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High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Raad Al Hussein. (Photo: UN)

Women's movement around the world facing backlash, says UN rights...

The UN High Commissioner added that it is â€œextremely troublingâ€ to see recent roll-back of fundamental legislation in...

8 March 2017 4:15 PM IST

Slain Al Qaeda chief Bin Ladens half-sister, Sana Mohammed Bin Laden, her mother, Raja Bashir Hashim, and his brother-in-law, Zuhair Hashim, were killed, along with pilot Mazen Al-Aqeel Dajah Salem.(Photo: PTI)

UK: Plane with Laden's family members burst into flames, says coroner

The former al-Qaeda chief's brother-in-law, half-sister and her mother were killed along with pilot.

8 March 2017 3:11 PM IST

Undertakers lift a stretcher with a bodybag into a hearse in Herne, Germany. (AP Photo)

Germany hunts for man who bragged of stabbing 9-year-old child in...

The suspect was named as Marcel Hesse, described as an unemployed and socially withdrawn man not previously known to...

8 March 2017 11:04 AM IST

Mexican authorities found six dismembered bodies in 13 bags in Guerrero. (Photo: AFP)

6 dismembered bodies found in bags left near water plant in southern...

The discovery came a day after 10 bodies were found in various parts of Guerrero.

8 March 2017 10:54 AM IST

German Chancellor Angela Merkel (Photo: AP)

Lawmakers to quiz Angela Merkel over role in VW's 'dieselgate'

Merkel has been chancellor for the entire period covered by the inquiry, which has also heard serving and former...

8 March 2017 10:42 AM IST

British Finance Minister Philip Hammond. (Photo: AP)

Britain eyes cautious budget ahead of Brexit trigger

Hammond's first budget statement in November 2016 was viewed as rather uninspiring by the British media and financial...

8 March 2017 9:33 AM IST

Rescue workers and sniffer dogs were sent to the scene but helicopters could not be scrambled because of poor visibility. (Photo: AP)

Avalanche hits ski slope in French Alps resort, no one injured

The slope is close to where an avalanche last month killed four people who were exploring in an off-piste area.

7 March 2017 7:49 PM IST

Around 400,000 migrants and refugees passed through Hungary in 2015 before Orbans right-wing government sealed its southern borders with razor wire and fences in the autumn. (Photo: AP)

Hungry to detain all asylum seekers in 'container camps' before...

Anyone who passed through a safe third country including Serbia will be rejected, and any appeals against rejections...

7 March 2017 6:02 PM IST

UN High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi. (Photo: AFP)

Trump's travel ban can compound anguish of refugees: UNHCR

It would also bar for 90-days travel to the US by citizens of Iran, Libya, Syria, Somalia, Sudan and Yemen.

7 March 2017 5:43 PM IST

Combined with the more than 600,000 Afghan refugees who have been forced to return to the country from neighbouring Pakistan this year, the mass migration to safer urban areas is draining local resources, UN said. (Photo: AFP/Representational Image)

Countries can deny humanitarian visas to refugees: EU top court

The court ruled against the family from the besieged city of Aleppo who had applied for the humanitarian visas at the...

7 March 2017 5:15 PM IST

French officials say an avalanche has struck the Alpine ski resort of Tignes

Avalanche buries 'many' skiers on French ski slope

Rescue workers and sniffer dogs were being deployed and staff mobilised at the sprawling resort.

7 March 2017 4:35 PM IST

Former European Union President Herman van Rompuy, right. (Photo: AFP)

Former EU president says bloc needs common foreign policy

The EU is debating how to move forward as Britain prepares to leave and the bloc faces wider tensions.

7 March 2017 3:31 PM IST