Palash Ghosh

Iranian warships have entered the Mediterranean Sea through the Suez Canal. It is only the second time since 1979, when a revolution established an Islamic Republic in Iran, that this has happened.

Hague claimed that London has urged the Israelis not to launch such a strike.

China’s Vice President Xi Jinping, on the last day of a much-ballyhooed five-day trip through the United States, said the Chinese economy will avoid a “hard landing” this year and maintain stable growth.

Part of Lin’s massive appeal is that he’s not really that “foreign,” or ”foreign” at all.

Some European leaders have expressed optimism that the next round of rescue financing for debt-scarred Greece will be approved by Eurozone finance ministers at a crucial meeting in Brussels on Monday.

A member of the Pakistan Taliban, Fazal Saeed, took responsibility for the bombing.

The market capitalization of U.S. equity markets has increased by $3 trillion since last October.

Both Iran and Hezbollah have denied complicity in all three attacks.

Palin proudly showed off the blue ‘Linsanity’ Knicks T-shirt

Baseball Hall of Fame catcher Gary Carter has died of brain cancer at the age of 57.

Carter, “The Kid” was totally unlike his teammates and the majority of other ballplayers.

Regardless of what you think of their present government, the Iranian people deserve respect and admiration.

Lin, the son of Taiwanese immigrants and graduate of Harvard University, has become the talk of the sports world.

Greece’s finance minister Evangelos Venizelos has suggested some countries in the bloc want Greece to leave the eurozone.

The upside potential for Facebook (and social media networks) in India is enormous.

In 1972, the Chinese economy was a shadow of the modern powerhouse it would blossom into.

Senior Greek officials were asked to pledge in writing that they would abide by the terms spelled out in the austerity program.

After eleven months of revolt, the Syrian army and security forces have killed at least 7,000 civilians in a brutal and horrific campaign that has placed the country in the virtual civil war.

The Sri Lankan military has long maintained that it killed no Tamil civilians during the civil war that pitted the Tamil Tiger rebels against the majority Sinhalese government.

Carney told reporters that the president discussed Lin’s dramatic game-winning shot against the Raptors aboard the Marine One aircraft.

Cynicism towards Greece abounds across Europe.

Oil prices are up about 0.85 percent in New York trading.

Iran President President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has already asserted that Iran will never halt its uranium enrichment program.

Indian parents pressure their children to succeed in academics and to shun 'frivolous' pursuits like sports, arts and music

Xi is slated to become the leader of China by 2013 (which would arguably make him the most powerful man in the world)

Sean’s father Oliver is Jewish, while his mother is Christian.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu accused Iran and Hezbollah (the Lebanese-based militant group that is funded and supported by the Iranians) of orchestrating both bombings.

India may be the only major nation in the planet that has absolutely no history of state-sponsored anti-Semitism.

Kim Jong-un has reportedly vowed to take vengeance on defectors by killing three generations of their families.