As India'a tally reached 360, with seven deaths, Delhi announced a complete lockdown. Many states announced an extension of curfew-like res...

Grand Ayatollah Ali Al-Sistani said nothing in public about the unrest that erupted on Iraq's streets. But government officials and Shi'ite...

Iraq's military said four rockets were launched into the heavily fortified Green Zone, the seat of Iraq's government where armed clashes ra...

In July, Al-Sadr's supporters broke into the parliament to deter his rivals in the Coordination Framework, an alliance of mostly Iran-align...

The few flights that have left under the Government of India's Operation Ganga (at the rate of around two a day) have brought back about 70...

"Rummy,” as he was often called, was ambitious, witty, energetic, engaging and capable of great personal warmth. But he irritated many with...

Lockdowns, local restrictions and the rising fear of Covid-19 have impacted basmati rice and palm oil demand in the past one and a half mon...

In a sign of the times, Francis delivered his traditional "Urbi et Orbi" (to the city and the world) message virtually from a lectern insid...

The 27-year-old activist, who was forced into sexual slavery by Islamic State fighters in Iraq, said curfews, lockdowns and travel restrict...

The festival, one of the most important in the Muslim calendar marking the end of the holy month of Ramadan, is traditionally celebrated wi...

In its annual human rights report, the UK-based NGO said, "Human rights activists and journalists (in India) faced intimidation and attacks...

Muslims observed Muharram by taking out taziya processions, flagellating themselves and offering special prayers but the day of mourning wa...

Nearly 600 Indians have left conflict-hit Iraq after being facilitated by the External Affairs Ministry and about 900 more are to follow

Moreover, the US must compel the Iraqi Army to adopt a sensitive, population-centered approach to reversing the militants' conquests.

Assange has been fighting extradition since he was arrested and bailed in December and has denied the allegations, made by two women last A...

Night curfew clamped on parts of communal violence-rocked Bangalore, that claimed the life of a 12-year-old boy Kaleem in police firing on ...

CPI-M would put pressure on the Congress-led UPA government to protest against and condemn the death sentence handed out to former Iraq pre...