Why John le Carre will never die

He will be remembered not only as a writer, but as one of the great chroniclers and interrogators of the history of our times, says Ambassador M K Bhadrakumar, as he mourns the passing of a legend......

NSA spying: Snowden offers help to Germany

United States intelligence whistleblower Edward Snowden has offered help to Germany to probe the National Security Agency's alleged spying on Chancellor Angela Merkel and other covert surveillance......

Nasdaq at record as Wall Street runs on strong data; Greece eyed

The Nasdaq Composite on Thursday erased its last standing milestone from the dot-com era as it set a record intraday high, with stocks on Wall Street in rally mode boosted by strong economic data.......

Blatter agrees he might have created a soccer monster

IMAGE: Former FIFA president Sepp Blatter might have failed to protect soccer from interference. Photograph: Arnd Wiegmann/Reuters Sepp Blatter, the former president of FIFA, said he had been......

Former Germany international Hitzlsperger admits he is gay

Former Germany midfielder Thomas Hitzlsperger has become one of the few high profile sportsmen, and the first well-known footballer from his country, to publicly reveal that he is gay. German......

Schumacher still suffers self-doubt

Despite winning seven world titles, Michael Schumacher says he still suffers from self-doubt whenever he sits in a Formula One car."Despite my successes I have not lost the doubts about myself.......