The ship’s operator said the vessel had entered the port of Tuticorin to refuel and to escape the effects of Typhoon Phailin.
President Obama's administration wants to gradually phase out sanctions on Iran, but convincing Congress will be the hard part.
Here's a look at how Obamacare and its website have done in the first few days of operation.
The former NSA contractor claims he left the documents with a group of journalists from another country before he fled in June.
Military and Pentagon officials say the head count is likely to be fairly small.
According to a senior administration officials, Obama will nominate Johnson 2 p.m. Friday during a White House ceremony.
Seven years after pirate attacks hit the headlines off the coast of Somalia, they're back all over the Indian Ocean.
Conservative Twitter users turned their ire on Republicans, led by Sen. Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, who voted for the debt deal.
One Chinese university asked students who applied for tuition grants to present their case in front of their class.
The Arab Oil Embargo in 1973 created a crisis that forced millions of Americans into hours-long lines at the tanks. Now the U.S. is the largest oil-producing country in the world.
Northgate HS sub Christopher Chiappetta originally told police he wasn't under the influence of drugs, but then an officer found four bags of heroin in his pocket.
Wal-Mart Stores has hit some roadblocks along its road to expandion in India, but the superstore got some good news this week.
The grieving man sprinkled the ashes inside a LensCrafters at the Westfield Southgate Mall in Sarasota because his bride-to-be had some "connection" to the eyewear retailer.
Forrtune's relatively new annual list profiles 10 women entrepreneurs who've created innovative brands.
After the shutdown and default deal, the president is bringing the focus back to immigration reform.
Dianne Reidy's outcry against Freemasonry on the floor of Congress echoed centuries of such conspiracy theories throughout American history.
Kidnapping is a national epidemic in Pakistan – official statistics suggest the country records more than 15,000 kidnappings every year.
Unemployment and a shrinking labor force are among pressing U.S. economic problems that remain to be addressed.
The president praised Congress for ending the "twin threats," but added there "are no winners here."
Find out how your senators and representatives voted on the debt ceiling deal that passed Congress Wednesday and put an end to the shutdown.
Ailina Tsarnaeva was released on her own recognizance in connection with a counterfeit money case in Boston.
The Global Slavery Index 2013 ranked India, China (2.9 million) and Pakistan (2.1 million) as having the largest number of people living in modern slavery.
The United States has saved itself just in the nick of time, but China doesn't care, as it downgraded the U.S.'s financial rating.
The NYPD is using different tactics as the search for Avonte Oquendo, an autistic teen who's nonverbal, nears its second week.
A House stenographer was kicked out of the House after interrupting the vote to end the U.S. government shutdown Wednesday night.
The market's enthusiasm for a short-term solution to the policy crisis seems to be waning quickly.
China's wealthy class now has a new sub-demographic: the crass who have cash.
The new Antarctic marine reserve plan would double the amount of protected area in the world's oceans.
A court in Auckland is hearing the world's first-ever case of a family seeking asylum as climate change refugees.
India topped the list as home to half of the world's slave population while Mauritania ranked first in percentage terms.
