World

US president-elect Donald Trump on Saturday said that deceased Cuban leader Fidel Castro was a "brutal dictator" and his legacy is one of firing squads, unimaginable suffering, poverty and denial of human rights.

Former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev on Saturday hailed Fidel Castro, the Cuban socialist icon who has died aged 90, for "strengthening" his island nation.

A look the life of revolutionary leader Fidel Castro, who passed away on November 26, 2016.

The government of Costa Rica confirmed on Friday that Hurricane Otto had killed at least nine persons in the country, after the storm battered northern regions.

At least 67 people were killed on Thursday when an under construction platform at a power plant collapsed in east China's Jiangxi province, the latest industrial disaster to hit the world's second largest economy.

Exiled Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama would visit US President-elect Donald Trump, a meeting that would infuriate Beijing which views the Nobel Peace Prize-winning monk as a dangerous separatist.

At least 17 people were killed and 37 others injured after 56 vehicles collided due to snow on an expressway in north China's Shanxi Province.

The Russian military has deployed state-of-the art anti-shipping missiles in the nation's westernmost Baltic region, the Interfax news agency reported on Monday.

US President-elect Donald Trump has vowed to pull out of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) on his first day in office, calling it "a potential disaster for the country."

Trump sent mixed signals on the campaign trail, sometimes criticizing the visas but other times calling them an important way to retain foreign talent.

Relatives of passengers on the missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 announced on Monday that they will travel to the island of Madagascar to carry out their own search for debris.

At least 20 persons were killed and 30 injured after a suicide bomber on Monday caused a powerful explosion at a Shiite mosque in the Afghan capital, Pajhwok News agency said.

US India Business Council (USIBC) president Mukesh Aghi said Prime Minister Narendra Modi took such a bold decision even at the risk of political capital.

The first from "Explorers on the Moon", widely regarded as one of the two best Tintin adventures, could fetch up to USD 1 million.

The Investigatory Powers Bill would require websites to keep customers' browsing history for up to a year and allow law enforcement agencies to access them to help with investigations.

Pramila Jayapal, the first ever Indian-American woman elected to US House of Representatives, has said it is becoming clear that there needs to be "a strong line of defence" against the Trump presidency that aims to curtail the rights of immigrants, peopl...