
Pakistan has condemned US Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump's remark that he would ensure Pakistani physician Shakil Afridi, who has helped the US kill Osama bin Laden, is freed from jail within two minutes....
Petty gossip and criticism are forms of persecution, Pope Francis said on Monday as he celebrated mass at the Vatican hotel where he lives....
The toll in a crude bomb explosion in West Bengal's Malda district rose to five on Monday, with a bomb disposal squad personnel succumbing to his injuries, police said. ...
As the standoff between the Congress and the BJP over the AgustaWestland VVIP chopper deal intensified, former defence minister A.K. Antony on Monday cut short his election campaign in Kerala and rushed back to Delhi to attend parliament on Tuesday....
A total of 1,203 candidates were left in the fray and will now fight for the 140 Kerala assembly seats on May 16, officials said on Monday, the last day for withdrawal of nominations....
Italy on Monday said a UN court has ordered that Italian marine Salvatore Girone, detained in India for the alleged 2012 killings of two fishermen, be allowed home on bail while arbitration proceedings in The Hague continue in the case that has soured ties between the two countries....

The hot weather conditions in northern India intensified on Monday with Delhi, Jammu, Srinagar and Shimla recording their highest temperatures of the season. Down south in Telangana, the toll due to the heat wave rose to 178....
Liquor baron Vijay Mallya, whose passport has been revoked by the government, on Monday resigned from the Rajya Sabha....

The Rajya Sabha on Monday saw repeated disruptions over the AgustaWestland chopper deal bribery issue with the government and opposition Congress engaging in a verbal spat inside and outside Parliament House....
The condition of Jawaharlal Nehru University students leader Saurabh Sharma, admitted to the Safdarjung Hospital following hunger strike, is stable, said hospital ...