Hagel promises US will maintain 35,000-strong force in Gulf region despite recent deal with Tehran.

Blues take on Stoke City in Premier League fixture today.

England find themselves in Group D along with Uruguay, Costa Rica and Italy.

India undone by fiery South Africa in 141-run defeat

Blues take on Stoke City in Premier League fixture on Saturday

'A visit by Sergei Lavrov to Iran is planned for December 10 to 11,' says a spokeswoman for the foreign ministry.

Biden reiterated US opposition to a new Chinese air defence identification zone that has fulled regional tensions.

Top Chinese film director Zhang Yimou has violated the country's controversial one-child policy.

Afghanistan will get another boost this Sunday when they will face Pakistan for first time in Twenty20 international.

India has expanded a secret site that could be used to enrich uranium for nuclear weapons, says a US think tank.