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Russian opposition activist Alexei Navalny. The German government says specialist labs in France and Sweden have confirmed Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny was poisoned with the Soviet-era nerve agent Novichok. (AP File)World
French, Swedish labs also confirm Navalny’s Novichok poisoning:...

The poisoning has brought tensions between Russia and Germany to new heights, fuelling calls for the Nord Stream 2...

14 Sept 2020 3:18 PM IST

Ksenia Fadeyeva, 28, the head of Alexei Navalnys Tomsk headquarters and the city council candidate in September 13 regional elections, distributes campaign leaflets in the Siberian city of Tomsk on September 7, 2020. (AFP)World
Two Navalny allies win vote in Russian city where he was poisoned

Navalny had been in Tomsk to promote his -'smart voting-' campaign when he was poisoned with what Germany says was a...

14 Sept 2020 2:14 PM IST

People enjoying the autumn sunshine on Primrose Hill, London, Sunday, Sept. 13, 2020. From Monday, social gatherings of more than six people will be banned in England both indoors and outdoors and Boris Johnson hinted that such restrictions will potentially remain in place until or through Christmas. (AP)World
COVID infections in Europe to spike in Oct, Nov: WHO

The number of cases in Europe has risen sharply in recent weeks, especially in Spain and France

14 Sept 2020 12:14 PM IST

Russian opposition activist Alexei Navalny casting his vote at a polling station during to the Moscow city Duma election in Moscow. - Tests carried out on Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny provide clear proof that he was poisoned by a chemical nerve agent, the German government said Wednesday, September 2, 2020, demanding explanations from Moscow. (AFP File)World
Russia’s local elections will test public discontent over Navalny...

Navalny had hoped to undermine United Russia’s grip on regional power through the election before he fell gravely ill

13 Sept 2020 12:41 PM IST

Laboratory technicians handles capped vials as part of filling and packaging tests for the large-scale production and supply of the University of Oxfords COVID-19 vaccine candidate, AZD1222, conducted on a high-performance aseptic vial filling line on September 11, 2020 at the Italian biologics manufacturing facility of multinational corporation Catalent in Anagni, southeast of Rome, during the COVID-19 infection, caused by the novel coronavirus. (AFP)World
Oxford and AstraZeneca resume COVID-19 vaccine trial

The university confirmed the restart across all of its UK trial sites after regulators gave the go-ahead following the...

13 Sept 2020 9:40 AM IST

A migrant woman and children react after police threw tear gas during clashes near the city Mytilene on the Greek island of Lesbos, on September 12, 2020, a few days after a fire destroyed the Moria refugee camp. - Police on the Greek island of Lesbos fired tear gas at migrants on September 12 who threw stones during a protest to demand shelter after the local camp of Moria burned down, an AFP photographer said. (AFP)World
Police fire teargas as Moria migrants protest on Greek island of...

Thousands of asylum seekers have been sleeping rough on roads since Wednesday when the Moria camp was destroyed in...

12 Sept 2020 4:37 PM IST

The woman, Julija Adlesic, was detained early last year for allegedly cutting off her hand at the wrist with a circular saw to get nearly 400,000 euros ($470,000) in insurance compensation. (Image: Twitter\\ @English14755403)World
Slovenia woman jailed for cutting off hand for insurance fraud

She left the hand behind rather than bringing it with her to the hospital, hoping to receive higher compensation for...

12 Sept 2020 3:23 PM IST

Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko speaks during a cabinet meeting in Minsk, Belarus. (AP)World
Belarusian leader set to visit Russia as protests continue in capital

The post-election protests have attracted the biggest crowds on Sundays, when up to 200,000 people have flooded the...

12 Sept 2020 10:06 AM IST

Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny (centre). (AP File)World
Russian police wants to question Navalny as he wakes up from coma

Navalny-'s posioning case has prompted international calls for Russia to carry out a transparent investigation or risk...

11 Sept 2020 2:17 PM IST

Bare-chested climate protesters lock themselves to UK parliament buildingWorld
Bare-chested climate protesters lock themselves to UK parliament...

On Saturday, protesters blockaded distribution of two newspapers they accuses of failing to accurately report on climate...

11 Sept 2020 10:19 AM IST

Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny. (AFP)World
Russia-'s Navalny starts speaking as condition improves

Navalny’s police protection had been stepped up in the expectation that he would be receiving more visitors as his...

10 Sept 2020 3:14 PM IST

Migrants sit inside the burnt Moria Camp on the Greek island of Lesbos on September 9, 2020, after a major fire. - Thousands of asylum seekers on the Greek island of Lesbos fled for their lives early September 9, as a huge fire ripped through the camp of Moria, the countrys largest and most notorious migrant facility. Over 12,000 men, women and children ran in panic out of containers and tents and into adjoining olive groves and fields as the fire destroyed most of the overcrowded, squalid camp. The blaze started just hours after the migration ministry said that 35 people had tested positive at the camp. (AFP)World
Thousands flee as fire rips through Greece-'s crowded refugee camps

The blaze started just hours after the migration ministry said that 35 people had tested positive at the camp

9 Sept 2020 3:22 PM IST

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