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Italy's David Sassoli is a 63-year-old former journalist. (Photo: AFP)

European Parliament elects Italian social democrat David Sassoli as new president

The vote for president completes the roster of the EU's five most important jobs.

04 Jul 2019 6:15 PM

50-year-old, Simone Burns was sentenced to six months in jail in April for spitting and making racist taunts at Indian cabin crew who refused to serve more alcohol. (Photo: Screengrab)

Irish woman who yelled racist, abusive comments at Air India crew, found dead

She was found dead at her home in East Sussex in England, after having apparently committed suicide.

04 Jul 2019 12:56 PM

FBI speculated after secretly recording his close aide and Karachi-based businessman Jabir Motiwala. (Photo: File)

Federal Bureau of Investigation suspects Dawood is in Pakistan

Dawood Ibrahim is wanted in India to face the law of the land for carrying out serial blasts in Mumbai in 1993

03 Jul 2019 9:19 PM

It has not yet been revealed how he died. (Photo: Twitter | @HSajwanization)

Emir of Sharjah's fashion designer son dies in London

Sheikh Khalid bin Sultan Al Qasimi was the owner of a British fashion label, Qasimi, which has been in business since 2008.

03 Jul 2019 8:03 PM

Riley, was delivered in early hours of Saturday by paramedics after his mother, 26-year-old Kelly Mary Fauvrelle, was found stabbed inside a house in Croydon, south London. (Photo: Pixabay | Representional Image)

Baby born to woman stabbed to death in London, dies within days

There were 285 fatal stabbings in England and Wales in 2018, the highest level since records began more than 70 years ago.

03 Jul 2019 6:24 PM

Beleaguered liquor tycoon Vijay Mallya has claimed that he is victim of a witch-hunt based on a 'false' case against him after the UK High Court granted him permission to appeal against his extradition order. (Photo: File)

UK grants Mallya permission to appeal extradition; claims of ‘witch-hunt’

High Court judges noted that some of the lower court's findings may have been on allegations that defence had not had a 'chance to answer'.

03 Jul 2019 4:35 PM

More than 200 people were killed in western Japan last July, when prolonged heavy rain triggered landslides and flood. (Photo: Representational)

Japan's Kagoshima city orders 600,000 residents to take shelter in evacuation centres

About 900 mm (35.4 inches) of rain has fallen on the southernmost main island of Kyushu, where Kagoshima is located.

03 Jul 2019 1:14 PM

Emanuela Orlandi, the missing girl from 1983 (Photo: AP)

Two tombs in Vatican City will be opened to investigate a 1983 cold case

The exhumed remains will be scientifically analyzed to date them, and DNA testing will be carried out to find a match.

03 Jul 2019 1:11 PM

Mallya, who is facing charges of financial offences running into over Rs 9,000 crore, will now not be immediately extradited but will be able to mount further legal challenges in the high court. (Photo: File)

'Justice prevails': Mallya tweets after court lets him appeal extradition order

Vijay Mallya reiterated that charges against him are false and fabricated and have no merit.

03 Jul 2019 8:59 AM

A two-member bench of Justices George Leggatt and Andrew Popplewell of the Administrative Court division of the Royal Courts of Justice is hearing the arguments of Mallya's counsel Clare Montgomery and Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) arguing on behalf of India. (Photo: AP)

Vijay Mallya appears before UK court in extradition case

He is seeking permission to appeal against UK Home Secretary's order extraditing him to India to face fraud, money laundering charges.

02 Jul 2019 5:36 PM

The French leader said he would continue in the coming days to work towards a resolution of the standoff between Iran and the US that would see Tehran 'fully respect its obligations and continue to benefit from the economic advantages of the (2015) deal.' (Photo: File)

France calls on Iran to 'immediately' reduce enriched uranium reserves

This camed a day after Tehran announced it had breached limits under a 2015 nuclear deal to retaliate against new US sanctions.

02 Jul 2019 3:55 PM

The US has already declared Dawood Ibrahim a global terrorist running an international drug syndicate and sharing the gang's routes with Pakistan-based terror outfits. (Photo: PTI/File)

Pak trying to halt extradition of Dawood 's top aide to US: Sources

Jabir Motiwala was arrested in London in August 2018 on the charges of money laundering and drug trafficking.

02 Jul 2019 1:17 PM

London's Metropolitan Police said officers were called on Sunday after the discovery of the suspected stowaway's body in a residential garden in Clapham in the southwest of the capital. (Representational Image)

'Stowaway' body falls from Kenya Airways flight into London garden; probe underway

UK police are working to establish the identity of the man who they believe fell from the landing gear compartment of the airplane.

02 Jul 2019 1:10 PM

The oral hearing of Vijay Mallya's application to appeal against his extradition to India is the last resort for the businessman. (Photo: File)

Vijay Mallya's last resort appeal against extradition comes up in UK court tomorrow

Earlier, on April 5, Mallya's written application was refused by Justice William Davis.

01 Jul 2019 7:27 PM

Police in the US state of Georgia have released a poignant video of officers finding an abandoned newborn girl inside a plastic bag, as part of their efforts to find the child's mother. (Photo: AFP)

‘Baby India’: Hundreds of adoption offers pour in for newborn found in plastic bag

She’s even gotten people offering to pay for her college, the Georgia’s Division of Family and Children Services says.

30 Jun 2019 2:30 PM

Pakistan's high commissioner in London welcomed the announcement. (Photo: AP)

Prince William and wife Kate announce official visit to Pakistan in Autumn

'The upcoming Royal Visit is a reflection of the importance the UK attaches to its relations with Pakistan,' said Mohammad Nafees Zakaria.

30 Jun 2019 12:48 PM

The sixth wife of Dubai’s billionaire ruler, Princess Haya Bint Al Hussein, has reportedly fled from the United Arab Emirates (UAE) with 31 million pounds and their two children following the break-up of their marriage. (Photo: princesshaya.net)

Dubai’s Princess Haya flees UAE with money, kids post break-up: reports

She is understood to have taken 31 million pounds with her to start a new life, reports say.

30 Jun 2019 10:31 AM

Former London mayor Boris Johnson, a Brexit figurehead, faces Foreign Minister Jeremy Hunt in a run-off vote to decide who takes on the tricky task of piloting the country's departure from the EU. (Photo: File)

'It's no': France tells British PM hopeful on renegotiating Brexit

The EU insists there is no alternative to May's deal.

29 Jun 2019 10:13 AM

Explosive charges blow up the eastern pylons of Genoa's Morandi motorway bridge. (Photo: AFP)

Watch: Italy's Genoa bridge destroyed in six second controlled explosion

The remains of the 4,500-tonne Morandi bridge were detonated at 9:37 am (0737 GMT) and took just 7 seconds to collapse in a cloud of dust.

28 Jun 2019 11:09 PM

Iran is on the verge of exceeding one of the limits on stockpiles of nuclear material foreseen under the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA). (Representational Image)

Progress made at nuclear deal meeting but still not enough: Iran

Iran's Dy Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said what had been agreed was 'one step forward' adding 'still not meeting Iran's expectations'.

28 Jun 2019 10:39 PM

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