Aus PM Gillard snatches wafer-thin majority

Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard is set to head the country's first minority government in nearly 70 years after two kingmaker independent MPs on Tuesday extended support to her Labor party,......

Aus: Parties woo independents to form govt

Australia's two main parties scrambled to woo three independent lawmakers, who have emerged as 'king-makers,' to cobble up the country's first minority government since World War II. With a......

Special: Cherie Blair unplugged!

"No, I don't want to be like Hillary Clinton," said Cherie Blair, wife of British Prime Minister Tony Blair while talking to women journalists in New Delhi on Wednesday over a south Indian lunch.......

The lifestyle of India's richest people

Even by the standards of Lonavala, a mountainous outpost 70 miles from Mumbai where India's nouveaux riches like to spend the weekend, Rakesh Jhunjhunwala's country home is extravagant. The......

Cricket's DLS method inventor Lewis passes away

IMAGE: Dr Tony Lewis, right, with Dr Frank Duckworth after they made received the Member of the British Empire (MBE) by the Princess Royal during the investiture ceremony at Windsor Castle on......

Euro qualifiers: Germany edge N Ireland; Croatia held

IMAGE: Germany's Marcel Halstenberg celebrates scoring their first goal against Northern Ireland at Windsor Park, Belfast in their Euro 2020 Qualifier Group C match on Monday. Photograph: John......