Russian President Vladimir Putin has been chosen as the world’s most powerful person for the third time in a row by Forbes magazine. Putin bested US President Barack Obama, who came in third... Read more
Russia has deployed missile defense systems to Syria to protect its military forces and equipment stationed in the Arab country, the head of the Russian air force says. Referring to the pote... Read more
Hyderabad: Stating that India would reject any extremist ideology, a senior RSS functionary on Wednesday said it was not fair to compare Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh with terror outfit Islami... Read more
Iranians are holding massive rallies across the country to mark the 36th anniversary of the 1979 takeover of the US embassy in the capital, Tehran. Each year, demonstrators gather outside th... Read more
KUWAIT CITY: A lower court in Kuwait on Monday sentenced five men to 10 years in jail each for raising funds for the self-styled Islamic State (IS) jihadist group. Three of those convicted w... Read more
New Delhi: Noted historian Irfan Habib has triggered a massive controversy by equating the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) with the dreaded terror outfit the Islamic State. Speaking at “Pr... Read more
A senior Iranian official has dismissed as baseless the recent comments by the Saudi foreign minister against the Islamic Republic, warning that there is a limit to Tehran’s patience.... Read more
Iran’s Foreign Ministry has summoned Saudi Arabia’s chargé d’affaires in Tehran for the fourth time to protest against Riyadh authorities’ mishandling of the recent deadly crush... Read more
President Barack Obama and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin have discussed the crisis in Syria, but failed to reach an agreement on Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s fate. The two lea... Read more
An Afghan official says Taliban militants have seized half of the northern city of Kunduz following fierce battles with security forces. Sayed Sarwar Hussaini, a spokesman for the Kunduz pro... Read more
