'Syria is central to Middle East peace'

'America said change the leader now, ignoring the feelings of the Syrian moderate majority. Is that democracy,' asks H E Dr Riad Abbas, Syrian ambassador to India. In December, Ryan C Crocker,......

US envoy in Afghanistan starts packing his bags

Veteran US diplomat Ryan Crocker is leaving his post as ambassador to Afghanistan this summer due to health reason, the State Department has said."Today, Ambassador Ryan Crocker confirmed to the......

Haqqani behind Kabul siege: Afghan interior minister

The Pakistan-based Haqqani network is suspected to have carried out the brazen suicide attacks on western embassies and Parliament in Kabul, Afghanistan Interior Minister Bismillah Mohammadi has......

Obama apologises to Karzai on Koran desecration

United States President Barack Obama in a letter to Afghan President Hamid Karzai, regretted and apologised over the desecration of the Holy Koran at the Bagram Airbase. Obama's letter to Karzai......

Phelps misses out on record 8 golds

Michael Phelps broke his fifth world record in a week on Sunday to collect his seventh gold medal at the world championships and stake his claims to be the greatest swimmer of all time. The......