AP, NEW DELHI: Scores of protesters took to the streets of India’s capital on Sunday to protest the release of a juvenile convicted in the fatal…

AFP, KABUL: Afghanistan's southern province of Helmand is on the verge of falling to the Taliban, with 90 soldiers killed in two days of fierce clashes, its deputy governor said Sunday. Clashes between insurgents and government forces have intensified in several key districts of Helmand, fuelling…

AP, MADRID: Spaniards angry with 21 per cent unemployment and seemingly endless corruption cases are voting in an historic national election -- and the country's traditional two-party political system may be broken up in this vote by strong showings for two new upstart parties. Spain has been dominated…

AFP, BAGHDAD: It was smoky, alcohol-free and there was no swimsuit contest, but Saturday's party produced the first Miss Iraq in four decades and…

AFP, NAIROBI: An Air France flight from Mauritius to Paris was forced to make an emergency landing in Kenya early Sunday after a suspicious package was found on board, Kenyan police said. Flight AF 463, which had 459 passengers and 14 crew members on board, had left Mauritius at 9:00 pm (1700 GMT) and…

AFP, BEIJING: A massive landslide at an industrial park in southern China buried 22 buildings and left 41 people missing on Sunday, state media reported, as more than 1,500 emergency workers searched the scene. Rescuers have already saved seven people, with only one of them suffering from minor injuries,…