'A powerful explosion was heard this morning on the outskirts of Dailam in the Bushehr province. Witnesses said that the missile was fired from an unknown plane 20 kilometers (12 miles) from the city,' said an Iranian TV report.
West Indies have withdrawn their under-19 cricket team from a tour of Bangladesh after a bomb went off near the hotel they were staying at in Chittagong.
A leading British daily will revert back to using Bombay instead of Mumbai when referring to the city, to take stand against a "nastier strain of Hindu nationalism".
Pele's son Edinho was found not guilty of manslaughter on Friday in a retrial over his alleged involvement in a car crash in Santos 13 years ago.
This week's bomb blasts in London show that nowhere is safe, Javed Miandad said.
The State Bank of India has registered a significant victory as a court of appeal in the Belgian port city of Antwerp has dismissed a money laundering case against it.
Edson Cholbi Nascimento was transferred to a high-security prison for his own safety to await trial on drug charges.
'For 10 years, the Russians did not capture even one leader of the Afghan mujahedeen with the full forces everywhere. So I think it is a little bit difficult,' says Osama's brother-in-law and former best friend.
35 others have been injured in the landslides and flashfloods triggered by torrential rains.
Soccer legend Pele said he regretted he had failed to see Edinho was using narcotics.
Police had to use force to control cricket fans as thousands of people turned up to buy tickets on Sunday for the first one-day international between Pakistan and India.
The government is buying out the shares of India Ports Global, which are now held in a 60-40 ratio by the JNPT and Deendayal Port Trust in Kandla.
Iran's decision to keep India out and welcome China to the scene is a huge strategic setback for India, observes Dr Rajaram Panda.
The attack targeted the popular Maxim restaurant on the Haifa's beach promenade on the southern edge of the city.
Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu on Tuesday inaugurated Infosys TechnologiesÂ’ Hyderabad Development Centre at an impressive function at Manikonda village near Hyderabad.
The two-day G20 Summit saw the Indian side making "significant contributions" on resolve to counter terrorism and boost global trade and investment.
Thousands of people took to the streets in cities across Bangladesh as the perennial under-achievers beat England by 108 runs on Sunday to post one of their most momentous cricketing victories. It was Bangladesh's first win in the game's long form against a full-strength major Test-playing country. It was also only the eighth Test victory in 95 matches since the country secured Test status in 2000.
'Gotabaya will expect India to observe the red line.' 'He even dispensed with any gesture welcoming India as an interlocutor on the Tamil issue.' points out Ambassador M K Bhadrakumar.
The International Crisis Group said that security forces were allowing 'anti-India outfits... to operate madrasas and charity fronts'.
Government had declared the mission of creating 100 Smart Cities.
They were arrested for trying to sneak into Britain in a lorry near Hull earlier this month.
A motorcycle bomb targeted a senior judge in this southern Pakistani port city on Wednesday, killing seven people, including four security personnel.
Pakistan's Asim Kamal bacame only the third player to be dismissed for 99 on debut.
Holding the 2024 Olympics in Hamburg would cost taxpayers a projected 7.4 billion euros ($8.4 billion) with a total overall budget for the world's biggest multi-sports event estimated at 11.2 billion, the candidate city's mayor said on Thursday.
China will import over $1,000 billion worth of goods in the next three years, generating huge business opportunities for the rest of the world, Commerce Minister Lu Fuyuan said on Tuesday.
Unfazed by sanctions imposed by the government, Mumbai 2008 attacks mastermind Hafeez Saeed-led militant outfit Jamaat-ud-Dawah has launched an ambulance service in Karachi in southern port city of Pakistan.
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