Geetha Pillai

US calls for caution while acknowledging Israel’s right to self-defence.

Nov 15, 2012

Aung San Suu Kyi is on a six-day visit to India, her first visit to the country in 25 years and is expected to meet school and college friends apart from political leaders.

Nov 14, 2012

Pentagon probing John Allen's emails to Jill Kelley, a friend of ex-CIA director David Petraeus.

Nov 13, 2012

The FBI teams carrying briefcases, plastic tubs and cardboard boxes reach Paula Broadwell's home.

Nov 13, 2012

Questions arise over David Petraeus's resignation, a week ahead of Benghazi US mission attack probe.

Nov 11, 2012

Natural gas explosion a line of inquiry, plane crash ruled out.

Nov 11, 2012

Powerful earthquake kills five construction workers and wrecks buildings.

Nov 11, 2012

FBI started probe on David Petraeus after agency tracked cyber complaint of threatening emails to Paula Broadwell, his biographer.

Nov 11, 2012

BBC Director General George Entwistle admits Newsnight report implicating senior Tory MP Lord McAlpine was wrong.

Nov 10, 2012

George Sabra, who took on Bashar al-Assad and his father Hafez al-Assad, to head anti-Assad group.

Nov 10, 2012

Majority of dead believed to be inmates

Nov 10, 2012

IAG plans to raise profits by at least €600m with restructuring plan.

Nov 09, 2012

Blasts at Neptune Technologies & Bioressources spark water and soil contamination fears.

Nov 09, 2012

EU and Japan found to be dumping steel tubes on China.

Nov 09, 2012

France's second largest bank, Societe Generale, posts 86 percent decline in profits.

Nov 08, 2012

Hu highlights, rich-poor divide, indiscipline and perils of lawlessness.

Nov 08, 2012

Hu Jintao stresses need for reform of political structure and making democracy more broad-based as once-in-a-decade leadership change gets under way.

Nov 08, 2012

Renminbi's ascendance as international reference currency depends on size and scale of new leadership's economic reforms.

Nov 06, 2012

New Coptic pope will be selected by a blindfolded altar boy.

Nov 04, 2012

Five-day meeting to focus on ways to form alternative Syrian government in exile.

Nov 04, 2012

The Ryugyong hotel, the tallest building in North Korea, will finally open 26 years after construction started.

Nov 03, 2012

NatWest freezes estate of disgraced presenter as victims get ready to sue.

Nov 01, 2012

Job cuts expected to affect nearly 16 percent of UBS's global workforce.

Oct 30, 2012

Metropolitan Police investigating Savile child abuse claims arrest former pop star Gary Glitter.

Oct 28, 2012

Harakah Sunni militants planned to hit American embassy, mining company HQ and shopping mall, say police.

Oct 28, 2012

The USGS records two aftershocks of 5.8 and 4.8 after the powerful earthquake of 7.7 which hit the coasts of western Canada.

Oct 28, 2012

Hurricane Sandy is expected to make landfall in the US east coast early next week.

Oct 27, 2012

Expulsion of Bo Xilai from Chinese legislature expected to speed up criminal proceedings against him.

Oct 26, 2012

Personal care and home care segments record strong growth in emerging markets.

Oct 25, 2012