
PM Modi writes in German daily, says India should be an engine for worldwid...
India should be an engine for worldwide growth on the strengths of its democracy and a fresh push to revitalise the country’s economy, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Monday. Since India’s voters gave the first clear majority mandate to the BJP in three decades, the NDA government has put... read more »

Germanwings plane evacuated after bomb threat
Berlin: Germanwings says a plane headed for Milan was evacuated at Cologne-Bonn airport after German police received a bomb threat against the flight. The airline said the threat against flight 826 to Milan’s Malpensa airport was received by federal police on Sunday evening. The tower in... read more »

Egypt imposes life jail penalty for cross-border tunnel use
People who dig and use cross-border tunnels in Egypt could face a maximum penalty of life in jail, state news agency MENA said on Sunday, citing amendments to the penal code targeting activity in the frontier area near the Gaza Strip. Egypt declared a state of emergency in the border area last year... read more »

Tsarnaev guilty of all 30 counts in Boston bombing
Boston (CNN)Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, his face a blank, stood with his head bowed and his hands clasped as the guilty verdicts tolled one after another for what seemed like an eternity: Guilty of using weapons of mass destruction, guilty of bombing a place of public use, guilty of conspiracy and aiding... read more »