News Desk: Qatar has been ranked as the world's richest country in a new list accumulated by the age-old US magazine ‘Forbes’. India is at 127th place in this list trailing behind Bhutan (106th) and Sri Lanka (109th).

Breaking News! Nine people were killed and over a dozen were wounded including two American and six Afghan soldiers in a suicide car bombing near the airport in Afghanistan's Jalalabad city on Monday.

News Desk: A Nepalese man has found a place in the Guinness World Records as the shortest man in history with a height of 54.6 centimeters (21.5 inches). Chandra Bahadur Dangi is happy with the world record.

Breaking News! Pakistan has finally begun the process of demolishing the house of slain Al-Qaeda leader Osama Bin Laden's house in Abbottabad. The three-storey building is being razed to the ground.

News Desk: Former South African President Nelson Mandela was admitted to a hospital following stomach pain on Saturday. The 93-year-old freedom fighter has been suffering from a long-standing abdominal problem.

News Desk: Abed Rabu Mansour Hadi was sworn-in as the new president of Yemen succeeding Ali Abdullah Saleh on Saturday. He was the only candidate in an early presidential election.

News Desk: US President Barack Obama apologised to Afghans over the issue of burning of holy Korans at a military base in Afghanistan, which had triggered tension between NATO troops and Afghans.

Breaking News! Two western journalists were killed in a bombardment on Wednesday in the Syrian city of Homs. Officials said that the rocket hit the building where they were staying.

News Desk: The protests spread across Afghanistan for the second day against NATO troops over the burning of the sacred Koran. The protesters staged demonstrations, pelted stones, shouted anti-American slogans.

News Desk: Iran halted oil exports to France and Britain as the countries along with the United States remained hostile for its nuclear programme, which resulted hike in the fuel price in New York a nine-month high.