Washington: Secretary of State John Kerry’s 'no hurry' approach to United States-Iranian cooperation to combat advancing Islamic militants in Iraq is a 'sensible, diplomatic one' – and the wrong one, says a Baylor University expert on religious wars.

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi spoke on the telephone to Li Keqiang, Premier of the State Council of China this afternoon at the latter’s initiative.

New Delhi: India, under the provisions of the 'Unlawful Activities' (Prevention) Act, 1967, has proscribed the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) as an 'Unlawful Association'.

Stony brook: There was a time when no one thought about light bulbs—one blew, you screwed another one in. Nowadays, it’s more complicated, as energy efficiency concerns have given rise to a slew of options, including incandescent, compact fluorescent lights, and light emitting diodes.

Papua: An earthquake of the magnitude of 7.5 on the richter scale has occurred at the latitude of 6.4 South and Longtitude of 154.7 east whose focal depth was at 33 KM.

Pisagua: A major earthquake of magnitude 8.0 struck off the coast of Chile sparking a tsunami warning for all of South and Central America's Pacific coast.