Rio de Janeiro: Rio de Janeiro's samba parades began late Sunday in a chance for a city struggling with violence and poverty to stage the "greatest show on Earth" -- and to rage at unpopular politicians.

The two-night extravaganza began in the Sambodromo, where 72,000 spectators sat in sweltering hea

New York: New York's attorney general on Sunday filed a lawsuit against disgraced Hollywood movie producer Harvey Weinstein and the Weinstein Co. following an investigation into allegations of sexual misconduct.

"As alleged in our complaint, The Weinstein Company repeatedly broke New York law by failing t

New Delhi: Bottom-placed Delhi Dynamos let slip a one-goal advantage to share the spoils with visiting Chennaiyin FC in their Indian Super League (ISL) match here on Sunday night.

Kalu Uche put the home team ahead with a 59th minute strike from the spot.

Looking to consolidate their position in the top f

New Castle: Jose Mourinho tripped up again at St. James' Park as his Manchester United team was surprisingly beaten 1-0 by Newcastle on Sunday for a second loss in its last three Premier League games.

Matt Ritchie's 65th-minute goal — following a free kick awarded for a dive by United defender Chris

Aden: A drone strike killed six suspected Al-Qaeda militants on Sunday in central Yemen, a security official said.

The US military is the only force known to operate armed drones over Yemen.

The official said the strike happened after sundown and targeted a vehicle in Bayda province.

"An u

Muscat: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday said the government is working with the mantra of ‘Minimum Government, Maximum Governance’, to make lives of common people easy.

Addressing the Indian community at Muscat, the Prime Minister emphasized on Centre’s ‘Ease of Living’ policy,

Chandigarh: The Army should be given a "free hand" to deal with those fomenting trouble in the Kashmir Valley, VHP international working president Pravin Togadia said today.

Togadia made the remarks while addressing a gathering of VHP workers here.

"In Kashmir even our forces are not safe, then w

Islamabad: Twenty militants were arrested today by paramilitary Frontier Corps in an intelligence-based military operation in Pakistan's Balochistan province.

Army said that a cache of arms and ammunition, including RPG rockets, sub machine guns and sniper rifle ammunition, laptops and communication equip

New Delhi: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has issued fresh summons to Karti Chidambaram, son of senior Congress leader P Chidambaram, in connection with the INX Media money laundering case, official sources said.

They said Karti has been asked to depose before the investigating officer (IO) of the case on Februa

Moscow: A Russian passenger plane carrying 71 people crashed outside Moscow on Sunday after taking off from the capital's Domodedovo airport, Russian media reported. 

The Antonov An-148 plane operated by the domestic Saratov Airlines was flying to Orsk, a city in the Urals, and crashed in the Ramensky dis