Palash Ghosh

At one point, Mintoff said Malta was part of the ?Arab world? ? a stark symbolic separation from its long British identity.

Russia and China have repeatedly rejected moves by the United Nations Security Council to pressure Bashar al-Assad.

Last month, Iran claimed it successfully test-fired medium-range missiles which are capable of hitting Israel.

Assad is a member of the Shia Alawite minority of Syria which rules over a predominantly Sunni populace.

?Nothing short of the prime minister?s resignation will satisfy us,? said senior BJP official Yashwant Sinha.

Ankara believes that the Damascus regime may be supplying arms to PKK.

Only one percent of the U.S. population serves in the military today.

Most collectors claim they are simply military historians, and not neo-Nazis.

Pakistani authorities feared that militants would use mobile service to coordinate attacks or detonate a remote-controlled bomb.

The move to ease media censorship raises hopes that Thein Sein?s government will continue to make further reforms in order to put Burma on a firm path towards democracy.

Neighbors of the man told Czech media that they believe he is mentally ill, but does not appear to be an extremist.

France, Germany, Spain, China and Japan, among other nations, have moved by leaps and bounds ahead of the U.S. in cutting-edge rail transportation (and in rail line profitability), while Amtrak struggles to survive on budgetary scraps from Congress. Many rail experts believe that only investments from the private sector and sovereign wealth funds can save Amtrak.

Irate Chinese workers shouted "kill the foreign spies"

They see the economic crisis as a “wake up call” for Britain to rediscover its tradition of hard work.

During state-sponsored protests across Tehran, Iranians shouted "Death to America, death to Israel!"

He has always been disappointingly awkward, uncharismatic and uninteresting.

The nation’s prison population soared to an all-time high of 67,161 this year, up from 50,000 the years ago.

The Kamra base is believed to store some of Pakistan’s estimated 100 nuclear warheads.

Continued violence across Syria has made it almost impossible for the mission to remain.

The gunmen checked the passengers’ travel documents, separated the Shias from the others, marched them outside and executed them at point-blank range.

R.K. Singh, India’s Home Secretary, tried to calm the situation by blaming the unrest on "rumor- mongering" and rejected the notion that migrants were at risk in Bangalore, India’s affluent technological hub.

Two of ancient India’s most important and grandest Sanskrit epics, The Mahabharata and The Ramayana, vividly describe giant, magnificent space vessels which took fantastic voyages to distant stars and planets.

The urbanization of China has been an extraordinary, perhaps unprecedented, phenomenon.

Opponents of the new law fear it will simply encourage kids to embrace gun violence and the murder of helpless animals.

Tony Conigliaro is my all-time favorite baseball player – not only for what he accomplished on the diamond, but for what he didn't.

"I hope this movement can grow because it offers a good alternative and solution for providing stability in Afghanistan."

Walcott’s accomplishments presents some good news for a country desperately in need of some.

Many of the dead were shopping in a bazaar in preparation for the end of the holy month of Ramadan.

The unrest was fueled by high unemployment and a worsening economy