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On Sputnik anniversary, World Space Week launches

The 13th annual World Space Week runs from Oct. 4 through Oct. 10 — both key dates in the history of space exploration.
Global News Blog Empowering Prague's homeless by hiring them as tour guides

The Pragulic service's guides share their experiences living on the streets of Prague with tourists – and share in profits from the tours with the sevice's founders, three graduate students.
How's business in India? Watch Bangalore

Bangalore, known as a magnet for India's technology jobs, is facing competition for investment from other cities, but business conditions are tough across India.
Indian yoga guru arrested during anticorruption protest

India's police detained popular Indian yoga guru Baba Ramdev and thousands of his supporters for several hours after they tried to intensify an anticorruption protest. Ramdev and the others had occupied a New Delhi fairground for the past couple of days.
Sikh temple shootings prompt calls for justice in US ... and India

Following the Sikh temple shooting in Wisconsin, India’s foreign minister called on the US to do more to protect religious minorities, but India has yet to protect its own, say some.
India's blackout carries heavy economic and political costs

For the 40 percent of poorer Indians with no electricity access, this week's blackout was nothing new. Economists say power cuts are a reminder of India's need to manage economic growth.
World's biggest blackout: 620 million people without power in India

World's biggest blackout: More than half of India's population was without electricity Tuesday. The blackout hit 20 of India's 28 states as the power failure cascaded across the grids.
Massive India blackout leaves 370 million hot and bothered

India's worst blackout in a decade shut down businesses Monday, halted trains, and left 370 million people without air conditioning or light.
In India, Anna Hazare again drawing crowds against corruption

Thousands are once again assembling around anti-graft campaigner Anna Hazare in New Delhi, setting up another major distraction for India's beleaguered government.
Global News Blog India's new president: focus is on prosperity, not terrorism

Pranab Mukherjee's acceptance speech highlights how India sees its sharpest threat as slower-than-expected economic growth, not Pakistan and its Islamic militant proxies.
How an Indian wrestler defied gender taboos

Geeta Phogat, who grew up training on a mud floor and was told girls don't compete in such sports, goes to London as India's first female Olympic wrestler
Bus full of Israeli youth explodes in Bulgaria, killing at least three

Witnesses told Israeli media that the huge blast occurred soon after someone boarded the vehicle.
Dalai Lama visits Kashmir, a disputed land like Tibet

The Tibetan spiritual leader urged Kashmiris to follow the path of nonviolence only. Some Kashmiris questioned if it was the government that needed the message.
Amid Higgs boson celebrations, Indians see a snub (+video)

As the world celebrates the discovery of what is thought to be the elusive Higgs boson, many Indians are saying that more attention needs to be given to the Indian scientist Satyendranath Bose, for whom the boson is named.
Keep Calm Islamists destroy Timbuktu heritage sites: Why are these targets?

Ansar Dine, the Islamist militia that shares control of Mali's north, is just the latest in long line of zealots of many faiths who destroyed the monuments of other faiths thought to be superstitious.
Police arrest key Indian suspect in Mumbai attack

Authorities believe the man coached the militants involved in the 2008 Mumbai attacks by phone from Pakistan.
Opinion At G20 summit, West must partner with rising democracies in new global order

At the G20 summit in Los Cabos, the agenda will be full of tricky issues. The US and European delegations must look at the bigger picture, one in which the West will need to partner with the rising powers that are today’s global swing states: Brazil, India, Indonesia, and Turkey.
Focus Rio+20 challenge: expanding transportation to match growth in Mumbai

Mumbai's infrastructure is groaning under the pressure of its decade-long economic boom, as people travel for business and rising incomes put more private vehicles on the road.
Former Indian Army officer accused of Kashmir crimes kills self, family in US

The Indian government sought Avtar Singh's extradition from the US last year for the killing of a human rights lawyer, but he remained free for unknown reasons.
Difference Maker India's feisty – and effective – environmental champion

Sunita Narain has learned that being an environmentalist in India means being an advocate for the poor – and for immediate action.
Panetta says US losing patience with Pakistan over terrorists

US Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta expressed frustration with the Pakistani government Thursday over not doing enough to root out terrorists attacking US troops in Afghanistan.
Change Agent Inshah Malik is trying to rebuild Kashmir with a different weapon – her pen

Young writer Inshah Malik tells the stories of Kashmiri women and the often brutal effects on them from decades of conflict.
Keep Calm Pakistan pushback: US is 'shifting blame' for Afghan insurgency

In India, US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton asked Pakistan to do more in taking on radical Islamist groups, including handing over Hafiz Saeed, thought to have had a role in the 2008 Mumbai attacks.
Could airport scanners detect latest Al Qaeda non-metal bomb? (+video)

A covert CIA operation in Yemen intercepted an 'undetectable' bomb intended to blow up an airplane. Authorities suspect it was the work of master bomb maker Ibrahim Hassan al-Asiri. Al-Asiri, who built the first underwear bomb.
Keep Calm Clinton in India: a gentle reminder about all that Iranian oil (+video)

The US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton wants India to stop buying oil from Iran, given concerns over Iran's nuclear program. But can Delhi stop?