Europe

US, Europe should join PM Narendra Modi and hold Pakistan accountable for war crimes: Baloch leaders

In his address from the ramparts of the Red Fort on the occasion of 70th Independence Day, PM Narendra Modi Modi talked about the situation in PoK, Gilgit and Balochistan.

Aug 16, 2016, 14:42 PM IST

US terror sanctions on suspect in Brussels, Paris attacks

The United States on Wednesday designated a suspect in the Brussels and Paris attacks known as "the man in the hat" as a global terrorist, blocking any US assets he may have.

Aug 03, 2016, 21:03 PM IST

Summer festivities across France cancelled after Nice attack

France has been thrown into summer doldrums as authorities cancel fireworks and other festive events of the season because of security fears following the July 14 truck massacre in Nice.

Aug 02, 2016, 21:51 PM IST

Italy says 6,000 migrants saved, 2 drowned since Thursday

The Italian navy on Sunday said it had recovered the bodies of two people in an operation that, along aid agencies, had helped pick up 6,000 people since Thursday.

Jul 31, 2016, 18:56 PM IST

Pope gets mystical with Poland`s Black Madonna

Pope Francis visited Poland`s most revered monastery on Thursday, home to an ancient Catholic icon believed to work miracles, ahead of a trip by tram to meet young pilgrims from the world over.

Jul 28, 2016, 14:18 PM IST

France church attack intensifies terrorism fear in Europe

The latest terror attack where two Islamic State militants stormed a church and killed an 84-year-old priest in Normandy, France, on Tuesday, has rattled the nerves of millions in the Europe and beyond, reinforcing the impression that the region was in the cross hair of terrorists.

Jul 27, 2016, 17:56 PM IST

Pope Francis faces tepid welcome in migrant-wary Poland

A portrait of Pope Francis hanging in Warsaw`s St. Saviour Church is flanked by another, much larger one, showing the smiling late Polish-born pontiff and saint, John Paul II.

Jul 26, 2016, 10:24 AM IST

How humans made ropes 40,000 years ago

 Researchers in Germany have discovered tools that were used for rope making about 40,000 years ago, the time when modern humans arrived in Europe.

Jul 25, 2016, 15:21 PM IST

Syrian migrant killed by own bomb at German bar

A Syrian migrant set off an explosion at a bar in southern Germany that killed himself and wounded a dozen others late Sunday, authorities said, the third attack to hit Bavaria in a week.

Jul 25, 2016, 08:48 AM IST

Bodies of 14 executed in Libya's Benghazi found: Medical Centre

A hospital in Libya's second city Benghazi said today it had received the bodies of 14 people killed execution-style, in what the UN envoy said was a war crime.

Jul 22, 2016, 19:54 PM IST

Nearly 3,000 dead already in Mediterranean this year- International Organization for Migration

Nearly 3,000 migrants and refugees have already perished in the Mediterranean this year while almost 250,000 have reached Europe, the International Organization for Migration said on Friday.

Jul 22, 2016, 15:36 PM IST

Hungary's Orban says "obvious connection" between terrorism and migration

Hungary`s Prime Minister Viktor Orban said on Thursday there was a clear link between illegal immigration to Europe and terrorist attacks on the continent.

Jul 21, 2016, 17:58 PM IST

`Lone wolf` attacks rising, hard to track, warns Europol

The Islamic State group released a video purportedly featuring a 17-year-old migrant who went on an axe rampage on a train in southern Germany.

Jul 20, 2016, 16:49 PM IST

More than 3,200 migrants rescued in Med: Italian coast guard

More than 3,200 migrants were rescued from the Mediterranean Tuesday in 25 operations, the Italian coast guard said.

Jul 20, 2016, 13:35 PM IST

Nintendo shares rise highest with Pokemon Go's success

The `Pokemon Go` fever that has gripped smartphone users across the globe has led Japanese videogame giant Nintendo to double its value at the Tokyo Stock Exchange on Tuesday.

Jul 19, 2016, 10:48 AM IST

No signs truck attacker linked to extremist network: France

France's interior minister says investigators have no evidence so far that the truck driver who killed 84 people in Nice had links to "terrorist networks."

Jul 18, 2016, 20:01 PM IST

Rescuers save 366 migrants from boats in Mediterranean, 20 reported dead

Rescuers saved 366 migrants from rickety boats trying to cross the Mediterranean to Italy.

Jul 16, 2016, 20:35 PM IST

Istanbul's airport reopens, flights resume after coup attempt

Turkish Airlines resumed flights from Istanbul`s international airport following a failed coup attempt.

Jul 16, 2016, 20:00 PM IST

Japan PM tells China''s Li international law must be respected - Kyodo

 Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe told Chinese Premier Li Keqiang that a rules-based international order must be respected.

Jul 15, 2016, 15:41 PM IST

3,000 campers evacuated in French blaze, fireman dead

More than 3,000 holidaymakers were evacuated after a blaze threatened to spread across four campsites in the south of France, as a fireman died on his way to the scene, officials said.

Jul 14, 2016, 10:13 AM IST