President Barack Obama yesterday backed away from an imminent military strike against Syria to seek the approval of the US Congress, in a decision that likely delays US action for at least 10 days. Obama, in a statement from the White House Rose Garden,

China’s avid internet users are taking a leaf from India’s anti-corruption drama by opening websites so citizens can confess, sometimes in pitiless detail, to buying off officials. Chinese people can be disdainful of poorer India, but some have sought inspiration from the anti-corruption anger

Unruffled composure over two decades, in the face of the world’s most hostile attacks and the frenzied demands of a celebrity-fixated society

The Chennai Super Kings created history by winning the Champions League Twenty20 event, the first by any Indian side,

The clock is ticking and the Delhi government is desperately trying to salvage the Commonwealth Games mess. A snake in the athletes living quarters

Britain’s opposition Labour Party chose former Energy Secretary Ed Miliband as its new leader on Saturday after a cliffhanger

Rafa Nadal sealed his place among the tennis greats on Monday, beating Novak Djokovic to win the U.S. Open

India will get its inaugural Formula 1 race on October 30, 2011 after the sport’s governing body - International Automobile Federation (FIA) - on Wednesday

Israeli and Palestinian leaders began their first round of direct peace negotiations in more than a year on Thursday, pledging to meet again

A Chinese passenger jet overshot a fog-shrouded runway in the country’s northeast and burst into flames on Tuesday, killing 42 people and injuring 49 others

Part-time India spinner Virender Sehwag brought the third Test to life with two late wickets to leave Sri Lanka struggling at 45 for two at close on the third day