Palash Ghosh

Citing complaints from some commuters, Jamaica has banned preaching on public transport.

A pregnant Indian woman died in an Irish hospital after her request for an abortion was denied.

French film star Gerard Depardieu has reportedly moved to Belgium to avoid France's 75 percent income tax.

The vulture population in India has dropped by almost 99 percent over the past two decades.

An unnamed Haqqani commander said his faction is willing to talk peace with the U.S., but only under the supervision of the Taliban.

An Indian couple defrauded thousands of investors out of millions through a phony investment scheme.

Aung San Suu Kyi begins a weeklong trip to India, where she studied in the 1960s.

Palestinian Authority will ask the United Nations to admit Palestine as a “non-member observer state."

In an effort to reduce pollution, Paris Mayor Delanoe wants to ban older cars, buses and motorcycles from the city.

Pope Benedict warns that the elderly must be better taken care of -- by 2030, nearly 25 percent of the population in some European nations will be above the age of 65,

Central African Republic is one of the poorest nations on earth, beset by violence, corruption and instabilty.

Osaka schools will require students to attend classes on Saturday in response to falling educational standards and rising delinquency.

Global warming may decimate China's bamboo habitat which the endangered giant panda depends upon for sustenance.

Coverage of Superstorm Sandy revealed the importance of TV news broadcasts during periods of crisis, but it also showed what's wrong with the medium.

Kenya seeks to reform marriage laws by, among other things, legalizing polygamy and eliminate bride-price payments.

Barack Obama will become the first U.S. president to visit Myanmar to urge further democratic reforms.

A Conservative peer who served under Margaret Thatcher denied accusations he had sexually abused a boy in Wales.

Citing India's emergence as an economic power, the U.K. will cease direct financial aid to the country by 2015.

Iranian fighter jets fired upon an unarmed U.S. drone near Kuwait last week.

Interpol has named Mireille Ballestrazzi, a former French police commissioner as its first female chief.

A report to US Congress warned China is only two years away from deploying nuclear subs.

UK PM David Cameron warned that the probe of high-profile child sex abusers could ensnare innocent homosexuals.

Once numbering in the millions, there are now fewer than 80,000 koalas left in Australia, ravaged by urban expansion and other factors.

Justin Welby, a former oil industry executive, will become the Archbishop of Canterbury, replacing Rowan Williams.

Russian government officials reportedly would like to see John Kerry replace Hilary Clinton as the next US Secretary of State.

A woman in Kenya named her newborn twins Barack Obama and Mitt Romney.

South Korea hopes to spur tourism and economic growth by building a $264-billio mega-city near Seoul.

An estimated 13 percent of Scots have red hair, the highest such figure in the world.

High taxes, poor weather and a weak economy have prompted a mass exodus of Britain's middle-class professionals.