» I was replaced as SL Army Chief on fears of coup: Fonseka

Sri Lanka`s former top general Sarath Fonseka has claimed fears that he could launch a coup had led President Mahinda Rajapaksa to sideline him and ask India to put its troops on alert for an intervention.

» E-mail in Chinese threatens war against India

At Bum La in Arunachal Pradesh on Thursday, the founding anniversary of the People's Republic of China was as usual - a joint celebration by two armies on a tense international border.

» ISI knew of 26/11 plan, say LeT men

Ten months after the devastating attacks in Mumbai by Pakistan-based militants, the group behind the assault, Lashkar-e-Taiba,remains largely intact and determined to strike India again, according to current and former members of the group, and intelligence officials.

» Landslides kill 122 in Philippines

Landslides unleashed by tropical depression Parma across the Philippine province of Benguet have killed at least 122 people and left 31 missing, officials said Friday.

» Pak rejects report on threat to nuke facilities

Pakistan on Sunday junked as "rubbish" a report that elite US troops were ready to counter any move to hijack the country's nuclear arsenal and said it was "a figment of the imagination".

» Female armed robber stripped, beaten and set alight by lynch mob

Stripped naked to the waist, she begs for mercy as she is savagely beaten by a lynch mob in the middle of the street. Alejandra Maria Torres was part of an armed gang that tried to rob bus passengers in Guatemala City.