Suicide car bomb blast kills 10 in Baghdad
Baghdad: A suicide car bomb explosion targeting an Iraqi army checkpoint south of Baghdad on Monday killed at least 10 people, security and medical sources said.
25 dead, scores still missing in Myanmar
Yangon: Searchers have recovered 25 bodies from a ferry that sank in central Myanmar and expect to find scores more corpses as workers begin raising the boat from the riverbed, officials said on Monday.
Kasturba made Gandhi Mahatma: Adhar
New York: Mahatma Gandhi would not have become ‘Mahatma' without the support of his wife Kasturba, the author of a new book on Kasturba's life with the Indian independence movement's preeminent leader has said.
6.9-magnitude quake hits off PNG: USGS
Sydney: A strong 6.9-magnitude earthquake struck off Papua New Guinea on Monday, officials said, but no Pacific-wide tsunami warning was issued with little damage expected due to the remote location. The tremor was estimated at a depth of 35 kilometres on New Britain island.