India Tuesday sought structured global cooperation to defeat the “serious challenge” of piracy and terrorism that has reached “transnational proportions”.Addressing the first Association of Southeast Asian Nations plus eight (Asean+8) defence ministers meeting in this Vietnam capital, Indian Defence Minister A.K. Antony said his…

The first rescue worker was lowered into the Chilean mine late Tuesday, the official beginning of the rescue of 33 trapped miners.“Imagine you’re at the beach,” said one of the rescue workers who helped enclose him in the 54-cm wide Phoenix capsule for the…

At a time when countries like Britain and Australia are seeing an unprecedented rise in student visa applications from India, Canada is not concerned about this as it has seen a 100 percent rise in applications, a diplomat here said Sunday.“During the last few…

At least 30 people were killed and dozens injured in a series of bomb attacks across Baghdad Sunday, according to Iraqi media and military sources.The al-Yaqen news website reported that 18 people were killed in a car bombing in the al-Mansour neighbourhood, in the…

With the shooting near the historic Jama Masjid Sunday morning renewing security concerns about the Oct 3-14 Commonwealth Games, the US Sunday issued an advisory to its citizens in India asking them to “maintain a heightened situational awareness”.“US citizens are urged to always practice…

He may have the weight of the world on his shoulders, but Barack Obama still has time to jot down a few musings for younger citizens.The US president will Nov 16 release an illustrated children’s book called “Of Thee I Sing: A Letter to…

Nearly nine months after a devastating earthquake, an estimated 1.3 million Haitians are still living in temporary shelters while the country struggles with reconstruction and rebuilding a government, the United Nations said Thursday in an updated report.The 1.3 million people displaced by the magnitude-7…

The International Monetary Fund Thursday pledged $450 million in emergency loans to Pakistan to help the country cope with a massive flood disaster.The IMF is also in talks with Pakistan about handing over the next instalment in a loan programme that has been running…

Defence Minister A.K. Antony Thursday embarked on a two-day visit to South Korea to boost military ties with the East Asian nation amid a hushed row with China over visa denial to an Indian army officer and the presence of its forces in Pakistan-administered Kashmir.…

The number of Indians granted student visas in Australia during the last financial year has fallen to 29,721, less than half of the number in 2008-09.Overall, the number of international student visas dropped more than 16 percent. The results follow a year of turmoil…