Since 1995, Transparency International has issued an annual Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI); it also publishes an annual Global Corruption Report,…
Nelson Mandela was recipient of India's highest civilian honour - Bharat Ratna. His stint with India was a long and…
Nobel peace prize winner Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela was the anti-apartheid icon. He died on Thursday due to prolonged illness at…
South Africa's first black president Nelson Mandela has died, President Jacob Zuma announced here late on Thursday. The Nobel laureate…
An Indian-origin man in Britain has pleaded not guilty to the attempted murder of a Sikh religious leader.
Egypt's constitution-writing panel approved a draft charter almost five months after the ouster of former president Mohamed Morsi.
At least 20 people, including two women and four children, died Sunday in a new aerial bombardment in the city…
The launch of China's lunar probe Chang'e-3 was "successful", the Xichang Satellite Launch Centre announced Monday.
At least four people were killed and 67 others injured, 11 of them seriously, as a passenger train derailed in…
The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) said Thursday that it has evidence of suspicious activity coming from North Korea's Yongbyon…
The Obama administration has denounced the shelling of the Russian embassy Thursday in the Syrian capital of Damascus, calling for…
Russian President Vladimir Putin Thursday urged his country to upgrade its combat aviation system with respect to "honoured delivery schedules…
Gulf countries have agreed to set up a unified regional security force aimed at deterring crime and threats to their…
The Pakistani media has been warned by the banned Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan to immediately stop praising India's cricket legend Sachin Tendulkar.
Coming down hard at the Opposition-sponsored violence during the countrywide blockade, Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has said that Opposition…
Bangladesh's ruling Awami League (AL) and the opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) are holding talks under wraps to end the…
The UN agriculture agency has called for assistance for Philippine farmers in the wake of Typhoon Haiyan, a UN spokesperson…
Pakistan President Mamnoon Hussain has approved the appointment of Justice Tassaduq Hussain Jillani as the country's new chief justice, under…