Wednesday, April 7, 2010 as of 11:14 AM ET
Manmohan Singh (Punjabi: ਮਨਮੋਹਨ ਸਿੰਘ , ; born 26 September 1932) is the 13th and current Prime Minister of India.
Read More at Wikipedia ›For 24 years, Aung San Suu Kyi was either under house arrest or too fearful that if she left Myanmar, the government would never let her return.
Now, in a sign of how much life there has changed, the democracy activist and long-time political prisoner is resuming world travels, arriving Tuesday night in neighboring Thailand after an 85-minute flight from her homeland.With the installation of an elected government last year, and her party's own entrance into parliament this year, she can claim at least partial success for her long fight and feel the freedom to explore the world.Suu Kyi is to spend several days in Thailand, meeting with poor migrant workers and war refugees from her homeland, as well as international movers and shakers at the World Economic Forum on East Asia.On arrival at Bangkok's Suvarnabhumi Airport, she was whisked to a car amid heavy security, bypassing a large crowd of waiting journalists.She'll return to Myanmar briefly and head to Europe in mid-June, with stops i...U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon discussed regional security issues and ways that India could strengthen the U.N.'s work during talks Friday with Indian leaders, o...
U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon arrived in India's capital on Thursday to meet with government officials and business leaders.Ban was scheduled to meet with Healt...
India has ordered the deportation of 10 French citizens who police say illegally worked with an Indian advocacy group accused of supporting Maoist rebels, officials ...
WASHINGTON -- President Obama plans to have his cake and eat pumpkin pie too when he hosts his first White House state dinner Tuesday, providing the 320 guests expec...
An avalanche that buried more than 120 soldiers in a Himalayan region close to India has put a spotlight on what critics say is one of world's most pointless militar...
An avalanche that buried more than 120 soldiers in a Himalayan region close to India has put a spotlight on what critics say is one of world's most pointless militar...
An Italian tour guide freed by Maoist rebels in eastern India on Thursday joked to reassure people he was well but said he lost 10 kilograms (22 pounds) during his t...
Maoist rebels on Sunday released one of two Italians who were abducted 11 days ago in a remote area of eastern India .Italian tourist Claudio Colangelo was handed ov...
NEW DELHI -- The Indian government and its army chief are asking the Supreme Court to answer a peculiar question: Just how old is the nation's top soldier?Gen. Vijay...
Assailants targeted Israeli diplomats in India and Georgia in near-simultaneous strikes Monday that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu blamed on archenemy Ira...
Police wearing berets and bulletproof vests broke down the door of a Guatemala City apartment in February hunting for illegal drugs. Instead, they found a different ...
President Barack Obama calls U.S. relations with India a defining partnership of the 21st century. But despite India's approval this week of a major defense deal, th...
For 24 years, Aung San Suu Kyi was either under house arrest or too fearful that if she left Myanmar, the government would never let her return.Now, in a sign of how...
The visit of Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to Myanmar on Sunday is the latest sign that India now believes it needs to assert its presence in its eastern neig...
The dreams of modern India rarely make it to Rayagada. The Indians of these eastern forests forage for sago leaves and wild mango to survive. Barely a third can sign...
The withdrawal of foreign troops from Afghanistan and the country's budding strategic relationship with India topped the agenda for talks Tuesday between the Afghan ...
Hoping to wean India from Iranian oil imports, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton is urging Indian leaders to explore alternative suppliers as she opens ...
Army divers and rescue workers pulled 103 bodies out of a river after a packed ferry boat capsized in heavy winds and rain in remote northeast India, an official sai...
The dreams of modern India rarely make it to Rayagada. The Indians of these eastern forests forage for sago leaves and wild mango to survive. Barely a third can sign...