Avaneesh Pandey

India's coast guard said that the boat with four people on board sank after an explosion triggered by a fire below deck.

Muslim leaders have condemned police in the western Indian state of Gujarat, and accused them of "profiling the Muslim community."

Piketty said that it wasn't the government's job to decide who is "honorable."

While official government figures put the death toll at over 15,000, a monitoring group said that the real figures were much higher.

Eight bodies have been recovered so far from the choppy seas off the coast of Borneo as rescuers race against "time and weather."

The three journalists, including two foreign nationals, have now spent over a year in prison after being arrested in December 2013.

A guidebook from the Islamic State group encourages mothers to cultivate the "jihadi spirit" in their children.

Over 50 divers are preparing to descend to the floor of the Java Sea to explore the suspected wreckage of the AirAsia plane.

The animal, believed to be a female gray wolf, was shot dead by a hunter in Utah who allegedly mistook it for a coyote.

The vehicle has been on the surface of Mars since January 2004, and is finally showing signs of wear and tear.

The Obama-led administration has so far released nearly 30 prisoners from the facility in 2014, reducing the number of detainees to 127.

On the fourth day of a multinational search operation, Indonesian officials said that they had found the missing Airbus A320 in the Java Sea.

A nearly three-day-long search operation in the Java Sea has led to the recovery on Tuesday of debris and bodies from AirAsia Flight QZ8501.

The AirAsia plane's disappearance triggered comparisons with Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370, which has yet to be found.

The Students Islamic Movement of India (SIMI) has close ties to Indian Mujahideen, a militant group linked to Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Taiba.

Ahmad Mohamad al-Ghaz’zaoui, a resident of Sydney, is believed to be the fourth Australian ISIS militant killed in the region since October.

Allianz is believed to be also facing insurance liabilities of nearly $200 million for the loss of Malaysia Airlines Flights MH370 and MH17.

In recent weeks, the region has witnessed severe thunderstorms and dense cumulonimbus clouds rising to a height of nearly 45,000 feet.

The English-language account of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has frequently tweeted against the U.S., Israel and the Islamic State group.

Local police are investigating the blast, which comes just days after the arrest of ISIS sympathizer Mehdi Masroor Biswas in the city.

The attack on the police comes just a day after Egyptian security forces shot dead two militants of Sinai-based Ansar Bayt al-Maqdis.

Pakistan has executed six people since a moratorium on capital punishment was lifted after a Taliban attack on a Peshawar school this month.

The latest offensive comes barely a day after the army claimed it killed a Taliban commander who facilitated the Peshawar school attack.

An Irish court has ruled that doctors can turn off the life support machine in the case of a brain-dead woman who is 18 weeks pregnant.

In addition to giving infertile couples a chance to have kids, the breakthrough could also provide insight on age-related diseases.

Mohammad Shawraba was reportedly detained on charges of spying for Israel and sabotaging Hezbollah's overseas "security operations."

The Pakistani army has intensified its operations in North Waziristan after a Taliban attack on a school last week killed over 130 children.

Prime Minister Najib Razak faced severe criticism from his countrymen after photos of him playing golf in Hawaii surfaced online.

In his Christmas address to troops, President Obama also conceded that many "difficult missions" around the world still remain.