Two dead, 20 injured after train smashes into truck in Italy

Two people are killed and 20 others injured after a train crashed into a big truck near the northern Italian city of Turin and derailed, Italian media says.
24 May 2018, 15:31 PM

Italy president summons PM candidate

Italy's president yesterday summoned Giuseppe Conte as he prepared to announce whether he will appoint the little-known lawyer to
23 May 2018, 18:00 PM

ME in 'further danger'

French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian said yesterday that the United States risks further destabilising the Middle East after
23 May 2018, 18:00 PM

Zuckerberg to face pressure on taxes

Fresh from saying "sorry" to European lawmakers, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg was set to hold talks with Emmanuel Macron yesterday
23 May 2018, 18:00 PM

Russia calls for int'l aid to rebuild Syria

Senior Russian military officials yesterday called for the United Nations and other international organisations to help rebuild Syrian
23 May 2018, 18:00 PM

G7 rejects Maduro's presidential polls win

The Group of Seven (G7) industrialized nations yesterday rejected Venezuela's presidential election outcome, saying Maduro's win lacks
23 May 2018, 18:00 PM

Moscow probes British media over spy row

Russia announced yesterday it had begun analysing the output of British media working on its territory with a view to opening formal
23 May 2018, 18:00 PM

FB hasn't done enough

Facebook chief Mark Zuckerberg apologised to the European Parliament yesterday and said the social media giant is taking steps to prevent a repeat of a massive breach of users' personal data.
22 May 2018, 19:43 PM

EU Parliament to grill Zuckerberg

Facebook chief Mark Zuckerberg was to say sorry to the European Parliament yesterday, pledging that the social media giant has learned
22 May 2018, 18:00 PM

104 coup suspects gets life in Turkey

A Turkish court on Monday handed life sentences to 104 suspects over their involvement in the July 2016 attempted coup against
22 May 2018, 18:00 PM

Maduro wins second term

Venezuela was facing the threat of fresh international sanctions and intensified domestic unrest yesterday following President Nicolas
21 May 2018, 18:00 PM

NO HONEYMOON FOR NOW

US pastor Michael Curry, who fired up the wedding with his power of love speech, admitted afterwards that his 13-and-a-half-minute
20 May 2018, 18:00 PM

African-Americans hail UK royal wedding's nod to black history, culture

Hometown and racial pride fired up royal wedding watchers across the United States on Saturday, from pre-dawn partiers wearing pajamas and fancy hats in Los Angeles to Twitter posts from Miami to Indianapolis hailing "the blackest royal wedding the UK has ever seen."
20 May 2018, 06:45 AM

Italy's new 'Buster Keaton' wins best actor at Cannes

A little-known Italian actor, wins best actor at Cannes film festival on Saturday for his portrayal of a cocaine-dealing dog groomer who faces down a local heavy in an urban western.
20 May 2018, 05:38 AM

Japan's 'Shoplifters' steals the show to win Cannes Palme d'Or

Japanese director Hirokazu Kore-eda wins the Palme d'Or at Cannes on Saturday for "Shoplifters", a critically acclaimed family drama with unguessable plot twists.
20 May 2018, 05:21 AM

Russia unveils floating nuke power station

Russia yesterday unveiled the world's first floating nuclear power station at a ceremony in the port of the far northern city of Murmansk
19 May 2018, 18:00 PM

From blind date to I do

Harry and Meghan go on a blind date in London after being set up by a mutual friend (as revealed by the couple in a post-engagement
19 May 2018, 18:00 PM

Divided Britain unites

At street parties and pubs around the country, Britons celebrated yesterday's royal wedding with bunting, booze and bonhomie in a
19 May 2018, 18:00 PM

Global royalists celebrate wedding

There was silence along the Long Walk in Windsor as thousands of well-wishers listened to Prince Harry and Meghan Markle say their
19 May 2018, 18:00 PM

EU moves to save Iran deal

The European Union took formal steps yesterday to shield its firms from US sanctions on Iran as part of efforts to save the international nuclear deal with Tehran.
18 May 2018, 18:00 PM