European Commission head Jean-Claude Juncker yesterday congratulated Alexis Tsipras on his left-wing party's re-election victory and

Hungary's prime minister has called for a "united European stance" on migration at the start of a week of intense diplomatic activity.

Britain's new opposition Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn, , a veteran anti-war campaigner, faces a revolt over air strikes on Syria, nine days after the left-

Greece's outgoing leftwing prime minister Alexis Tsipras yesterday declared he was confident of winning a second mandate for a "fighting government" to reform and revive the crisis-hit nation's economy, as voters cast ballots in a knife-edge race.

The EU's founding father Jean Monnet wrote in his memoirs that "Europe will be forged in crises" -- but a recent storm of troubles risks tearing the continent apart instead of bringing it together.

Customs Intelligence and Investigation Directorate officials seize a container carrying Indian currency at Chittagong port.

Austria saw the arrival of at least 10,000 migrants, amid bitter rows among EU nations on how to handle the growing crisis.

Greece's election hung on a knife-edge yesterday as radical former premier Alexis Tsipras retook a slight lead in the final hours of a tight

Policemen who were involved in opening fire on locals in Tangail, who were protesting assault of a woman and her son Friday, have been closed to Dhaka Range, a top official says.

An Iraqi man who spent time in jail for membership in an Islamist terrorist group was shot dead by German police Thursday after he stabbed and seriously

Barrel bomb attacks by Syrian regime helicopters killed at least 21 civilians late Thursday in a rebel-held town near Daraa city, a monitoring group said. The

Scotland's First Minister yesterday warned that a united Britain was "on borrowed time" unless Prime Minister David Cameron devolved

Responding to a call from Pope Francis for every Church parish to house refugees, the Vatican City yesterday said it had taken in a family that had fled the war in Syria.

A four-year-old Syrian girl's body washed up on a beach in western Turkey yesterday, state media said, just weeks after images of drowned Syrian toddler Aylan Kurdi shook the world.

Croatia closes seven of its eight road border crossings with Serbia following a huge influx of migrants.

The White House yesterday said it was open to limited talks with Russia following Moscow's deployment of troops and heavy weapons to war-torn Syria.

Movement of slow-moving three-wheelers, including those carrying cattle, alongside fast moving buses, trucks and cars, poses risk of

A powerful 8.3-magnitude earthquake struck off Chile Wednesday, killing 10 people, forcing the evacuation of a million and sparking warnings that tsunami waves could reach Japan.

Newly elected British opposition Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn indicated he would not campaign to leave the European Union in a referendum expected by

Romania's Prime Minister Victor Ponta is to be tried for corruption, anti-graft prosecutors said yesterday -- the first head of the country's government ever to be put in the dock while still in office.