Avaneesh Pandey

In his first visit to Sri Lanka, Francis urged the country's people to overcome the "bitter legacy" of a three-decade-long civil war.

The announcement was made after Prime Minister David Cameron held a meeting with the country's security and intelligence chiefs.

Turkey’s foreign minister said that Hayat Boumeddiene had crossed into Syria from Turkey on Jan. 8, a day after the attack on Charlie Hebdo.

The new proposals, which will reportedly be announced Monday, will address concerns over cybersecurity and safety of online data.

If confirmed, this would make it the single worst case of civilian casualties since the airstrikes in Syria began in September.

Russian Finance Minister Anton Siluanov says his country has legitimate grounds to demand immediate repayment of the debt.

Hezbollah's leader says hard-line Sunni groups caused more damage than people who drew cartoons mocking Islam's Prophet Muhammad.

Scientists had been observing the pulsar, part of a binary star system about 25,000 light-years from Earth, for five years.

Abu Hamza, whose real name is Mustafa Kamel Mustafa, was extradited to the U.S. from the UK in 2012 after spending eight years in prison.

Raif Badawi, founder of the website "Free Saudi Liberals," will be flogged every Friday for 20 weeks until the completion of his sentence.

At the current pace of fossil fuel use, the rise in global temperatures cannot be restricted to 3.6 degrees Fahrenheit, a new study says.

The Indian government has set a target of generating 15 percent of its domestic power from renewable energy sources by 2020.

The decision to send the US attorney general comes even as countries across Europe have beefed up security to prevent further attacks.

Jabhat al-Nusra militants on Wednesday demolished the tomb of Imam Nawawi, a thirteenth-century Islamic scholar.

The new antibiotic, which is yet to be tested in humans, could be a major breakthrough in the fight against drug-resistant pathogens.

Mahinda Rajapaksa, the incumbent president, is expected to face a tough challenge from Maithripala Sirisena, a former minister in his government.

It is not clear which militant group the attackers belonged to or whether the attack on Charlie Hebdo was a “lone-wolf” one.

The region has witnessed over 20 minor earthquakes since September last year.

Middle-aged, white men are most likely to fall prey to binge drinking, a CDC report has found.

The latest report, the third one about the use of chemical weapons in Syria, was also discussed by the U.N. Security Council.

The admission is a departure from the Pentagon's previous stance where it denied having knowledge of any civilian deaths in Iraq and Syria.

The move by the Indonesian government comes a day after several aviation officials were suspended over safety violations.

Using data obtained from NASA's Kepler space observatory, scientists found that the rate at which a star spins slows down with age.

The two nuclear-armed neighbors have consistently accused the other of initiating violence along the heavily militarized Line of Control.

Poor visibility and stormy seas in the Java Sea have slowed down the search for the remains of the AirAsia plane.

Syria's National Coalition, which is the main body representing opposition groups outside the country, exercises little power within Syria.

The 4,500-year-old tomb belongs to a previously unknown queen believed to be the wife of an Egyptian pharaoh of the Fifth Dynasty.

The Sheikh Hasina-led Awami League swept to power in January last year in elections that were boycotted by opposition parties.

A suspected Pakistani vessel sank off India's west coast late on Wednesday after being intercepted by the Indian coast guard.