A uranium processing plant owned by French nuclear giant Areva and a military base in northern Niger were hit by twin car bombings on Thursday, wounding many people, said the Defence Minister.

In a suspected terror attack, a person believed to be a British soldier was on Wednesday beheaded near a barrack by two reported Islamists who were later shot and wounded by the police.

Sri Lanka Army has said that it would reduce the number of military camps in former rebel stronghold of northern Jaffna and hand over lands back to their original owners.

Mumbai Police will on Thursday question BCCI president N Srinivasan's son-in-law and CEO of Chennai Super Kings Gurunath Meiyappan in connection with the IPL betting scandal.

Signaling reunion with his close aide-turned-rebel JD-U MP Rajiv Ranjan Singh Lallan, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Wednesday said 'differences' between them have been resolved.

Pakistan Army Chief Gen Ashfaq Parvez Kayani on Saturday met Prime Minister-designate Nawaz Sharif to exchange views on regional situation and the war on terror.

Pakistani cricket-turned-politician Imran Khan left hospital on Wednesday after treatment for back injuries suffered in a fall in Lahore.

Delhi Lokayukta on Wednesday indicted Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit for allegedly misusing government funds for carrying out an advertisement campaign with a ‘political purpose’ ahead of assembly elections in 2008.

NASSCOM Chairman Krishnakumar Natarajan on Tuesday said iGATE board has taken a right decision to sack its President and CEO Phaneesh Murthy over alleged sexual harassment, emphasizing that a "quick and decisive" action in such incidents augurs well for the IT industry.

Five migrant labourers were shot dead and few others were injured when suspected tribal militants indiscriminately fired upon them in a remote mining village in Meghalaya's South Garo Hills district, the police said on Tuesday.