Twin bombings in southern Iraq kill 33

Two bomb blasts in the southern Iraqi city of Samawa on Sunday killed at least 33 people and wounded more than 50, security and medical officials said. IMAGE: Civilians gather at the site of a car......

Iraqi chemicals create scare at UN office

A United Nations office was on Thursday evacuated following the discovery of vials suspected to have contained the poison gas phosgene. UN spokeswoman Marie Okabe told media persons that the......

The rising clout of ISIS is worrying for India too

With two Pakistani groups pledging support to the ISIS, the danger is pretty close to India. Vicky Nanjappa/Rediff.com reports The jihadist group Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant has so far......

The truth about Tipu Sultan

'Tipu Sultan was no doubt a valiant fighter who vigorously opposed the British but that cannot mitigate the fact that he was also by all accounts a religious bigot -- a figure incompatible with......