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Britains Prime Minister Boris Johnson speaking in the House of Commons in London on November 2, 2020 on new coronavirus lockdown measures (Photo : AFP)

More lockdowns in Europe as coronavirus outbreaks grow

Chancellor Sebastian Kurz had announced the measures on Saturday, describing them as -"dramatic interventions in our...

3 Nov 2020 2:16 PM IST

Huge manhunt underway after gunmen open fire at multiple locations across central Vienna (Photo : AFP)

Vienna attack: Five killed as suspected IS sympathisers strike six...

At least three people were killed, with several wounded, when attackers opened fire in six central locations

3 Nov 2020 12:39 PM IST

Britains Prince William, Duke of Cambridge wears a face mask as he visits St. Bartholomews Hospital in London. - Prince William tested positive for coronavirus in April according to media reports on November 2, 2020. (AFP)

Prince William-'s COVID-19 positive kept secret in first wave of UK...

Around the same time in April, UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson was admitted to hospital after testing positive for the...

2 Nov 2020 6:43 PM IST

French soldiers and Municipal Police officers stand behind a cordon-off area near the Orthodox Church where an attacker armed with a sawn-off shotgun wounded an Orthodox priest in a shooting before fleeing, on October 31, 2020 in Lyon, said a police source. - The priest, who has Greek nationality, was closing his church when the attack happened and is now in a serious condition, said the source, who asked not to be named. (AFP)

Greek Orthodox priest shot outside French church, suspect arrested

France is already on edge after the killing of three people inside a church in Nice and the beheading of a teacher...

1 Nov 2020 3:56 PM IST

Britains Prime Minister Boris Johnson speaks during a virtual press conference inside 10 Downing Street in central London on October 31, 2020 to announce new lockdown restrictions in an effort to curb rising infections of the novel coronavirus. (AFP)

Johnson locks down England as UK COVID-19 cases pass 1 million

Johnson was criticised by political opponents for moving too slowly into the first national lockdown

1 Nov 2020 1:51 PM IST

A Police vehicle passes by the Notre-Dame de lAssomption Basilica in Nice on October 29, 2020 after a knife-wielding man kills three people at the church, slitting the throat of at least one of them, in what officials are treating as the latest jihadist attack to rock the country. (AFP)

Church attack in Nice: What we know so far

The brutal killings come only two weeks after a French teacher was decapitated outside his school north of Paris by an...

30 Oct 2020 9:11 AM IST

Pope Francis delivers a speech during a ceremony for peace with representatives from various religions in Campidoglio Square in Rome on October 20, 2020. (AFP)

Pope says same-sex couples should be protected by civil union laws

He made his comments in a new documentary â€œFrancescoâ€ by Oscar-nominated director Evgeny Afineevsky that was...

22 Oct 2020 6:13 PM IST

French police officers stand guard a street in Eragny on October 16, 2020, where an attacker was shot dead by policemen after he decapitated a man earlier on the same day in Conflans-Sainte-Honorine. - French anti-terror prosecutors said Friday they were investigating an assault in which a man was decapitated on the outskirts of Paris and the attacker shot by police. The attack happened at around 5 pm (1500 GMT) near a school in Conflans Saint-Honorine, a western suburb of the French capital. (AFP)

History teacher beheaded in Paris for discussing Prophet Muhammadâ€™s...

French anti-terrorism prosecutor opened an investigation for murder with a suspected terrorist motive

17 Oct 2020 2:51 PM IST

A health employer checks a Covid-19 coronavirus test in Kozani, on October 16, 2020. (AFP)

Indian-origin COVID-19 patients face higher death risk in England:...

The results also reveal that for all ethnicities, males have a higher rate of death from the virus than females

17 Oct 2020 2:08 PM IST

A demonstrator carries an anti-vaccination sign at a protest action against restrictions imposed during the novel coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic, outside Downing Street, central London on October 10, 2020. - British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is expected next week to outline a new three-tier lockdown system as rates of coronavirus infection surge particularly in northern England. (AFP)

Lesson not learned: Europe unprepared as 2nd virus wave hits

Record high daily infections have made clear that Europe never really crushed the COVID-19 curve as hoped, after...

11 Oct 2020 10:52 AM IST

The WFP was honoured for its efforts to combat hunger, for its contribution to bettering conditions for peace in conflict-affected areas and for acting as a driving force in efforts to prevent the use of hunger as a weapon of war and conflict, the jury said(Image: Twitter/@NobelPrize)

World Food Programme wins Nobel Peace Prize for efforts to combat...

Founded in 1961, the UN organisation helped 97 million people last year, distributing 15 billion rations to people in 88...

9 Oct 2020 3:04 PM IST

Prime Minister @MarinSanna will let 16-year-old Aava Murto take her place for a day. (Image: Twitter/@FinGovernment

Girls Takeover: Finland PM hands her post to teenager for one day

Although Finland scores highly in gender equality comparisons, women are still heavily under-represented in technology...

8 Oct 2020 10:08 AM IST