Geetha Pillai

The funeral of Pope Shenouda III to be held at St Mark’s Cathedral in Cairo.

The inquiry is focusing on two main aspects, the Islamic motive and the far right based on the targets of the killer.

Nearly 100,000 Coptic Christians gathered in Cairo to mourn the death of Pope Shenouda III who died on Saturday.

Japan has threatened to intercept any North Korean rocket launched over its territory.

Pope Shenouda III, head of Egypt’s Coptic Christians, died on Saturday due to health complications and old age.

Luxury hotels in China now have to think twice before boasting of the facilities they provide because they are under the watchful eyes of Zhuang and her friends.

Two explosives-laden vehicles hit the security buildings in Damascus killing dozens of civilians and police personnel on Saturday.

The papers released by the Margaret Thatcher Archive Trust shows several interesting events when Thatcher was the prime minister of Britain.

A teardown analysis of the New iPad reveals that the actual component cost to the company is $310 for a 16 GB tablet with 4G facility against the selling price of $629.

India's annual budget proposed a 17 percent hike in its defense expenditure.

Up to one billion people are projected to die due to tobacco use in the 21st century, warns a WHO report.

US schools are allowed to stop serving pink slime meat for school meals following a public outcry.

British universities lose grip on global listings as Asian learning institutions climb table of top 100.

Leaked emails point to lavish, insulated lifestyle of Bashar and Asma al-Assad while bloody crackdown continued around them.

A tsunami warning has been issued as a strong earthquake, measuring 6.8 on the Richter scale, hit the northern parts of Japan Wednesday evening.

First ladies turn heads at mini-Olympics while David Cameron and Barack Obama bond at basketball.

Nissan to provide engine for the DeltaWing project which will be a contender at 2012 Le Mans 24 Hours.

Sergeant will be tried in military court for killing 16 Afghan villagers while they slept.

Yahoo files lawsuit claiming patent breaches on social networking, online advertising and security.

BBC is working to make all its shows available as download-to-own (DTO) at prices ranging from £1.89 per show, under a scheme called Project Barcelona

Iran's main nuclear facilities on Israel's worry list are spread far and wide across the country.

Uncontrolled use of CCTV surveillance risks people's privacy, according to an NGO.

The devastating tsunami set off a nuclear meltdown in Fukushima and forced the nation to live in radiation fear.

Police attributed the attack to the Somali Islamist group al-Shebab, but nobody has claimed responsibility.

The 10-day meeting of China's National People's Congress discusses different pieces of legislation and amendments.

This is the worst flare-up in the region in recent times.

Foreign Secretary William Hague explained that there was only limited opportunity to free the hostages whose lives were in danger.

Japan will be observing the first anniversary of the devastating tsunami on 11 March, 2012.

Congress covers food security, aid effectiveness, trafficking and drugs.