There are 78 other babies who have contracted HIV inside hospitals in Kyrgyzstan. Three of them have died, and new cases continue to emerge.

Militants in Pakistan executed a woman after accusing her of being a spy for the U.S. and a prostitute, and said others would face the same fate.

India posted their biggest one-day win over arch-rivals Pakistan on Tuesday with a 140-run victory in their triangular series match.

CPI(M) on Tuesday ruled out the West Bengal government entertaining the separate statehood demand for ‘Gorkhkaland’ revived by the Gorkha Janamukti Morcha in Darjeeling.

The publisher of popular children books about a curious monkey is considering legal action against a Georgia bar owner for selling T-shirts that link Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama to the character

US President George W. Bush on Saturday blamed the ‘wealthy’ lifestyle of India’s huge middle class for the spiralling global food prices. “There are 350 million people in India who are classified as middle class. That’s bigger than America....

# China has secretly built a major underground nuclear submarine base that could threaten Asian countries and challenge American power in the region. # This is a challenge to any hegemonic power, particularly the US which still remains dominant in the...

# Natural variations in climate could halt temperature rise, scientists have said. # Global average temperature rise which has been predicted for the next decade by the UN’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) may not happen # The...

# Former Iraqi Deputy Prime Minister Tariq Aziz is due to go on trial over the deaths of a group of Baghdad merchants in 1992 and could be sentenced to death if found guilty. # Among his co-defendants are Saddam’s half brother Watban Ibrahim...

Indian spinner Harbhajan Singh was Monday banned for the rest of the Indian Premier League matches this season for slapping bowler S Sreesanth, officials said. Harbhajan, 27, who pleaded guilty and apologized for the offence, was also fined his match...