Indian High Commissioner in New Zealand is set to leave the country today after allegations that his wife had assaulted a staff member. High Commissioner Ravi Thapar was formally recalled and a vehicle was seen this morning at his Wellington address, media reports here said ....

India’s acclaimed director Satyajit Ray is among 16 global thinkers and artistes whose portraits have been displayed at the UN headquarters here in an exhibition that honours them for their contribution to the common good of humanity. ‘The Transformative Powe ....

Harry Potter is going to have a new adventure that will take him from page and screen to stage. Author J.K. Rowling announced on Friday that a new play called Harry Potter and the Cursed Child would open at London’s Palace Theatre in the summer of 2016. Ms. Rowl ....

 The U.S. Supreme Court’s historic ruling affirming marriage equality this week has spurred further debate on how different religious communities view LGBT rights and social surveys on this subject underscore a wide variation in views across religions. Shortly ....

The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday sealed President Barack Obama’s legacy for achieving the farthest-reaching healthcare reform in the country’s history when it ruled that federal subsidies under the Affordable Care Act (ACA) could be made available to individ ....

 Pakistan “strongly rejects” accusations by Afghanistan’s spy agency that a Pakistani intelligence officer helped orchestrate an attack on the Afghan parliament earlier this week. The Foreign Ministry said in a statement on Thursday that the allega ....

Russian President Vladimir Putin today called his US counterpart Barack Obama as the two leaders discussed the situation in Ukraine, the “increasingly dangerous” advance of the Islamic State terror group and the Iran nuclear talks among a host of issues. Mr. ....

The Islamic State group launched a two-pronged offensive in northern Syria on Thursday after several setbacks, re-entering the symbolic battleground town of Kobane and seizing parts of the city of Hasakeh. In southern Syria, an alliance of rebel groups, including al-Qaed ....

 Nearly 15 years after the murder of eight internally-displaced Tamils in Northern Province, the High Court of Colombo on Thursday awarded death sentence to a soldier and acquitted four other soldiers. The incident took place on December 19, 2000, when the eight peo ....

On the micro-blogging site he said, “I’m running for President of the U.S. Join me,” and “There were three people I think you would agree my wife Supriya and I had to tell first…” with a link to his campaign website showing video cli ....