The Congress Party in Uttar Pradesh is as good as buried, the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) is fighting a losing battle against demons within and the Samajwadi Party (SP) is staring at the biggest crisis in its existence till date.

A five-member delegation led by senior Bharatiya Janata Party leader Yashwant Sinha yesterday met hardline Kashmir separatist leader Syed Ali Shah Geelani at his residence here in a fresh bid at breaking a logjam after more than three months of deadly unrest in the state.

An Italian naval commander and several other officers are under investigation for manslaughter over a migrant boat shipwreck in 2013.

Multinational companies would have to calculate their tax liabilities according to one set of rules across the European Union under proposals on Tuesday aimed at stopping them shifting profits to avoid taxes.

Workers escorted by scores of French police officers moved into the ‘Jungle’ in Calais on Tuesday, demolishing shacks and tents emptied of migrants being bussed to shelters around France.

President Rodrigo Duterte on Tuesday urged foreign businesses in the Philippines worried about his deadly drug war to ‘pack up and leave’, as he launched another anti-American tirade ...

French President Francois Hollande on Tuesday urged the US-led coalition backing the offensive against Islamic State jihadists in Mosul to prepare for the aftermath of the city's fall, including returning fighters.

Nepal's parliament on Tuesday began considering the fate of the head of the country's powerful anti-graft commission, who faces impeachment for alleged abuse of power.

Bangladesh cricket have pulled a raunchy advert starring new Test star Sabbir Rahman and a model following social media outrage, an industry official said Tuesday.

An elderly Australian man was jailed for 15 years Tuesday for sexually abusing Indonesian girls on the resort island of Bali after luring them to his house with promises of gifts.

The toll from a powerful explosion in China rose to 14 dead and 147 injured Tuesday, state media said, as authorities censored discussion of the incident online.

Attackers blew up part of a hotel in northeastern Kenya, killing at least 12 people on Tuesday, in a raid claimed by al Shabaab militants from neighbouring Somalia.