Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear termed the collection of tornadoes as the most destructive in the state's history.

Foreign ministers of the Group of Seven G-7) industrialized nations each spoke their positions on this winter's Beijing Olympics,

A Chinese court in Tibet has given a 10-year prison term to Tibetan writer and educator Go Sherab Gyatso, a follower of Dalai Lama. 

The banned Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) will not extend the month-long ceasefire deal negotiated with the Pakistan government.

United States has imposed extensive human rights-related sanctions on dozens of people and entities tied to China, Myanmar and North Korea.

Saudi Arabia government has banned the Tablighi Jamaat calling it one of the gates of terrorism.