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Swaraj told the Chinese Foreign Minister that Lakhvi was "no ordinary terrorist" as he masterminded the Mumbai terror attack in which more than 166 people were killed.

Even two months after the devastating earthquake hit Nepal, around 2.8 million people affected by the deadly tremor still need vital humanitarian assistance, the UN said.

"Freezing Iran's Research and Development (R&D) for a long time like 10 or 12 years is not acceptable," Khamenei said in a speech broadcast live.

Dawn has been studying the dwarf planet Ceres, the largest object in the main asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter, in detail from its second mapping orbit, which is 4,400 km above Ceres.

Israel said on Wednesday that it was revoking permits for 500 Palestinians from the Gaza Strip to enter Jerusalem ahead of Friday prayers because of rocket fire from the Palestinian enclave.

Angry Pakistanis took to the streets protesting against the government for not taking sufficient measures to address heat wave.

A project in West Bengal's Nadia district for improving heath by providing sanitary toilets and promoting their use has won a first place UN award for innovative public services.

Ananya Azad's father Humayun Azad was killed for writing on women empowerment by fundamentalists who called him an atheist. Now Ananya is on the list of 84 bloggers and activists identified by the fundamentalists to be killed. "I am a secular writer, will...

Failure to act on climate change could cause an estimated 57,000 deaths in the United States from poor air quality by 2100, the Obama administration argued in a new report.

Youths from Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa and member countries of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation are set to meet for their first forum in Russia's Ufa city in July - on the sidelines of the BRICS summit - to identify areas where the...

It is the fourth suicide bombing this month in Maiduguri, which is the birthplace of the Boko Haram Islamic extremist group.

51-year old florist Debbie Dills, a florist from North Carolina, has been hailed as a hero for tailing Dylan Strom Roof's car and alerting the police of his whereabouts. Roof has been alleged of killing 9 African-Americans gathered for a bible study group...

Ex-Dictator Pervez Musharraf has been issued a non-bailable warrant in connection with the murder case of Lal Masjid cleric Abdul Rashid Ghazi in 2007. Army conducted the operation on his orders. He has been dodging legal cases citing health grounds.

The new release adds to more than 30,000 documents published by WikiLeaks in April. Both groups of documents can be searched on the WikiLeaks page.

In the first papal document dedicated to the environment, he calls for "decisive action, here and now," to stop environmental degradation and global warming, squarely backing scientists who say it is mostly man-made.

A unique 24-hour Indian classical music marathon, the Ragas Live Festival, with a multi-national and multi-ethnic cast of over 60 musicians is set to be broadcast and streamed live on the Internet for listeners around the world.