WASHINGTON - A major void has been created in U.S. President Barack Obama's strategy for Pakistan and Afghanistan with the death of his Special Envoy for these two countries, Richard C. Holbrooke.

RANCHI - Jharkhand police arrested three Maoists including a woman here on Monday. Acting on a tip-off, the 133 Battalion of the Central Reserve Police Forces (CRPF) and the district police arrested the Maoists from Tamar-Arki road.

JAMMU - An Indian Air Force (IAF) helicopter crashed in Jammu on Tuesday morning, injuring eight people.

WASHINGTON - Richard C. Holbrooke, the Obama administration's special representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan since 2009, died on Monday evening in Washington at the age of 69.

SEOUL - The head of South Korea's army resigned Tuesday over a property investment as tensions on the Korean Peninsula were high after a deadly North Korean artillery attack on a South Korean island last month.