The Taliban shot dead an alleged murderer before a large gathering in the restive North Waziristan tribal region, the second such public execution this month by militants in northwest Pakistan.

More than 35 Pakistani soldiers are missing after a fierce attack by the Afghan Taliban on a border checkpost in the tribal belt and militants have claimed they are holding 10 soldiers hostage.

The father and brother of a 16-year-old girl pleaded guilty in a Toronto courthouse to her 2007 murder for disobeying him, including refusing to wear a hijab, a court official said.

Acting swiftly on fresh UN sanctions against Iran, the US has clamped down on two top commanders of its Revolutionary Guard, dozens of Iranian firms and a leading bank for having links with the countr

The Republican Party is bitterly divided over supporting Indian-American Nikki Haley who is facing a run-off on June 22 to bag the party’s nomination for the November’s South Carolina’s gubernatorial

Talk show host Oprah Winfrey, known for regularly gifting valuable goodies to her employees and audience, has gifted every staff member at her O magazine an Apple iPad and $10,000 to commemorate the 1

For the first time, scientists claim to have identified the symptoms ass-ociated with what has been termed late-onset hypogonadism or “male men-opause” caused by a reduction in testosterone production

Iceland’s Supreme Court on Wednesday ruled that the remains of chess legend Bobby Fischer can be exhumed for a paternity test to settle a dispute over his estate, public broadcaster RUV reported.

Hollywood star Harrison Ford has finally tied the knot with long-time partner Calista Flockhart in Santa Fe, New Mexico.

Food inflation dropped marginally to 16.12 per cent for the week ended June 5 raising hopes that prices might go down further as indicated by the finance minister, Mr Pranab Mukherjee.