Amid fresh allegations that LTTE (Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam) leader Velupillai Prabhakaran and his 12-year-old son were brutally killed in a close range by the Sri Lankan forces, Indian Premier Manmohan Singh is struggling to contain the sentiments of opposition parties and lawmakers from regions dominated by Tamil population.
Amid mounting speculation of potential oil reserves in Sri Lanka's seawaters, Indian media reports have suggested that India might be looking for a greater involvement overstepping China and Russia, who are also believed to be interested in oil exploration deals with the island nation.
The West clashed with Russia at the United Nations Security Council over Syria Monday, as activists and the Damascus government traded blame for a massacre of civilians in the city of Homs.
The top U.S. diplomat urged all countries to speak with one voice ... that the killing of innocent Syrians must stop. U.N. chief Ban Ki-moon said the regime of Syria's Bashar al-Assad has subjected its citizens in several cities to military assault and disproportionate use of force.
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton accused Syrian President Bashar al-Assad on Monday of cynically launching new military assaults while meeting with U.N.-Arab League envoy Kofi Annan over the weekend.
Scientists in Australia have crossed a popular, commercial variety of wheat with an ancient species, producing a hardy, high-yielding plant that is tolerant of salty soil.
Israel claimed it launched the attack to retaliate for prior rocket launches onto its territory by militants in Gaza.
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has hinted that his country will not back away from its nuclear ambitions threatened by the possibility of a U.S.-backed Israeli military strike.
In the latest attempt to bring the bloodshed in Syria to a speedy conclusion, Kofi Annan, the United Nations-Arab League special envoy, met with Bashar al-Assad, the country's president, in the capital city of Damascus on Saturday -- with little or no success.
The Syrian crisis has pushed the Chinese to engage internationally significantly more than it has in the past. Some remain skeptical as to China's interest in Syria, but the recently released 6-point statement shows a China attempting to strike a middle-ground.
GTA Motor returned triumphantly to the Geneva Motor Show 2012, where it launched what it’s calling the “definitive version” of its high performance GTA Spano supercar, which could be a significant competitor with established top-tier supercars.
U.S. and UK intelligence officers had their fingerprints all over this forced “regime change” in Iran.
The World Trade Organization has broadly upheld a ruling that Boeing Co (BA.N) took billions of dollars of unfair subsidies, breathing new life into an epic trade spat that has already faulted European aid to Airbus, people familiar with the matter said.
As the solar storm continues to hit the Earth on Friday, reports indicate there have not been any major disturbances as was once predicted possible. However, the Aurora Borealis, or Northern Lights, a rare phenomenon in the night sky, have taken place across the globe.
Kofi Annan, the U.N.-Arab League envoy to Syria, said Thursday evening he would urge President Bashar al-Assad and his foes to stop fighting and seek a political solution, drawing angry rebukes from dissidents.
The 11th annual Tribeca Film Festival has announced its 2012 film sections for the popular Spotlight and Cinemania series. The festival, which was started by Robert DeNiro after the 9/11 terrorist attacks, takes place from April 18th to April 29th.
The country that is perhaps most intimately connected with offering a haven for brutal (and unemployed) dictators is the kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
Ahani also said that foreign powers need not fear Iran’s atomic ambitions.
China has blocked purchases of Airbus planes by Chinese companies in reaction to a controversial European carbon tax, the CEO of Airbus parent European Aeronautic Defense & Space Co. NV (Paris: EAD) said Thursday.
China has surpassed the United States as the country exhibiting the highest demand for luxury watches, says a survey.
President Moncef Marzouki made the same proposal last week, but it is unclear if Assad responded to him or not.
The press agency of Lebanon's Hezbollah movement charged Wednesday that the CIA, Israel's Mossad and private security firms have been exposed supporting Syrian rebels in Homs.
