Avaneesh Pandey

North Korea, which has been under the rule of the Kim dynasty for over six decades, has one of the worst human rights records in the world.

HRW officials wanted to release a report on the alleged mass killing of over 800 people last year by forces loyal to Abdel Fattah el-Sisi.

The orbiter, which will test technology to be used in Chang'e-5, will travel to the moon and back.

Al-Maliki, whose party won the most seats in April's elections, is seeking a third term as prime minister of the strife-torn country.

The region is believed to hold nearly 13 percent of the world’s undiscovered oil deposits and 30 percent of its hidden natural gas reserves.

India had earlier charged Pakistan with violating the cease-fire in Kashmir more than 50 times since the beginning of the year.

Brian Jorgenson, in his capacity as a Microsoft corporate-finance manager, provided confidential information to a day trader.

TrueNorth integrates 5.4 billion transistors, which is the most IBM has ever put in a chip, and consumes just 70 milliwatts of power.

However, the organization cautioned against a sweeping ban on international travel and trade.

A three-day cease-fire ended earlier on Friday after Israel and Hamas failed to agree on terms for an extended truce.

Khazanah, which owns 69.4 percent of the airline, said the company would be de-listed after it buys out the remaining stake at 8 cents a share.

TEPCO, the Fukushima power plant operator, is currently pumping untainted groundwater into the ocean to prevent it from mixing with toxic water.

The highest levels of mercury were found in the Arctic and North Atlantic oceans.

The overburdened United Nations mission in South Sudan is now the organization's biggest aid operation in any single country.

Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, the Liberian president, declared a state of emergency for at least 90 days, to ensure “the very survival of our state."

An exhaustive study that collated existing data on aspirin use and cancer said that the drug could drastically reduce cancer deaths.

LIC, a state-run Indian insurance company, will invest nearly $50 billion in this financial year, including $9.8 billion in Indian stocks.

Standard Chartered Bank, which is negotiating with New York state's financial regulator, is facing fines of over $100 million.

A number of foreign companies have recently tangled with law-enforcement agencies in China over accusations of anti-competitive behavior.

After cracking its whip on books, websites and news networks critical of its rule, the Thai junta has now targeted a simulation video game.

LinkedIn was directed to pay $3.3 million in overtime wages and nearly $2.5 million in damages to 359 current and former employees.

Murdoch’s earlier bid, which amounted to about $80 billion in total, was rejected by Time Warner last month.

Israeli troops would be “redeployed in defensive positions outside the Gaza Strip," according to an IDF spokesperson.

The research found that children who played video games for an hour or less were socially adjusted and were more satisfied with their lives.

At least 30 people, including women and children, were injured in Israeli shelling on a residential building in the al-Shati refugee camp.

The delegates from Africa claim returning to their home countries would be a “life threatening proposition.”

The U.S. is set to announce nearly $1 billion in business deals and $60 million a year for peacekeeping training during the US-Africa summit.

The ancient baleen whale fossil, originally discovered in 1978, was stuck in an incline on a hillside in Rancho Palos Verdes.

Messages calling Communist Party officials "bandits" and images of alleged human-rights abuses were shown for more than four hours.