India

US President Barack Obama's effort to win legislative backing for military strikes against Syria passed its first hurdle on Wednesday when a Senate committee voted in favour, but the narrow margin of victory showed the depth of US caution.

A potential showdown over Syria between US President Barack Obama and Russia's Vladimir Putin could overshadow a meeting of world leaders on Thursday on how to revive the global economy.

The big disappointment for Samsung gadget owners is that the Gear does not work with most of its phones and tablets.

Usain Bolt has made breaking his 200metres world record the target for 2014 and reiterated his plan to retire after the 2016 Rio Games.

As the United States mulls attacking Syria, senior BJP leader Jaswant Singh on Wednesday criticized the western powers for acting as "global policemen".

LinkedIn, which had roughly $900 mn in cash and short-term securities at the end of June, did not specify when the secondary offering would take place.

President Vladimir Putin has said Russia will not extradite former US intelligence employee Edward Snowden back to the US as the two countries do not have an agreement on mutual extradition of criminals.

A 19-year-old B. Pharma student jumped from the third floor of her college building in Lucknow due to alleged harassment by fellow students and ragging, police said on Wednesday.

The government plans to spend an estimated 47 billion yen through the end of March 2015 on two projects.

Malala Yousafzai, the Pakistani schoolgirl shot in the head in a failed assassination attempt by the Taliban, on Tuesday inaugurated Europe's biggest public library in her newly adopted home of Birmingham.

Li Yajun surpassed a weightlifting world record at the Chinese National Games here on Tuesday.

The Palestinian side will brief US Secretary of State John Kerry about some issues that "disturb" peace talks with Israel, Palestinian Foreign Minister Riad Al-Maliki said on Tuesday.

Pakistan Army chief Gen Ashfaq Parvez Kayani, on Tuesday, visited the LoC to assess the security situation in the wake of violations of a ceasefire in the region over the past few weeks.

A day after spiritual guru Asaram Bapu spent a night in prison in a case of sexually assaulting a minor girl, the hearing on his bail plea on Tuesday was put off till the next day by a Rajasthan court in Jodhpur, a lawyer said.

Mumbai: Indian rupee and stock markets plunged on Tuesday, with bechmark Sensex sliding by 650 points on reports that missiles were fired at Syria, raising fears of disruption in oil supply and spike in prices.

A five-year-old Chinese boy has become the youngest person ever to fly a light airplane single-handed, covering a distance of 30 km, it has been claimed.