With an aim to defend their gold medal, Indian women produced a clinical performance to outwit hosts South Korea by 45-26 margin to enter the semi-finals of the Asian Games Kabaddi event at the Songdo Global University Gymnasium on Tuesday. India, who beat Bangladesh 29-18 in their lung opener, trouncedRead More

Incheon, Vikas Gowda lost out to his old nemesis and defending champion Ehsan Hadadi of Iran once again as he settled for a silver in men’s discus throw event in the Asian Games in Incheon on Tuesday. Gowda, who recently won the gold in Glasgow Commonwealth Games, came up with a bestRead More

INCHEON: Controversy hit the Asian Games boxing competition after India’s L Sarita Devi (60kg) had to settle for a bronze medal despite dominating her semifinal bout even as M C Mary Kom (51kg) continued her winning run to enter the summit clash of the mega-event here on Tuesday. The IndianRead More

Hong Kong, Protesters camped out in Hong Kong for a fifth consecutive day are threatening to expand their campaign of civil disobedience if the territory’s chief executive does not meet their demand for democratic reforms. In a short statement, the Occupy Central group said it will announce plans for itsRead More

New York, The US State Department said Monday in a press conference that it disagrees with Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu’s assertion during his UN speech on Monday that “ISIS and Hamas are branches of the same poisonous tree.” “Obviously, we’ve designated both as terrorist organizations, but ISIL poses a differentRead More

Singapore, An Indian man on Tuesday was awarded 18 weeks’ jail term for his involvement in the December 08, 2013, riots in the city. Ravi Arun Vengatesh, 25, a quality control supervisor, became the 19th Indian to be convicted for the riots, the Straits Times reported. Vengatesh was convicted ofRead More

London, The Islamic State has released a third video of the kidnapped British journalist John Cantlie, reciting a scripted message by the militant group pouring scorn on US military actions in Iraq and Syria. Cantlie, who was taken hostage two years ago, appears as he does in the first twoRead More

Barcelona, Catalonia’s regional government said Tuesday it was suspending its promotion of an independence referendum, a day after a decision by Spain’s Constitutional Court barring the region from going ahead with the nonbinding vote. The Catalonia government will appeal the decision, said spokesman Francesc Homs, but meanwhile is suspending theRead More

Cairo, An Egyptian court on Tuesday sentenced 63 members of the outlawed Muslim Brotherhood to 15 years in prison over charges of violence during last year’s protests in support of ousted Islamist President Mohamed Morsi, state-run Ahram newspaper reported on its website. Hundreds of Morsi supporters took to the squares during lastRead More

Colombo. Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa on Tuesday ordered the release of 76 Indian fishermen in Sri Lankan custody. The order, which officials at the Indian High Commission in Colombo confirmed, comes a couple of days after Mr. Rajapaksa met Prime Minister Narendra Modi in New York, when Mr. ModiRead More