Obama's three-day Asia tour includes historic visit to Myanmar.
Bal Thackeray was a staunch critic of Pakistan and campaigned against Muslims.
Apart from unleashing airstrikes, Israel has deployed its navy as heavy fighting continues, while Egypt said to be working on a truce plan.
Bus carrying 60 children on an outing gets stuck in tracks and is hit by speeding train.
Iran closer to nuclear production but IAEA doubtful about capability and intention.
Israel launches attacks on targets in Gaza, destroying the office of Prime Minister Ismail Haniya.
Shipwreck believed to be wreckage of Bessie White, which disappeared in heavy fog nearly 100 years ago.
16,000 Israeli reservists called up in preparation for offensive, with 14,000 more soldiers on hold.
Human rights champion and leader of Burma's National league for Democracy has finally spoken out on the dramatic conflict between Buddhist and Rohingya Muslims in western Myanmar
Ibrahim was responsible for assassination of retired Nigerian war hero General Mohammed Shuwa.
How do rappers like Eminem and Jay Z manage to freestyle rap without getting tongue-tied?
Men earn more money because they are more likely to ask for it, report says.
Study shows teenagers who play video games are better at performing robotic surgery than medical residents.
Radio presenter dropped “with immediate effect” after being released on bail.
Hamas military arm Al Qassam confirms it is shelling Tel Aviv with M75 projectiles as Jerusalem also comes under attack for the first time.
Two men arrested for series of robberies against immigrants in Golden Dawn stronghold of Aghios Panteleimonas
Barber says his religion prohibits him from touching women other than his family members.
Dissolution follows support for key electoral reforms.
Egypt's prime minister Hisham Qandil visited the Strip for three hours as the shelling continues
The remains of a man and a woman were found inside the barrels in Lake Hartwell.
Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah urges Arab leaders to use oil embargo against US and Israel.
CIA investigation to see if agency has any lessons to learn from scandal.
Qandil's trip comes as Israel calls up 30,000 reservists adding to speculation that a ground attack is imminent.
US Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney said President Obama won the elections thanks to “gifts” he made to minorities and young people
Love correspondence of a young 1940’s couple was retrieved on a New Jersey beach and resent to the owner.
Russia is to make the glorification of Nazism illegal and is currently preparing a bill on the inadmissibility of the rehabilitation and glorification of Nazi war criminals.
Air raid sirens sound in Israel's most populous city. Prime Minister Benyamin Netanyahu says the Israeli army is ready for ground invasion of Gaza.
One dead as protests spread against government's measure to tackle budget deficit.
Hamas leader Ahmed Jabari had just been given the draft of a truce agreement when he was assassinated in Israeli strike, peace activist Gershon Baskin revealed.
New study shows great white sharks evolved from broad-toothed mako sharks two million years earlier than previously thought.