International News Updates

President Barack Obama today said that 2014 could be a "breakthrough" year for the US economy as he asked the Congress to complete the immigration reform process to boost economic growth.

Egypt's powerful army chief Field Marshal Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, who ousted Islamist President Mohammed Morsi, looked set to run for presidency after the army today backed his bid for the top post.

Thailand's beleaguered government on Monday issued an ultimatum to opposition activists to halt their siege of ministries within 72 hours or face arrest, but defiant protesters said they would keep up their campaign to oust premier Yingluck Shinawatra

The embattled Thai government on Wednesday launched a crackdown against the opposition seeking to dissolve the Democrat Party as 19 top protest leaders faced arrest for violating an emergency decree during disputed snap polls, further deepening the long-running political crisis

Thailand voted on Sunday under heavy security in violence-plagued snap elections amid boycott calls from the opposition, which forced cancellation of polls in 45 constituencies across the politically polarised country

Nearly 50 people have been killed in deadly violence during rival rallies in Egypt as the Arab nation marked the anniversary of the 2011 revolution that led to the ouster of long-time dictator Hosni Mubarak

New Zealand today named an unchanged squad that beat West Indies 2-0 in December for the two-match Test series against India starting February 6.

The United States and India are eager to move forward with high-level dialogues and exchanges soon, Secretary of State John Kerry said today, as he extended Republic Day greeting to India.

Three blasts, including a suicide bombing at the police headquarters, rocked the Egyptian capital on Friday, killing five persons and injuring nearly 100 on the eve of the anniversary of the 2011 uprising

Islamabad: The prosecutor in the high treason case against Pervez Musharraf today said Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif had not interfered in the probe against the former Pakistani military ruler. A three-judge special court formed by the government to try 70-year-old Musharraf on charges of high treason for imposing emergency in 2007 heard arguments by prosecutor […]

A Pakistani anti-terrorism court hearing the case of seven men, including LeT commander Zakiur Rehman Lakhvi, charged with involvement in the Mumbai attacks has adjourned the hearing till January 29

At least 15 people, including 13 Pakistani policemen and a child, were on Wednesday killed and a Spaniard cyclist injured in three separate attacks in the country's restive areas

London: Nineteen people were arrested today in a series of raids targeting a suspected immigration scam where people are allegedly brought to the UK from India as Sikh religious preachers and then disappear. Sixteen addresses across the UK were raided as part of an ongoing investigation into Manchester-based Khalsa Missionary Society, a Sikh religious and […]

Ousted Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi and 25 others, including liberal activists and journalists, will be tried for "insulting the judiciary", the fourth case slapped on the Islamist leader.

Britain's Queen Elizabeth II seems set to gradually hand over charge to her son and heir to the throne Prince Charles as it emerged that the two will embark on an effective "job share" from this year.