Astronomers claimed to have discovered a planet that is twice the size of earth and may be capable of supporting human life.The planet is 22 light...

Syrian forces have recaptured a Damascus district in a fierce fight with rebels, who have scored their own battlefield successes by seizing border...

A Japanese sushi chef who served the late North Korean leader Kim Jong-Il and his family for 13 years, writing books about their secretive lives, was...

US officials say the suicide bomber who targetted Israeli tourists in Bulgaria this week was part of a Hezbollah cell, a media report said, after...

Gunmen on Thursday shot dead at least five people, including a policeman, in two separate attacks in northern Nigeria, the police and army said.‘I can...

Libya has taken an ‘important step forward’ with this month’s election results and the vote process showed the Libyan people’s ‘commitment to...

Iran said on Thursday that it strongly condemns ‘all terrorist acts’ after a suicide bombing in Bulgaria killed six people including five...

A suicide bomber was behind the blast against Israeli tourists in Bulgaria, officials said on Thursday, as they raised the toll to seven, the...

The United States has called on Iran to ‘release all political prisoners’, expressing concern for a Kurdish activist and a human rights defender. ‘We...

More than 200 people, mostly civilians, were killed on Thursday in violence across Syria, including 38 in Damascus where armed rebels are pressing an...

India is fast becoming a favourite destination for Omanis seeking advanced medicare, with the number of visas being issued for India witnessing a...

Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi was in a Brussels hospital in a ‘critical’ state on Wednesday, several diplomatic sources said, but the...