Hugo Chavez, who won another 6-year term as Venezuela president in October 2012, is unlikely to even complete one year in office as he has just 2-3 months to live,  RCN radio reported citing...

A strong earthquake, measuring 7.3 on Richter scale, jolted northeastern Japan today. The epicentre of the earthquake was about 245km south-east of Kamiashi at a depth of about 36km,...

Amid ongoing tussle between Israel and Palestine, Iran on Tuesday claimed that it has captured a US intelligence-gathering drone in its airspace over the Gulf, the Iranian state news agency...

The world\'s two top economies the US and China witnessing power transition. After Barack Obama\'s return to the White House it is now the turn of Xi Jinping to be the next leader of China.

What ingredient makes a dictator? Well, history has its own answer, but if you do not want to go into pages of history, then follow Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to find the answer.

Barack Obama, US president of Democratic Party has won re-election to a second term as president, defeating Republican Mitt Romney. Obama has won despite a weak...

On expected lines, President Barack Obama has been re-elected to a second term in the White House, defeating Republican Mitt Romney.

Regardless of the  US presidential election result, coming four years going to be a challenging act to follow from Wall Street's vantage point.

Rajat Kumar Gupta, an Indian American businessman, has sentenced to two years in prison along with monetary fine for insider trading crime.

British writer Hilary Mantel won the Booker Prize for her historical blood-soaked saga "Bring Up the Bodies", and became the first woman to win the prestigious award twice.

Largest U.S. bank by assets JPMorgan Chase reported better quarterly earnings and revenue that beat the street expectations on Friday.

The European Union, the organization of 27 nations struggling to remain united amid ongoing financial crisis, has won the 2012 Nobel Peace Prize, announced the Nobel Committee on Friday.

The 2012 Nobel prize for literature went to a Chinese writer who was a primary school dropout, herd cattle and was sometimes so destitute that for survival he even ate tree bark and weeds....

International Monetary Fund (IMF), mentor of the international monetary system, has urged the world\'s rich countries for swifter action on Thursday as Europe\'s debt crisis continues to be a...

The 2012 Nobel Prize for Chemistry went to two American scientists, Robert Lefkowitz and Brian Kobilka for discovering the inner workings of G-protein-coupled receptors, gateways to cells that...