The warden of a big jail in northern Mexico has been shot dead after receiving death threats from suspected drug gangs, police say. The incident took place Thursday in the Mexican city of Ciudad Juarez where Salvador Barreno, 66, was ambushed by gunmen...

The US reserves the right to hit back at Pakistan’s tribal belt if insurgents attack the alliance’s troops near the Afghan border, NATO’s chief says. “I cannot think of anyone who would consider it acceptable that many...

Four teams of CID Crime Branch on Friday raided the Ashram of Asharam Bapu in Ahmedabad. The ashram in the Gujarat town has been in the headlines ever since the death of two children at its Gurukul. Earlier on July 18, people of the city had observed...

Congress President and UPA Chairperson Sonia Gandhi today condemned the serial blasts in Bangalore. “This is a cowardly act and people who want to disturb the peace of the country are behind it,” she said. Meanwhile, Prime Minister...

he Vatican hit back Friday at allegations made by dissident Catholic groups calling on Pope Benedict XVI to reverse what they said was the Catholic Church’s “catastrophic” stance on contraception. The groups, from countries including...

US President George W Bush on Friday widened sanctions against Zimbabwean officials for using violence and intimidation to manipulate elections in the troubled country. The sanctions freeze the assets in the United States of senior Zimbabwean officials...

A former internet spam king who escaped from a low security prison earlier this week has killed himself and his family in an apparent murder-suicide police said Friday. The bodies of convicted spammer Edward “Eddie” Davidson, 35, his wife...

French police Friday detained two important suspected members of the militant Basque separatist group ETA, Spanish police said. Asier Eceiza, 30, regarded as one of the deputies of ETA’s military leader Mikel Garikoitz Aspiazu alias Txeroki, and...

A congressional hearing Friday heard from legislators calling for the impeachment of US President George W Bush. Though there is no chance of impeachment proceedings against Bush ever being brought to a vote, the House of Representatives debate was...

Meeting with the Dalai Lama US Republican presidential candidate John McCain Friday criticized the human rights situation in China. The US wants good relations with Beijing, McCain said after his discussion with the spiritual head of Tibet during his...