Avaneesh Pandey

Jeh Johnson will back Obama’s request for $3.7 billion to deal with an influx of thousands of child immigrants from south of the border.

The UN Secretary-General called for an emergency Security Council meeting Thursday to discuss the worsening crisis in Gaza.

Chinese hackers broke into the computer networks of the U.S. Office of Personnel Management and accessed the agency's database.

Chinese authorities put an activist couple under house arrest after they received a dinner invitation from the U.S. embassy.

Following the country's devastating loss to Germany at the World Cup, signs of political unrest are already visible on the streets of Brazil.

Shia Houthi rebels captured the northern city of Amran on Tuesday, following bloody clashes with government forces.

India is planning to spend $10.95 billion in 2014-15 alone to overhaul the country's decrepit rail network, the railway minister said Tuesday.

A UN report, published to assess the progress of countries toward achieving the MDG 2015 goals, betrays a lopsided trend.

Carrefour, the world’s second-largest retailer by sales, announced it will exit the Indian market as a part of its new revival plan.

In what might be the first case of Ebola in the country, Ghana has quarantined a suspected case in the capital city of Accra.

Not only does Australia have the highest number of illicit drug users, it also has the highest number of Ecstasy users, says a U.N. report.

More than 60 women and girls kidnapped by the Nigerian Islamist group Boko Haram in June reportedly escaped Friday night.

“Sri Lanka has a long history of political violence on a scale unimaginable to Australians,” says head of Australian refugee council.

NASA signed a $2.8 billion deal with Boeing to build a rocket that would eventually be used to send astronauts to Mars -- and beyond.

A new measure requiring websites to store user data on Russian servers has again raised fears of Internet censorship in the country.

EBA warns risks of banks getting involved in virtual currencies outweigh benefits.

In a move that could bring a semblance of peace to the region, a ceasefire between Hamas and Israel is expected to be announced soon.

The embattled Iraqi government now faces a new challenge as demand for a referendum on Kurdish independence grows.

The two research papers published in January have been discredited and cast doubts on the prestigious journal's editorial process.

WWF Nepal, working closely with technology companies, plans to use Google Glass and drones to deter poachers.

Following the largely negative feedback to its “emotional contagion” experiment, Facebook's data science team now has a lot to answer for.

Riot police stepped in to contain communal clashes in Mandalay after angry mobs ransacked Muslim-owned establishments.

If found guilty of manipulating the news feeds of hundreds of thousands of users, the company may have to cough up a hefty fine.