A hydrogen bomb is generally more powerful than a nuclear bomb. Last December, North Korean leader Kim Jong-un claimed his country had developed a hydrogen bomb, a step up from the less powerful atomic bomb. More... South Korean officials said they detected an &ls ....

Siddhartha Dhar, also known as Abu Rumaysah, had skipped bail and fled Britain in 2014 with his wife and four children to join the IS in Syria. Born a Hindu, the 32-year-old ran a business renting out bouncy castles in London before converting to Islam and joining th ....

 China’s first landing of a plane on one of its new island runways in the South China Sea shows Beijing’s facilities in the disputed region are being completed on schedule and military flights will inevitably follow, foreign officials and analysts have said ....

“We want to see these kinds of tensions solved bilaterally,” said John Kirby, State Department spokesperson. Secretary of State John Kerry and several other officials are in touch with Iranian and Saudi functionaries to diffuse the situation, but Washingt ....

 The Sri Lankan government, which has joined hands with international community in the last one year, is taking initial steps towards “ensuring human rights and freedom” for all Sri Lankans, according to Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe. Taking stock ....

Saudi Foreign Minister Adel al-Jubeir announced the cut in relations late on Sunday and gave Iranian diplomatic personnel 48 hours to leave his country. All Saudi diplomatic personnel in Iran have been called home after an attack on the kingdom’s embassy in Tehran ....

“We condemn this attack... At this juncture, this attack might have been launched intentionally to disrupt this momentum [in Indo-Pak ties]. Many media reports have such doubts..,” Foreign Ministry spokesperson Hua Chunying said at a media briefing in respon ....

What caused the split? A schism emerged after the death of the Prophet Muhammad in 632. He died without appointing a successor to lead the Muslim community, and disputes arose over who should shepherd the new and rapidly growing faith. Some believed that a new lea ....

Gurcharan Singh Gill, an employee at local liquor store at Shields Express in West Shields Avenue was at work when he was stabbed to death during broad daylight, Lieutenant Mindy Casto said. Reasons: identity, skin colour While investigations are still ongoing, lo ....

The Ministry of External Affairs informed that Mr. Modi conveyed his strong support to consensus-based solution to the crisis in Nepal, which began in September. Mr. Oli’s government has been pushing for a series of crucial constitutional amendments to bring an ....