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Domestic car sales decline 2.55% in Octo...

Domestic car sales decline 2.55% in October

NEW DELHI: Domestic passenger car sales declined 2.55 per cent to 1,59,036 units in October from 1,63,199 units in the year-ago month. Motorcycle sales last month also declined 8.73 per cent to 10,08,761 units from 11,05,269 units a year earlier, according to data released by the Society of Indian... read more »

Angry Arabs march in north Israel after ...

Angry Arabs march in north Israel after shooting

KFAR KANA, Israel: Angry Arab-Israeli protesters took to the streets across the country on Sunday and police raised alert levels nationwide amid shock waves over the fatal shooting of a young Arab-Israeli. Shops, schools and businesses were shuttered in Arab towns and villages where a general... read more »

Obama sees possible resolution to Iran n-issue
Fight against ISIS now in new phase: Oba...

Fight against ISIS now in new phase: Obama

WASHINGTON: The deployment of an additional 1,500 American troops to Iraq marks a “new phase” in the campaign against ISIS jihadists, US President Barack Obama said on Sunday. “Phase one was getting an Iraqi government that was inclusive and credible — and we now have done... read more »

The dawn of nuclear weapons goes viral

The dawn of nuclear weapons goes viral

It was near midnight when John Coster-Mullen, the author of “Atom Bombs: The Top Secret Inside Story of Little Boy and Fat Man,” was scrutinizing one image among hundreds newly released by Los Alamos, the birthplace of the bomb. First, he glanced at the scientists assembling what they... read more »

Sushma Swaraj insists Congress backing Tejpal

Sushma Swaraj meets Bangladeshi counterpart

New Delhi: External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj met Bangladesh Foreign Minister Abul Hassan Mahmood Ali here in New Delhi on Saturday. The Bangladesh Foreign Minister, who is in New... read more »

13 Get 20 Years in Prison for Ordering Gangrape of Tribal Girl in Bengal

LABHPUR:  A court in West Bengal has sentenced 13 people to 20 years in prison over the gang-rape of a tribal girl at Labhpur village in the state’s Birbhum district in January this... read more »

Al-Qaida affiliate in Syria kills captive Lebanese soldier

9:53 P.M. The Nusra Front, al Qaeda’s affiliate in Syria, has killed one of the Lebanese soldiers it had been holding in captivity, Lebanese security sources and a statement on... read more »

MH17 crash: 225 victims now identified

Around 225 victims of the crashed Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 have now been identified. The Dutch ministry of security and justice Friday said that out of 14 more who have been... read more »

Alibaba’s Big Debut, 10 Things to Know

New York: China’s e-commerce giant Alibaba began trading its shares Friday on the New York Stock Exchange. Here are ten things to know about Alibaba, and why its initial public offering made... read more »