Pope Francis: His pontificate in numbersPope Francis, who passed away at 88, led the Catholic Church since 2013, exceeding the average pontificate length. He appointed numerous ca...
21 Apr, 2025, 07.45 PM IST
UN agency reports over 8,500 migrants died worldwide last year, a record since tallies began in 2014A record-high number of 8,565 migrants died worldwide in 2023, with the Mediterranean Sea crossing experiencing the largest increase. Most ...
06 Mar, 2024, 10.59 PM IST
EU faces new influx of migrants amid Gaza conflict - Greek ministerGreece's Migration Minister, Dimitris Kairidis, has warned that the European Union (EU) faces the risk of a sudden influx of migrants escap...
23 Oct, 2023, 07.31 PM IST
Italy to pass tougher measures to deter migrant arrivalsHowever, Rome only has repatriation agreements with some of the countries whose migrants come ashore in Italy, and even when there is a bil...
18 Sep, 2023, 05.48 PM IST
41 migrants missing after new Mediterranean shipwreckForty-one migrants including three children are feared dead after being shipwrecked last week in the Mediterranean, UN agencies said, citin...
10 Aug, 2023, 12.36 PM IST
Dozens saved by Italy from migrant shipwrecks; some, clinging to rocks, plucked to safety by coptersAll 34 migrants who endured two nights on the reef were rescued, said Federico Catania, a spokesperson for the Alpine assistance group whos...
07 Aug, 2023, 06.37 AM IST
Toll in Tunisia shipwreck tragedy rises to 32The North African country's coastguard said last week it had intercepted more than 14,000 migrants trying to reach Europe from January to M...
14 Apr, 2023, 07.42 PM IST
UN agency: 75 migrants drown in Mediterranean off LibyaMeanwhile, a different coast guard vessel was headed to the port of Porto Empedocle on Saturday evening in Sicily with more than 350 migran...
21 Nov, 2021, 08.41 AM IST
France's Macron to Muslims: I hear your anger, but won't accept violenceAn assailant shouting "Allahu Akbar" (God is Greatest) beheaded a woman and killed two other people in a church in Nice on Thursday, in Fra...
01 Nov, 2020, 10.16 AM IST
France seeks to uncover links of Tunisian suspected of killing 3 in Nice church attackBrahim Issaoui, 21, only arrived in Europe from Tunisia last month and, according to prosecutors, killed the sexton, a Brazilian woman and ...
31 Oct, 2020, 04.04 PM IST
New arrest after France church attack, security tightenedTunisian anti-terrorism authorities opened an investigation Friday into an online claim of responsibility by a person who said the attack o...
31 Oct, 2020, 12.15 AM IST
France on alert as official warns of more militant attacks after Nice church killingsMacron has deployed thousands of soldiers to protect important sites such as places of worship and schools, and the country's security aler...
30 Oct, 2020, 05.56 PM IST
Church attack in Nice: What we know so farThe brutal killings come only two weeks after a French teacher was decapitated outside his school north of Paris by an Islamist extremist -...
30 Oct, 2020, 11.02 AM IST
Rescue boat funded by street artist Banksy evacuated after distress call, 200 migrants moved offThree people had died at sea before the arrival of the Louise Michel.
31 Aug, 2020, 11.13 AM IST
Over 100 international yachts, powerful weather system & more: 40th Rolex Middle Sea Race was massiveThis year, the race was won by a family.
29 Oct, 2019, 09.32 AM IST
India’s chief economic advisor Dr Arvind Subramanian's top 10 booksDr Arvind Subramanian, who recently delivered the third annual Literature Live! Independence Lecture in Mumbai, on his favourite non-academ...
19 Aug, 2015, 11.30 AM IST
- Italy warns of immigration emergency on Libya attack
Italy warned that it was facing a refugee and humanitarian emergency, with some 15,000 Tunisians having arrived in recent weeks and fears t...
21 Mar, 2011, 08.41 PM IST