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The body of late Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI is lied out in state inside St. Peters Basilica at The Vatican where thousands went to pay their homage. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

65,000 view Benedict XVIâ€™s body lying in state at Vatican

Before the rank-and-file faithful were allowed into the basilica, prayers were recited and holy water sprinkled over the...

3 Jan 2023 10:49 AM IST

Police block the perimeter at the scene of Russian shelling in Kyiv, Ukraine, Monday, Oct. 17, 2022, after some explosions rocked Kyiv in the early morning. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)

Ukraine faces grim start to 2023 after fresh Russian attacks

Ukraine-'s largest university, the Taras Shevchenko National University in Kyiv, reported significant damage to its...

2 Jan 2023 10:06 AM IST

$In this file photograph taken on December 25, 2005, Pope Benedict XVI delivers his first Christmas Day \Urbi et Orbi\ (the city and the world) message to pilgrims and tourists on St Peters Square at The Vatican. - Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI, a German theologian whose 2013 resignation took the world by surprise, died on December 31, 2022, at age 95, the Vatican announced. (Photo: AFP)$ World

Former pope Benedict XVI passes away

VATICAN CITY: Former pope Benedict XVI, who in 2013 became the first pontiff to resign as head of the Catholic...

31 Dec 2022 3:33 PM IST

Former pope Benedict XVI posing for a picture at the airport in Munich, southern Germany in June 2020, after visiting his brother and before his departure.

Vatican says health of retired pope Benedict XVI -'worsening-'

VATICAN CITY: The health of Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI has worsened due to his age, and doctors are constantly...

28 Dec 2022 6:30 PM IST

US President Joe Biden and Ukraines President Volodymyr Zelensky meet in the Oval Office of the White House, in Washington, DC on December 21. (Brendan SMIALOWSKI / AFP)

Ukraine to call for Russia-'s removal from UN Security Council

US President Joe Biden in September said he supported an expansion of the Security Council and for it to -'become more...

26 Dec 2022 11:32 AM IST

Ukraines President Volodymyr Zelensky will meet US leader Joe Biden and address Congress in Washington on Wednesday. (AFP)

Ukraine president Zelensky to meet Biden, address Congress in...

The secretly arranged trip comes on the same day Russian President Vladimir Putin plans to meet his top military...

21 Dec 2022 12:40 PM IST

It is being compared to the landmark plan to limit global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius under the Paris Agreement. Representational Image/Twitter

Historic biodiversity deal at UN conference

A major achievement is also the commitment to $20 billion in international finance flows by 2025 and $30 billion by 2030

20 Dec 2022 9:01 AM IST

Ukrainian soldiersrest near their position in Bakhmut, Donetsk region, Ukraine, Saturday, Dec. 17, 2022. (AP Photo/LIBKOS)

Ukraine races to restore power after Russian missiles batter grid

Russia fired 74 -- mainly cruise -- missiles Friday, 60 of which were shot down by anti-aircraft defences, according to...

18 Dec 2022 10:50 AM IST

A hole from a shell explosion in the damaged dome of an Orthodox church is seen after what Russian officials in Donetsk said was a shelling by Ukrainian forces, in Donetsk, the capital of Russian-controlled Donetsk region, eastern Ukraine, Thursday, Dec. 15, 2022. (AP Photo)

Russia launches another major missile attack on Ukraine

Local authorities on social media reported explosions in the capital, Kyiv, southern Kryvyi Rih and northeastern Kharkiv

16 Dec 2022 1:44 PM IST

An oil tanker is moored at the Sheskharis complex, part of Chernomortransneft JSC, a subsidiary of Transneft PJSC, in Novorossiysk, Russia, one of the largest facilities for oil and petroleum products in southern Russia. (AP file photo)

Russia offers India help in overcoming G7-'s oil price cap

The offer came as Russian Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Novak held a meeting with the Indian Ambassador to Moscow,...

12 Dec 2022 11:49 AM IST

Prince Harry and Meghan (Image: Netflix)

British royals brace themselves for Harry and Meghan documentary

London: Britain's monarchy is bracing for more bombshells to be lobbed over the palace gates Thursday as Netflix...

8 Dec 2022 2:44 PM IST

Ukraines President Volodymyr Zelensky (AFP)

-'Come to Ukraine-', Zelensky slams Elon Musk-'s peace proposal

Musk sparked controversy by proposing peace deal involving re-running under UN supervision referendums in...

1 Dec 2022 10:35 AM IST