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Greek finance minister Yanis Varoufakis (second from right) with MPs of the ruling Syriza party during a Parliament. AP

Greece holds meet as bank run looms

ECB refuses more funding to Greece, Athens mulls capital controls; Varoufakis: Merkel holds key to crisis

29 Jun 2015 6:24 AM IST

Space X’s Falcon 9 rocket lifts off from Cape Canaveral, Florida, on Sunday. — AFP

Unmanned SpaceX rocket explodes right after lift-off

An unmanned SpaceX rocket exploded less than three minutes after lift-off from Cape Canaveral, Florida on Sunday, in the...

29 Jun 2015 6:20 AM IST

Emergency rescue workers and concert spectators tend to people injured in an explosion during a music concert. — AP

Fire engulfs Taipei water park

Over 500 people injured in fire; powder thrown on revellers may have exploded

29 Jun 2015 6:07 AM IST

An Iraqi Kurdish soldier (Photo: AFP)

Chemical threat: Iraqi Kurds say Islamic State used chlorine gas...

Iraqi Kurdish authorities said on Saturday they had evidence that Islamic State had used chlorine gas as a chemical...

16 March 2015 10:21 AM IST

Representational image (Photo: PTI)

13-year-old 'hit boy', armed with AK-47, arrested by Mexican Police

Mexican police arrested a 13-year-old boy who was carrying an AK-47 assault rifle, a pistol, weapon cartridges and...

16 March 2015 9:49 AM IST

China Premier Li Keqiang. (Photo: AFP)

China’s PM says one child policy will ease further

Beijing: China is considering further changes to its family planning laws, Premier Li Keqiang said on Sunday, after a...

16 March 2015 9:39 AM IST

A Pakistani Christian family mourns next to the body of a boy who was killed in a suicide bombing attack near 2 churches—AP

Lahore church blasts kill 15

At least 15 people were killed and over 80 wounded when twin blasts — targeting two churches — rocked a...

16 March 2015 1:55 AM IST

Mitch McConnell

Republicans target Barack Obama again on Iran deal

US Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell said on Sunday that President Barack Obama was on the verge of making a...

16 March 2015 1:23 AM IST

Vanuatu cyclone sounds alarm over climate change

In this photo provided by China’s Xinhua news agency, locals walk past debris in Port Vila, Vanuatu, after Cyclone...

16 March 2015 1:12 AM IST

Media slams Barack Obama for missing rally

US President Barack Obama faced sharp criticism from some American media on Monday over not attending a huge Paris...

13 Jan 2015 6:22 AM IST

French policemen patrol in the Jewish quarter of the Marais district of Paris on Monday. — AFP

Merkel to join Muslim ‘tolerance’ march

German Muslims condemn Paris attacks; evening rally intends to send message to anti-Islamic wave

13 Jan 2015 5:59 AM IST

Indonesian officers move the flight data recorder of the AirAsia flight QZ8501 into a suitable protective transportation caseAFP

Crashed AirAsia’s data recorder retrieved

Second black box, main cabin yet to be recovered; ‘Plane exploded as it hit the water’

13 Jan 2015 5:54 AM IST