Doctors in India who have removed a 1.8kg (3.9lb) brain tumour from a 31-year-old man say it could be the largest in the world, reports BBC. The surgery,…

Mumbai: Superstar Kamal Haasan announced the name of his new political party, Makkal Needhi Maiam at a massive function in Madurai, seen as Tamil Nadu's…

MOSCOW: Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny said Thursday he had been detained by police in Moscow, less than a month ahead of presidential polls he has been barred from contesting, reports AFP. The prominent Kremlin critic wrote on Twitter: "I came out of the dentist's and what do you…

BEIRUT: Rockets fired by Syrian regime forces killed at least 13 civilians in the besieged rebel-held enclave of Eastern Ghouta near Damascus on Thursday,…

BERLIN: German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Thursday called for an end to the "massacre" in Syria after fresh air strikes on a rebel-held enclave in the war-torn country killed another 13 people, reports AFP. Condemning the Syrian regime for targeting "its own people", Merkel said:…

KAMPALA: Twenty-six Congolese refugees at a fast-growing camp in western Uganda died from acute diarrhoea in just three days, the UN said yesterday, reports AFP. Tens of thousands of people have fled an upsurge of fighting in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo this year, many of them arriving…

JUBA: In at least 60 incidents over the last year and a half journalists in South Sudan were killed, beaten, detained, denied entry or fired for doing their jobs, a UN report said yesterday, reports AFP. State security officers were responsible for the majority of the incidents verified by the UN Mission…

LIMA: A double-deck bus ran off the Panamerican Highway and tumbled 200 meters (about 650 feet) down a cliff in southern Peru on Wednesday, and police said at least 44 people died, reports AP. Highway Police chief Jorge Castillo told The Associated Press that the death toll had risen as  officers…

Mumbai: When it comes to breaking out the traditional Indian outfits, no one is quite as committed as Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, says the…

London: There has been an explosion at the US embassy in Montenegro, officials say, reports BBC. An attacker threw an explosive device into the compound in the capital Podgorica at around midnight (23:00 GMT), before killing himself, the government announced. Local media have named a Serbian-born local…