Beware! Zika reaches India, WHO confirms 3 cases in Gujarat

South Sudan detained an NPR journalist for nearly four days before releasing him, a spokeswoman for the organisation said. Eyder Peralta returned to his base in Kenya yesterday but his South Sudanese assistant is still being held by authorities, Isabel Lara ...

Ali Akbar Salehi, Vice-President of Iran and the head of Iran's atomic energy organisation has warned the U.S. for supporting Saudi Arabia saying, it will upset the regional balance of power. He further stressed that West must change the course "If the Iran ...

June 19 (Reuters) - Britain's FTSE 100 index is seen opening up 46points on Monday, according to financial bookmakers. * BRITAIN-SECURITY: A van ploughed into worshippers leaving a London mosqueon Monday, killing at least one person and injuring several in ...

While India ranks 60, Switzerland, Sweden, the Netherlands, the US and the UK retained their top spots as the most-innovative countries. China is at 22nd spot. Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com India has moved up six places to60th among 130 nations on the Global Innovation Index (GII) 2017, emerging as the top-ranked economy in Central and South Asia. The improvement in India's rankings come after five continuous years of slide even as Switzerland, Sweden, the Netherlands, the US and UK ...

An aggressive Pyongyang is likely to force Seoul and Tokyo to build nuclear deterrents and thus thwart Beijing's ambitions, says Deepak Lal. I have recently been in Seoul to attend a meeting of the Mont Pelerin Society. En route, I visited Hong Kong and Taipei. They all live in the shadow of the Chinese dragon, whose hegemonic intentions are clear from President Rodrigo Duterte of the Philippines reporting he had to stop drilling in the South China Sea when China threatened war. In Hong Kong ...

After building its first overseas military base in the African nation of Djibouti, China is now planning to establish its military base in Pakistan and other countries with which it has a longstanding friendly relationship and similar strategic interests, ...

'A series of arrests have illustrated that IS now has a footprint in India.' 'India has been, for a very long time, a key part of Al Qaeda's global jihadist ambitions.' IMAGE: Fan with banners outside the Edgbaston stadium in wake of the June 3 terror attack in London. Photograph: Paul Childs/Reuters. Dr Rashmi Singh, is the professor of International Relations at Brazil's PUC Minas. A former lecturer in Terrorism Studies at the University of St Andrews in Scotland, she is an expert on ...

Posted by Equitymaster Brazilian stocks bounced back after the massive sell-off last week. The selloff came after new bribery allegations surfaced against Brazil's president, Michel Temer. Brazilian President Michel Temer hopes to slide the growing political ...

Jakarta: Indonesian police on Friday arrested three suspects in connection with the Islamic-State claimed twin suicide bomb attacks that rocked a bus terminal in the Indonesian capital, killing five people. Three policemen died in the attacks that occurred on ...