Undated: More than 3,000 firefighters today battled a raging wildfire in central California that has destroyed 29 structures and forced thousands to flee their homes as it threatened a picturesque...

DILI: Thousands of East Timorese ended weeks of political rallies and entered a campaign blackout today before parliamentary elections at the weekend, with fears for the economic future of Asia's...

SYDNEY: Axeheads and grinding stones from a cave in Australia's far north suggest humans arrived on the continent about 65,000 years ago, or 18,000 years earlier than previously thought, according...

New Delhi: In what was an imminent outcome, BJP-led NDA nominee for Presidential poll Ram Nath Kovind today trounced joint Opposition candidate Meira Kumar by a huge margin of 3....

New Delhi: While congratulating Mr Ram Nath Kovind for his victory in the Presidential elections, the joint opposition nominee Meira Kumar today said that her battle for ideology would continue....

New Delhi: As the standoff with China at the border in Sikkim enters another month, India today said that diplomatic channels were available and efforts have never stopped to find...

New Delhi: The Supreme Court said today it would hear the arguments from the Centre on Tuesday in the Aadhaar privacy case. All the petitioners have completed their submissions in...

New Delhi: Amidst the ongoing confusions over the appointments of support staffs, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) today announced Bharat Arun and Sanjay Bangar as the...

WASHINGTON:The Trump administration today unveiled new economic sanctions against Iran over its ballistic missile program and for contributing to regional tensions, one day after warning Tehran that it was not...

NAIROBI: South Sudan's President Salva Kiir has declared a three-month state of emergency in his home state, where clashes have raged for months between clan-based militias, the government spokesman said...