying Muslims who have serious concerns about contracting swine flu while performing the annual hajj pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia may stay away this year. However Grand Ayatollah Mohammad Hussein Fadlallah,

Fourteen peacekeeping troops were injured Saturday when scores of protestors confronted soldiers near the southern village of Khirbet Silim. Soldiers from the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) and Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) were accosted by approximately 100 residents

Maronite Patriarch Nasrallah Butros Sfeir called on the Lebanese on Sunday to trust their nation and to trust each other. Speaking during the weekly Sunday sermon at the summer seat of the Maronite Church in the northern village of Diman,

Malaysia is set to sell Lebanon military equipment next year as part of efforts to modernize the Lebanese Armed Forces, the Malaysian defense minister has said. Malaysia's Bernama news agency reported Datuk Seri Ahmad Zahid Hamidi as telling reporters Friday

Prime Minister-designate Saad Hariri stressed on Sunday that discussions to form the next cabinet were ongoing so as to reach an agreement on a structure that guarantees "real partnership." After talks with President Michel Sleiman at the Baabda Palace, Hariri

A judge in Jerusalem and leaders of the city’s ultra-Orthodox Jewish community agreed Friday on a compromise aimed at ending days of rioting by religious protesters, according to Israeli media reports. The protesters were enraged at the arrest of a

Former foes from Sudan’s North-South civil war have agreed on measures to prevent clashes over a contested oil area, but remain divided on other disputes after two days of talks, one of the parties said on Friday. Political tensions are

Turkey will on Sunday introduce a tight ban on smoking in cafes, restaurants and bars, wielding fines for offenders, in a bid to break a national habit blamed for tens of thousands of deaths each year. The ban is an

German police arrested three men suspected of attempting to blackmail Susanne Klatten, the country’s wealthiest woman, by claiming they had a secret video of her affair with a Swiss gigolo, prosecutors said on Friday. Munich state prosecutor Thomas Steinkraus-Koch said

July 2009 has become the deadliest month for foreign troops fighting an eight-year war in Afghanistan, as Taliban guerrillas hone their bombing techniques and Westerners struggle in the harsh climate. A month before Afghanistan goes to the polls for the

The mediator in Honduras’ political crisis said he would propose a national reconciliation government during the next round of talks, while ousted President Manuel Zelaya prepared a second bid to return home to reclaim power. Negotiations to end the standoff

India’s premier reassured Parliament on Friday that there would be no resumption of formal peace talks with Pakistan until Islamabad brings those behind last year’s Mumbai’s attacks to justice. "The starting point of any meaningful dialogue with Pakistan is a

Speculation has been rife in recent months that Parliament was on the verge of dissolution by order of the presidency. While the rumor ultimately proved unfounded, local analysts say it reflected a rift between the old and new guards of