The Grammy award-winner is back with a new album, Taking Chances.
It may be one of the world's oldest religions, but Zoroastrianism is treated with suspicion by Iran's Islamic state, says a report in The Guardian.
A Bishop on Saturday became the first Church of England priest to openly declare that he is gay and in a long-term relationship with a man.
Authorities at the Aberdare Girls' School in South Wales have barred 14-year-old Sarika Singh from attending her classes temporarily after she declined to remove 'Kara,' which is a symbol of her faith, The Guardian reported in London on Wednesday.
Formula One supremo Bernie Ecclestone caused a social media storm on Tuesday when he said women racing drivers would not be taken seriously in the sport and dismissed the contribution of immigrants to Britain.
A Silicon Valley entrepreneur has launched a $1 million (Rs 6.2 crore) prize challenging scientists to discover the 'elixir of life' and push human lifespan past its apparent maximum of about 120 years.
Even as Alastair Cook ponders about his future as Test captain after the 4-0 series drubbing in India, England's assistant coach Paul Farbrace said the entire team is behind the lanky opener.
Currently, there are two weapons in the war against Big C radiotherapy and chemotherapy. If successful, virotherapy could emerge as the third arm in the war
Whether history will remember Edward Snowden as a traitor to his country or as a champion for free speech and less intrusive government is hard to tell, but the issues he has brought into focus need deep thought, writes Ajit Balakrishnan
Many former players believe that storming out of games is a powerful tool to counter racism, a move that will force administrators to take the problem more seriously, and act in a way that compels clubs to obliterate such a culture and evict those responsible, says Dhruv Munjal.
The list, according to media reports, also features reducing ties with Iran and closing a Turkish military base.
The Maharashtra government will consider a proposal to hike the price of milk by Rs 2 a litre on Wednesday.
The recommendations of the committee will be implemented from the next academic session on a trial basis.
"He will not want to leave it unresolved for his successor," the sources were quoted as saying to The Times.
British media claimed the testimony of the former England captain proved crucial in clearing Pakistan skipper Inzamam-ul Haq of ball-tampering.
The Guardian profiles the man who leads Iraq at its most troubled time.
It is not every day that one of the planet's richest men is arrested by his government.
The former India skipper expressed shock overt Pakistan team coach's reported statement, suggesting that the ball-tampering law should be abolished.
The Guardian ranks the best universities in the UK.
A total of 20 men belonging to various groups, some of them with known terrorist links, are being monitored by the anti-terrorist branch of London's metropolitan police after this trend came to light.
Sourav Ganguly took strong exception to coach Greg Chappell's disparaging remarks on him.
A 12-year-old Indian-origin girl in the United Kingdom has achieved the highest possible score of 162 on a Mensa IQ test, outwitting physicists Albert Einstein and Stephen Hawking.
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Roy, however, said she did not yet know what the book would be about.
In a move that may thaw the 34-year-old icy relationship between the United States and Iran, US President Barack Obama on Friday called his Iranian counterpart Hassan Rouhani and "exchanged pleasantries" in a 15-minute conversation.
The actress has been approached to be a judge on the cricketing version of Pop Idol along with former players like Kapil Dev, Sanjay Manjrekar and Ian Botham.
The 16-year-old boy allegedly raped the girl at an isolated place at Talegaon village under Trimbakeshwar taluka in the district on Saturday, Trimbakeshwar police station in-charge Mukund Deshmukh said.
News of all that's transpired on and off the football field.
The Spanish government has pledged to stop the poll, which is declared illegal by the country's constitutional court.
The Phenom 300 jet which was arriving from Italy crashed during an attempt to land at Blackbushe Airport in Hampshire, some 65 kilometres from London, killing all four persons on board including the pilot on Friday.
Police sources said on Wednesday that the London blasts were manually triggered by the terrorists using devices like buttons.
The deal involves Iran accepting curbs on its nuclear programme in return for sanctions relief, but many of the critical, politically-charged details are still awaited.
England's humiliation defeat in Ashes has raised questions about captain Alastair Cook's career in the UK press.
In an open confrontation with Tripathi, the firebrand Trinamool Congress supremo further alleged that the Governor was acting like a "Bharatiya Janata Party block president."
In five years, people would be able to sit down and type into Google 'what was a particular individual doing at 2.30 yesterday and would get an answer.'
