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Placards with slogans at Rheinaue park during the COP23 UN Climate Change Conference in Bonn, Germany. (Photo: AFP)

Climate CrisesParis to Marrakesh to Bonn

With the US threatening to chuck Paris Agreement, the two countries that would have to scale up their commitments are...

8 Nov 2017 1:30 AM IST

Nato secretary-general Jens Stoltenberg at a press conference in Brussels on November 7, 2017. (Photo: AFP)

Nato to increase troop presence in Afghanistan by 3,000

Around half the new troops will come from the United States.

7 Nov 2017 6:39 PM IST

The operations were part of an investigation opened in July focused on suspicious activity by a person in Switzerland using the Telegram network, according to a French judicial official. (Representational Image | AP)

Multiple arrests in French, Swiss raids over suspected attack plot

Searches are still underway in the Paris suburbs and in southeastern France.

7 Nov 2017 4:43 PM IST

Ramadan, 55, has furiously denied the accusations as a campaign of lies launched by my adversaries. (Photo: AFP)

Charlie Hebdo gets death threats over cartoon satirizing rape...

The cartoon was in relation to the Islamic scholar Tariq Ramadan who faces rape allegations.

6 Nov 2017 7:16 PM IST

Liquor baron Vijay Mallya (Photo: AP)

UK rejects 2 other Indian extradition days before Vijay Mallya's...

Liquor Baron Mallya is wanted in India on loan defaults to several banks amounting to about Rs 9,000-crore.

5 Nov 2017 6:32 PM IST

The letter calls for five priority measures, including mandatory corporate training against sexual harassment at work and a doubling of state subsidies to associations helping female victims of abuse. (Photo: AFP)

French women urge Prez Macron for emergency plan' over sexual abuse...

President Macron was pursued via a written letter published in the Journal du Dimanche newspaper.

5 Nov 2017 5:16 PM IST

US President Donald Trumps maiden face-off with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin at G20 summit in Hamburg, Germnay (Photo: AP)

No cooperation between US and Russia over Korean Peninsula issue:...

Peskov said there was a 'great probability' that the two would discuss the situation on the Korean peninsula if such a...

5 Nov 2017 1:24 PM IST

The pills used to reduce gastric acid when taken over a period of time makes the kidneys weaker and may lead to shutting down of the organ. (Photo: Pixabay)

Blow to ISIS attacks: Fighter drug' from India worth 50 million euro...

The painkiller is popular among terrorist as the fighter drug' for its ability to dull pain and suppress fatigue.

5 Nov 2017 11:25 AM IST

Demonstrators holding banners reading in Catalan freedom for political prisoners gather outside the Palau Generalitat, during a protest against the decision of a judge to jail ex-members of the Catalan government in Barcelona, Spain. (Photo: AP)

Spain issues warrant for deposed Catalonia leader

Puigdemont calls for Catalan separatists to unite for December polls.

5 Nov 2017 5:26 AM IST

British Prime Minister Theresa May Theresa May speaks during a media conference at an EU summit in Brussels. (Photo: AP)

New code of conduct for Conservative party members after harassment...

Her governing Conservatives will adopt a new complaints procedure with a hotline for reporting potential breaches.

4 Nov 2017 2:05 PM IST

Kim Jong Un also has said North Korea is close to an ICBM test-launch. (Photo: AP)

North Korea calls sanctions brutal,' human rights violation'; asks for...

The call for an immediate end to the sanctions comes as US President Donald Trump sets off on a trip to Asia.

4 Nov 2017 11:29 AM IST

During his visit to the UK, Tapan Ghosh also attended a Diwali event organised by the Hindu Forum of Britain last month alongside Cabinet ministers including home secretary Amber Rudd, who has been forced to distance herself from his views. (Photo: Twitter/@hstapanghosh)

UK charity watchdog files case against Hindu group over speaker's...

The National Council of Hindu Temples had invited Tapan Ghosh, for a keynote address where he allegedly voiced extremist...

3 Nov 2017 7:03 PM IST