SC upholds Gen Harun’s HC bail

The Supreme Court upholds the High Court order that had granted bail to Destiny 2000 President Lt Gen (retd) Harun-Ar-Rashid in two money laundering cases.
14 September 2015

Germany buckles under pressure

The German government wants to temporarily reintroduce border controls in response to the refugee exodus, German newspaper Bild said yesterday as authorities in Berlin warned they were stretched to capacity to welcome refugees. Meanwhile, German Interior Minister Thomas de Maiziere said refugees streaming into Europe should not be able to choose where to settle, as authorities said thousands more were on the move across the continent.
13 September 2015

Merkel for Russian role in Syria

Germany and other western European powers need to work with Russia as well as the United States to solve the crisis in Syria, German Chancellor Angela
13 September 2015

3 killed by PKK in Turkey's southeast

Three policemen were killed by Kurdish militants yesterday in two separate attacks in Turkey's southeast, security sources said, as weeks of violence showed no
13 September 2015

Jeremy Corbyn is 'threat to national security'

Prime Minister David Cameron said Sunday that veteran socialist Jeremy Corbyn's election to the Labour leadership made the main opposition party a threat to Britain's national security.
13 September 2015

Scotland gears up for second vote

SNP, the party that rules Scotland, will set out a timetable for a possible second Scottish independence referendum in its 2016 Holyrood manifesto, Nicola Sturgeon has revealed.
13 September 2015

Accept 1 lac Syrian refugees

Seventy-two House Democrats joined human rights groups on Friday in calling for the US to admit 100,000 Syrian refugees next fiscal year, saying the White House's proposal to take in 10,000 of them is far from enough.
13 September 2015

Turkey lifts curfew on Kurdish city of Cizre

Turkey yesterday lifted a week-long curfew imposed on the predominantly Kurdish south-eastern city of Cizre, media reports said. Cizre was sealed off since
12 September 2015

Russia making a 'big mistake'

US President Barack Obama said Friday that Russia's decision to send military advisors and equipment to Syria extended a strategy "doomed to failure," and could kill off already stagnant peace efforts.
12 September 2015

Russian cosmonaut back after record 879 days in space

Russian cosmonaut Gennady Padalka returned safely to Earth with two other astronauts from the International Space Station yesterday
12 September 2015

A rare apology from a colonial power

A British-funded memorial to the thousands killed, tortured and jailed in the Mau Mau rebellion was unveiled in Kenya yesterday, in a rare example of former rulers commemorating a colonial uprising.
12 September 2015

Austria likens Orban's refugee policies to Nazi deportations

Austria's chancellor criticised Hungary for its handling of the refugee crisis on Saturday, likening the country's policies to Nazi deportations during the Holocaust as refugees complained of their treatment in the eastern European country.
12 September 2015

Socialist Jeremy Corbyn wins

Anti-austerity leftwinger Jeremy Corbyn was elected leader of Britain's opposition Labour Party yesterday in a landslide victory that
12 September 2015

Catalans stage mass rally for independence

Hundreds of thousands of Catalans poured into the streets yesterday demanding independence, ahead of a regional election billed as an indirect vote on
11 September 2015

IOM: 432,761 migrants crossed sea this year

More than 430,000 migrants and refugees have reached Europe via the Mediterranean since the start of the year, the International Organization for Migration
11 September 2015

Camerawoman 'regrets' kicking refugees

A Hungarian camerawoman who caused global outrage after being caught on film tripping and kicking refugees as they fled police apologised yesterday and
11 September 2015

Saudi Arabia's aid to Germany: 200 mosques

Saudi Arabia has reportedly responded to the growing number of people fleeing the Middle East for western Europe – by offering to build 200 mosques in
11 September 2015

Refugees were fed 'like animals in pen' in Hungary camp

Disturbing footage yesterday emerged of the way migrants are being treated inside Hungary's main refugee camp on the border with
11 September 2015

Syriza regains Greek poll lead

Greece's radical-left Syriza party has established a narrow lead over conservative rivals New Democracy nine days from a snap election, according to a poll
11 September 2015

Maduro foe gets long jail term

Activists planned new protests in Venezuela yesterday after jailed opposition leader Leopoldo Lopez was sentenced to nearly 14 years in prison for inciting
11 September 2015