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The Zika virus is transmitted by bites by the Aedes species of mosquito and has been linked to microcephaly in thousands of babies in Brazil. The World Health Organization has said that about four million people could be infected with the virus by the end of this year.

The Boko Haram attack was not confined within Dalori village as a nearby refugee camp, which had 25,000 people living in it, also suffered.

“Eastern friendships flourish. After a successful visit to Brunei, VP Ansari arrives in Thailand to a 19-gun salute”, external affairs ministry spokesman Vikas Swarup tweeted along with pictures. The Minister of State for Home Affairs, Shri Haribhai Parathibhai...

Nearly immediately afterward, a suicide bomber blew himself up among a group of militiamen standing near the checkpoint, the same sources said.

According to tradition, if a groundhog sees its shadow when it emerges from its burrow on Groundhog Day, there will be six more weeks of winter.

“It was a chance to play against different players in different conditions in what is probably now one of the biggest competitions in cricket, after the IPL”.

“Prices could stay in the twenties until we see some reaction on the supply side”, said Thomas Saal, analyst at INTL FC Stone in Miami, Florida.

President Barack Obama’s pick to lead USA forces in Afghanistan said on Thursday he aimed to review a campaign plan that would cut American troop levels by almost half by the start of next year, as he acknowledged deteriorating security in the country.

It was expected to hear the matter next Tuesday.

As the MCD staffers strike entered its eighth day on Wednesday, Delhi’s Police Commissioner B.S. Bassi described the evolving situation as alarming. “We can feel the pain of the unpaid staff. Now, we will help the sanitation workers in getting their dues from the...

And then we elected President Jimmy Carter. But, given its prime leadoff spot in the primary season, the state gets extra attention from presidential campaigns.

Georgia Tech guard Josh Heath (11) and Duke guard Brandon Ingram…

Ramallah functions as the economic and political capital of the Palestinian Authority, although the Palestinians claim east Jerusalem, captured by Israel in 1967, as their eventual capital.

Brandt Snedeker is now a 2-time victor at Torrey Pines.

All in all, the third-ranked Notre Dame Fighting Irish (21-1, 9-0) escaped with a 68-61 win over the Duke Blue Devils (16-7, 5-4) at Cameron Indoor Stadium on Monday. Against Duke “we played very good defense”, he said, and “got completely outplayed by North...