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The elections were triggered as a Monday deadline passed for Catholic socialists Sinn Fein who refused to fill their top post in the two-party government, denouncing their Democratic Unionist partners as corrupt and bigoted. (Photo: AP)

Brexit looms large as North Ireland holds snap elections

Northern Ireland will hold a snap vote on March 2 to elect a new assembly following the collapse of the region's...

1 March 2017 9:19 AM IST

Britains Kate, the Duchess of Cambridge, talks to chef Vikas Khanna at Buckingham Palace (photo: AP)

Queen Elizabeth II learns dance mudras

The Queen had hosted a special reception on Monday to mark the launch of UK-India Year of Culture 2017.

1 March 2017 2:08 AM IST

Mount Etna, Europes most active volcano, spews lava during an eruption, near the Sicilian town of Catania, southern Italy. (Photo: AP)

Italy: Mount Etna volcano erupts in a fiery show of lava in eastern...

Authorities reported no danger to the towns that dot the mountain's slopes.

28 Feb 2017 6:57 PM IST

United Kingdom Independence Party leader, Nigel Farage, announces he is resigning as party leader during a speech at The Emmanuel Centre in London. (Photo: AP)

Nigel Farage calls for ouster of his party's only UK lawmaker

Some UKIP members are at odds with flamboyant Farage, who put immigration at center of successful campaign for Britain...

28 Feb 2017 6:32 PM IST

A migrant rests aboard Golfo Azurro, the Spanish NGO Proactiva Open Arms rescue ship, off the Libyan coast. (Photo: AP)

Women, child migrants raped, enslaved in Libya hellholes': Unicef

Most of the children said they were beaten by adults along the way, with girls suffering more abuse than boys.

28 Feb 2017 5:20 PM IST

An appeals court in the southern city of Aix-en-Provence found Jean-Marie Le Pen, the 88-year-old founder of the National Front (FN) party, guilty of inciting hate and making racist and negationist statements with the comments at a press conference in Nice. (Photo: AFP)

French presidential candidate's father Jean-Marie Le Pen fined for...

An appeals court in the southern city of Aix-en-Provence found Jean-Marie Le Pen guilty of inciting hate and making...

28 Feb 2017 4:52 PM IST

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ISIS encouraged militants to eat' non-Muslims during time of jihad'

The claims come in the wake of reports that claimed that a mother was forced to eat her son's remains by the ISIS.

28 Feb 2017 11:21 AM IST

Ukraine rebels threaten to seize enterprises unless blockade is halted

Ukraine rebels threaten to seize enterprises unless blockade is halted

Ukraine is also suffering from the nationalist coal blockade as fuel supply issues at power plants sparked fears of...

27 Feb 2017 8:44 PM IST

Two weeks after a woman was allegedly raped at gun-point by a duo at Maradu here, the cops arrested a 29-year-old person in this connection. (Representational image)

Man arrested in Sweden for spying on Tibetan refugees

SAPO would not disclose his name or nationality, nor which country he was working for or where in Sweden he was spying.

27 Feb 2017 8:43 PM IST

Queen Elizabeth II (Photo: AFP)

A R Rahman's 'Jai Ho' music to open UK-India Year of Culture 2017...

Buckingham Palace is set for a historic taste of Indian flavours later as Queen Elizabeth II hosts the launch of UK...

27 Feb 2017 7:43 PM IST

UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres. (Photo: AP)

With Donald Trump at helm, US takes seat at UN rights council

Many of the issues prioritised by Obama's UN envoys -- remain on the agenda.

27 Feb 2017 6:17 PM IST

Representational Image. (Photo: File)

French Institute in Athens targeted in arson attack

French Ambassador Christophe Chantepy said damage was limited thanks to the rapid intervention of firefighters.'

27 Feb 2017 6:10 PM IST