In an unusual move, Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena has sought the Supreme Court's opinion if he could be the president for six years, a request which contradicts the amendment he introduced to reduce the presidential term to five years.
More than 2,000 Afghans deployed by Iran have been killed fighting in Syria on the side of President Bashar al-Assad's regime, an official in the volunteer force told Iranian media.
Assam: Principal of govt school held for 'sexual abuse' of student
Congress, UDF not against high-speed rail project, says Satheesan
Woman dies after falling off crowded local train in Thane district
Bihar govt recommends CBI probe into death of NEET aspirant in Patna
Mangaluru's Dr. Haroon Hussain conferred prestigious FICP Fellowship, represents K'taka at APICON'26
India U-19 team interacts with Tendulkar ahead of crucial Pak clash in World Cup
No idea about Sunetra’s swearing-in as Maharashtra Dy CM: Sharad Pawar
Rs 500 crore scam: EOW arrests three, over 11,000 investors cheated in Maharashtra
Eye screening drive for adults, schoolchildren launched in Varanasi
Two stabbed to death over delay in food order at Ghaziabad eatery
Two found hanging in hotel room in Kerala's Kottayam
NCB busts secret drug lab in Karnataka's Mysuru; four held
Afghan police say the death toll from the previous night's suicide attack in Kabul has jumped to 20, with another 27 policemen wounded.
US President Donald Trump today dismissed as "full of lies" a new explosive book about his administration that has taken the White House by storm after his lawyers failed to block its release.
Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan today slammed the conviction in the US of a top Turkish banker in a trial on Iran sanctions busting, saying it was part of a "chain" of plots against his nation.
A Bangladesh court today ordered the arrest of former prime minister Khaleda Zia in connection with bomb attacks on a bus during an anti-government agitation in 2015 that killed eight persons, a police official said.
Two foreign journalists, an interpreter and a driver jailed for flying a drone near Myanmar's parliament have been released, the authorities said on Friday.
Pakistan on Saturday voiced regret over the non-issuance of visas by India to Pakistani pilgrims for the Urs (anniversary) of Hazrat Khawaja Nizamuddin Aulia in Delhi from January 1-8.
An Egyptian court on Saturday sentenced ousted President Mohamed Morsi to three years in jail for insulting the judiciary.
A man held 23 of his relatives hostage in Pakistan's Rawalpindi city after they refused to lend him money following losses he suffered in gambling.
