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Pope Francis says no second chances for paedophile priests

Pope Francis says no second chances for paedophile priests

Francis also acknowledged that the Church had been slow to wake up to the scale of the problem of clerical abuse, which has done enormous damage to its standing in many countries.

Sep 21, 2017, 22:13 PM IST
'Follow the Mahatma' march in Netherlands on Gandhi Jayanti

'Follow the Mahatma' march in Netherlands on Gandhi Jayanti

A bicycle personally used by Mahatma Gandhi will be displayed at the Grote Kerk in The Hague as part of the activities.

Sep 21, 2017, 18:15 PM IST

Three Swiss Muslim group members charged with making al Qaeda propaganda

The indictment did not name the suspects, but the ICCS said in a statement the other two were its chairman, Nicolas Blancho, and its cultural production head, Naim Cherni.

Sep 21, 2017, 17:06 PM IST
Sixth suspect detained over London Tube attack

Sixth suspect detained over London Tube attack

A sixth suspect has been detained over last week's terror attack on a London Tube train, the Metropolitan Police said on Thursday.

Sep 21, 2017, 14:28 PM IST

British police make sixth arrest in Parsons Green attack

British police said on Thursday morning they had made a sixth arrest linked to Friday`s tube attack in Parsons Green, London, that injured 30 people.

Sep 21, 2017, 06:57 AM IST
Spanish police seize millions of Catalan referendum ballots

Spanish police seize millions of Catalan referendum ballots

Madrid has also threatened to arrest mayors who facilitate the vote and has tightened its control over the region`s finances.

Sep 20, 2017, 20:40 PM IST
EU seeks post-Brexit powers over foreign finance firms

EU seeks post-Brexit powers over foreign finance firms

"In the context of Brexit, we had to ... ensure that there is not a supervisory race to the bottom to attract business from London," Dombrovskis told a news conference in Brussels.

Sep 20, 2017, 18:28 PM IST
UK big consumer of online Islamist extremist terror content: Report

UK big consumer of online Islamist extremist terror content: Report

The Policy Exchange study titled 'The NewNetwar' found that Britain also ranks fifth in terms of world audience for extremist content.

Sep 19, 2017, 16:23 PM IST
British Police nab second suspect over London train attack

British Police nab second suspect over London train attack

British Police on Sunday have nabbed a second man in connection with the London Tube bombing that injured nearly 30 passengers on Friday.

Sep 17, 2017, 14:07 PM IST

Russia knew US-backed Syrian forces were in area it bombed: Pentagon

The SDF is an alliance of Kurdish and Arab militias fighting with the U.S.-led coalition.

Sep 17, 2017, 13:00 PM IST
London Tube bombing: 18-year-old man arrested by Kent Police in Dover

London Tube bombing: 18-year-old man arrested by Kent Police in Dover

An 18-year-old man has been arrested by Kent Police in Dover in connection with London Tube bombing.

Sep 16, 2017, 15:32 PM IST
London Underground train blast: Islamic State claims responsibility; UK terror threat level raised to critical

London Underground train blast: Islamic State claims responsibility; UK terror threat level raised to critical

Islamic State (IS) has claimed responsibility for the explosion on a packed London Underground train which was about to depart Parsons Green underground station at 8.20 am (0720 GMT) on Friday.

Sep 16, 2017, 08:32 AM IST
Islamic State claims responsibility for London metro blast

Islamic State claims responsibility for London metro blast

A home-made bomb on a packed rush-hour commuter train in London engulfed a carriage in flames and injured 22 people on Friday in Britain`s fifth major terrorism incident this year, but apparently

Sep 15, 2017, 23:49 PM IST

Knife-wielding man attacks soldier in Paris

A knife-wielding man attacked a soldier in Paris on Friday, the latest assault to raise questions over whether France`s anti-terror patrols are a target for extremists.

Sep 15, 2017, 15:56 PM IST
Suicide attacks on restaurants, checkpoint, kill 60 in southern Iraq

Suicide attacks on restaurants, checkpoint, kill 60 in southern Iraq

Islamic State is also under siege in the Syrian city of Raqqa, its operational base for attacks in the Middle East and the West.

Sep 14, 2017, 23:37 PM IST
UK military, community leaders remember martyred Sikh soldiers on 120th anniversary of Battle of Saragarhi

UK military, community leaders remember martyred Sikh soldiers on 120th anniversary of Battle of Saragarhi

Senior representatives of the Armed Forces, the British Armed Forces Sikh Association, and the Lord Lieutenant also laid a wreath at the memorial.

Sep 14, 2017, 11:53 AM IST

Greeks built sacred sites on earthquake fault lines: Study

According to Iain Stewart from the University of Plymouth in the UK, fault lines created by seismic activity in the Aegean region may have caused areas to be afforded special cultural status.

Sep 13, 2017, 14:58 PM IST

Germany resumes Afghan deportations months after Kabul truck bomb

Germany suspended the controversial expulsions after a sewage tanker packed with explosives detonated near the German embassy in Kabul`s diplomatic quarter on May 31, killing around 150 people and

Sep 13, 2017, 13:48 PM IST
Russian, US-led strikes kill 35 civilians in Syria's Deir Ezzor: Monitor

Russian, US-led strikes kill 35 civilians in Syria's Deir Ezzor: Monitor

The strikes follow three days of suspected Russian raids in Deir Ezzor province that have killed dozens of civilians, according to the Observatory.

Sep 12, 2017, 22:30 PM IST

Man arrested after Belgian mayor`s throat slashed

Belgian police arrested a suspect after a local mayor had his throat slashed in a graveyard, authorities said Tuesday as they probed a murder that shocked the country.

Sep 12, 2017, 14:17 PM IST