Diplomat takes top Vatican post
Vatican City: The Vatican began a new chapter on Tuesday with scandal-hit cardinal Tarcisio Bertone stepping down as right-hand man to Pope Francis and replaced by veteran diplomat Pietro Parolin.
Prince Charles, wife to visit India in Nov
london: Prince Charles and his wife Camilla Parker-Bowles will make a nine-day visit to India next month on their way to Sri lanka for the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting.
liberia war criminal sent to UK jail: court
The Hague: liberia’s ex-warlord Charles Taylor was on Tuesday transferred from The Hague to a British prison to serve his 50-year sentence for war crimes, the Special Court for Sierra leone said.
China paralysed airport bomber gets 6 yrs
Beijing: A wheelchair bound Chinese taxi driver was on Tuesday sentenced to six years in jail for detonating home-made explosives at the Beijing International airport to highlight police brutality that partly paralysed him.
Indian accused of molesting in Behrain
Dubai: An Indian has been charged with molesting a nine-year-old girl inside a government school in Bahrain. The 42-year-old, who worked as a cleaner in the school, allegedly molested the victim inside a toilet during break time, the Gulf Daily News reported on Tuesday.
Fire in Indian mission in Dhaka doused
Dhaka: A fire apparently triggered by an electrical short circuit slightly damaged two rooms of the Indian High Commission in the Bangladeshi Capital on Tuesday, police and mission officials said.
Bomb at Eid prayers kills Afghan prov guv
Puli Alam (Afghanistan): A bomb hidden in a microphone killed an Afghan provincial Governor on Tuesday as he made a speech at a mosque after Eid prayers in logar, close to Kabul, officials said.
Sri lankan Navy arrests 37 Indian fishermen
Colombo: At least 37 Indian fishermen have been arrested by the Sri lanka Navy when they were fishing off the northern coast of the country, an official said on Tuesday.
93 dead as quake hits Philippine islands
Cebu: A powerful earthquake killed at least 93 people in the Philippines as it generated landslides that buried homes, triggered terrified stampedes and destroyed historic churches. Fifteen of the confirmed fatalities were in Cebu, the country’s second most important city.