South Africa’s President Jacob Zuma on Saturday cancelled a state visit to Indonesia to deal with a wave of anti-immigrant violence at home and promised peace to those who wished to remain in Africa’s most advanced economy. The unrest which began in the port ....

A suicide bomber killed at least 33 people and wounded 100 others in an attack today outside a bank in the eastern Afghan city of Jalalabad, according to officials. “Thirty-three dead bodies and more than 100 wounded were brought to the hospital,” Dr Naje ....

The matter was discussed threadbare at a recent high-level meeting, chaired by Union Home Secretary L.C. Goyal, during which the intelligence agency expressed reservations and suggested a cautious approach before taking a final decision. The Tourism Ministry has been ....

The parents of the youngest victim of the Boston Marathon bombing are urging federal authorities to consider taking the death penalty off the table for the man convicted in the case. Bill and Denise Richard, whose 8-year-old son, Martin, was one of three people kille ....

Iraqi officials say they believe government forces have killed Saddam Hussein’s former deputy who later allied himself with Islamic State militants _ Izzat Ibrahim al-Douri. Al-Douri was known as the “king of clubs” in the deck of playing cards issu ....

An anti-corruption court in Pakistan on Friday summoned former president Asif Ali Zardari in an old graft case against him in which he was accused of acquiring assets illegally. The Rawalpindi accountability court started proceedings against 59-year-old Zardari for i ....

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has called for an immediate cease-fire in Yemen to spur peace talks and get lifesaving aid into the impoverished Middle East nation. The UN chief yesterday addressed “the many fateful challenges” the world conf ....

The collapse of an illegal gold mine has killed 19 people in northwest Tanzania, a senior police official said on Friday. The accident occurred on Thursday night at Kahama district, Shinyanga region, near Acacia Mining’s licensed Bulyanhulu gold mine which is maj ....

The Chinese President is expected to sign infrastructure and energy deals estimated at $45 billion, which would be used to build the Pakistani node of Beijing’s ambitious Maritime Silk Road (MSR). In turn, this would provide China another point of access into the I ....

“Canada overwhelmingly stands by the unity and integrity of India,” Prime Minister Stephen Harper said during a reception hosted for his Indian counterpart Narendra Modi. The assurance assumes significance as some pro-Khalistan groups are still active in ....