Rome: Soldiers and paramilitary troops toting semi-automatic rifles patrolled outside the Colosseum and inside St. Peter's Square, as Italy joined the rest of Europe in beefing up security a day after terrorist attacks killed 129
Brussels: A Saudi blogger sentenced to 10 years in prison and 1,000 lashes for insulting Muslim clerics has won the European Union's prestigious Sakharov Prize for human rights.EU lawmakers said Thursday that Raif Badawi was
Mytilene,Greece: Among the tens of thousands fleeing war and despair in the Middle East, one group feels a special relief in reaching Europe: those who have escaped areas ruled by Islamic State extremists and the
Geneva: It is necessary to relocate 200,000 refugees who have arrived in Europe, while the continent failed to find "an effective common response to the crisis that only benefited the networks of traffickers", the UN
London: The Islamic State terror group is in possession of deadly mustard gas stockpiles and could smuggle it out of Syria to target Europe, according to a media report.The ISIS is behind a spate of
Geneva (AP): Michel Platini has launched his campaign to succeed Sepp Blatter as FIFA president, aiming to give the scandal-hit governing body "the dignity and the position it deserves."Platini, the UEFA president and a
Mumbai: Lower-than-expected first-quarter results and the logjam on the first day of parliament's monsoon session subdued the Indian equity markets, with a barometer index closing 238 points down on Tuesday.The benchmark index of the Indian
New Delhi: Buoyed by Iran's historic nuclear accord with world powers to end sanctions, India will ask Tehran for rights to develop ONGC-discovered Farzad-B gas field in the Persian Gulf even as it prepares to
Jalandhar: Europe's oldest man Nazar Singh Gill, aged 111 years, died of two consecutive heart attacks in his native Fazilpur village in Jalandhar district on Saturday.He lived in England for 50 years, and had recently celebrated
London: Former UK-based Managing Director of Tata Limited, SA Hasan has been appointed by Queen Elizabeth II as an honorary Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (CBE) for his services to
Riga: Some 5,000 people took to the streets of the Latvian capital for a high-profile gay pride parade, the culminating event of the EuroPride 2015 week which took place here from June 15-20.Dressed in colourful
Moscow: Russia considers possible missile deployment by the US in Europe and other regions as counterproductive, Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Tuesday.Moscow is studying the US statements on missile deployment, Lavrov said, stressing
New York: What would happen if Sepp Blatter hosts a World Cup and most of Europe, several South American powers and the United States don't show up? Blatter was voted to a fifth term as
Rare in itself, this is not only the first ‘total' solar eclipse of this year but it carries many other unique aspects too.First of all, it is coinciding with the spring equinox – the day
To tap the emerging business opportunities in digital technology, Tech Mahindra Ltd. is looking to build more technology development facilities in United States and Canada. The move is likely to boost local hiring in these
Brussels: With Europe on edge, soldiers fanned out to guard possible terror targets in Belgium Saturday while police in Greece detained at least two suspects as part of a widening counterterrorism dragnet across the continent.In
Brussels: Belgium ordered its army into the streets and anti-terror raids across Western Europe netted dozens of suspects Friday as authorities rushed to thwart more attacks by people with links to Mideast Islamic extremists.As anxiety
Washington: President Barack Obama and British Prime Minister David Cameron will be meeting at the White House amid growing fears about the specter of terrorism in Europe and the West.Obama and Cameron have long touted
New Delhi: The euro extended its losing streak against the dollar on Wednesday and fell below the $1.18 mark for the first time in more than nine years, to trade at about it launching rate.The
Paris: A gun assault on the Paris offices of satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo Wednesday was the deadliest terrorist attack in postwar France. Some other terror attacks in Western Europe:March 11, 2004: Bombs on rush-hour trains
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