
Dozens of US Republican leaders have abandoned presidential nominee Donald Trump after the release of a video showing him speaking about women in vulgar sexual terms, delivering a punishing blow to his campaign and plunging the party into crisis just a month before the election. ...
With India ratifying the world's first comprehensive climate agreement earlier this month, another global treaty that eventually aims to phase out a heat-trapping substance -- hydrofluorocarbons or HFCs - and replace them with climate-friendly alternatives, will require India's leadership role, say environmentalists. ...
So the Sidhu couple -- cricketer-turned-politician Navjot Singh Sidhu and his doctor-turned-politician wife Navjot Kaur Sidhu -- have finally exited the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)....
Fire tenders rushed to the Indira Gandhi International (IGI) Airport here on Sunday after "radioactive substance" leaked from a medical shipment flown from France, officials said. ...

Security has been heightened at many important places, tourist spots and government installations across Uttar Pradesh following an IB alert of a potential threat by terrorists, officials said on Sunday. Additional security has been deployed at the Taj Mahal, in Agra the biggest draw for foreign and domestic tourists....
The White House has announced an "immediate" review of US support for the Saudi-led coalition in wake of a funeral hall bombing in the Yemeni capital, Sanaa, that left over 150 dead and hundreds injured....
CPI-M General Secretary Sitaram Yechury on Saturday said the Narendra Modi government had created a climate of hate and hostility across the country during its over two-year rule at the Centre....
DMK leader M.K.Stalin on Saturday visited Apollo Hospital to enquire about Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J.Jayalalithaa's health condition....

Hurricane Matthew, the most deadly storm in a decade, killed nearly 900 persons in Haiti and left tens of thousands homeless before it slammed the Atlantic Coast at the border of Georgia and South Carolina early on Saturday, bringing torrential rain, powerful winds and storm surges....
Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Saturday reviewed security on the international border in the desert state and said India never attacked anyone but doesn't count the bullets when retaliating. ...