NEW DELHI: The wheels of controversial businessman Vijay Mallya's extradition process have begun to roll, with the British government sending India's extradition request to a district judge, the first step towards a judicial decision that could send him back to India to face a court. "The UK home

A rocket fired by Palestinians in the Gaza Strip slammed into southern Israel on Saturday, prompting retaliatory Israeli air and tank strikes, sources on both sides said. The Israeli army said the rocket hit an open area. “No casualties have been reported,” it said. “In response, a tank and

Istanbul: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Saturday said he expected parliament to approve restoring capital punishment after the April 16 referendum on expanding its powers, a move that could end Ankara`s bid to join the EU. Turkey completely abolished the death penalty in 2004 as part

HODEIDA (YEMEN): The boat packed with dozens of Somali refugees was more than 30 miles off war-torn Yemen's coast when a military vessel and a helicopter gunship swooped in, opening fire today, killing at least 42 people. The attack, which Yemen's Shiite rebels blamed on a Saudi-led coalition, hi

Washington: Hillary Clinton has said she is ready to “come out of the woods” and help the “divided” nation find common ground, five months after her shocking defeat in the US presidential polls to Donald Trump. “Our country seems so divided right now. I do not believe that we can let political di

US President Donald Trump is not safe inside the White House and even the Secret Service would not be able to protect him during a terror attack, a former Secret Service agent who had guarded previous presidents has warned. Former Secret Service agent Dan Bongino's statement came a week after the

Paris, France: A 17-year-old pupil was arrested with a cache of weapons after a shooting in a high school in southern France on Thursday that left eight people injured including the head teacher. Here is what we know about the shooting, which comes with France on high alert ahead of a president

Karachi: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Tuesday said that forcible conversion and destruction of worship places of other religions is a crime in Islam and in Pakistan as he greeted the Hindu community on the occasion of Holi. Addressing a function to celebrate Holi with Hindus here, he insisted

Aden: The conflict in Yemen has killed nearly 7,700 people, including at least 1,564 children, since a Saudi-led coalition intervened on the government’s side two years ago, UN agencies said Monday. The UN children’s agency UNICEF said that by March 10, at least 1,546 children were killed and 2,4

Washington: A Muslim couple has sued US’ United Airlines for forcing them off a flight last year after they sought help with a child booster seat, alleging that they were discriminated against based on faith. Mohamad and Eaman Shebley, of northern Chicago suburbs, alleged that they were preparing

Reuters | March 14,2017 LUXEMBOURG: Employers may bar staff from wearing visible religious symbols, the European Union’s top court ruled on Tuesday in its first decision on the issue of women wearing Islamic headscarves at work. On the eve of a Dutch election in which Muslim immigration has

Ankara/Amsterdam: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has warned the Netherlands it will “pay the price” for harming ties after two of his ministers were barred from speaking in Rotterdam city, as a row over Ankara’s political campaigning among Turkish immigrants escalated. “We will teach th

Mosul: Iraqi security forces have seized control of more than a third of west Mosul, a commander said Sunday, after a week of steady gains in their battle to retake the city from the Islamic State group. Fierce fighting has shaken Mosul in recent days as thousands of US-backed Iraqi soldiers and

MANILA:  Negotiators from the Philippine government and Maoist-led rebels have reached an agreement to resume formal peace negotiations next month, a month after an angry President Rodrigo Duterte cancelled talks after rebels ambushed soldiers. The two sides would hold talks in the first of April

Cairo: A bomb went off in Al-Arish city of Egypt’s restive North Sinai, killing a high-ranking Army officer and injuring three others, the Interior Ministry said in a statement. The explosion took place late on Wednesday targeting a security patrol which was passing through Assiut street in Al-

New York : Nearly two-thirds of US voters say hatred and prejudice in the United States have risen since Donald Trump was elected president, an opinion poll revealed today. Sixty-three per cent of subjects polled by Quinnipiac University said hatred and prejudice have increased since Trump’s No

Moscow: Russian President Vladimir Putin urged Israel on Thursday to focus on today’s “different world” after Premier Benjamin Netanyahu evoked age-old tensions with Iran, ahead of a holiday marking an ancient victory. In a meeting with Putin in Moscow, Netanyahu said Persia had made “an attemp

Chancellor Angela Merkel is planning to hold her first meeting with US President Donald Trump in Washington on March 14, a German government source said on Friday. "Such a plan is in the works," the source told AFP. Separately, government spokesman Steffen Seibert said that "we are not denying" r