December 28, 2014
A former cabinet minister and member of Angela Merkel's conservative bloc blamed Germany's chancellor on Sunday for steering a course that has strengthened the eurosceptic AfD party and a new anti-immigrant grass-roots movement.
December 28, 2014
New Delhi: India has put on standby three ships and a maritime surveillance aircraft for assistance in the search operation after an AirAsia flight with 162 people on board today went missing en route from Indonesia to Singapore after losing contact with air traffic controllers.
December 28, 2014
Brief Scorecard: India 8 for 462 (Kohli 169, Rahane 147) trail Australia 530 by 68 runs
Virat Kohli (169) and Ajinkya Rahane (147) put on 262 runs for the fourth wicket, before India witnessed an all-too-familiar collapse yet again as Australia fought back to keep them to 462 for 8.
December 28, 2014
Heavy snowfall in the French Alps left some 15,000 drivers stranded overnight into Sunday, forcing many to pass the night in their cars and prompting officials to open emergency shelters.
The snow and ice hit as a rush of holidaymakers were heading to and leaving from ski resorts in the Savoie region in southeastern France, where authorities set up shelters in at least 12 towns.
December 28, 2014
JAKARTA, INDONESIA – An AirAsia flight carrying 155 people from the Indonesian city of Surabaya to Singapore lost contact with air traffic control on Sunday, officials in the region and the budget carrier said.
December 27, 2014
Some 41 million British wills dating back to 1858, including those of Winston Churchill and Princess Diana, were made available in an online database Saturday.
Princess of Wales Diana chats with children on November 6, 1989, during her visit to the British international school in Jakarta
Decemebr 27, 2014
He has been called the “superman pope”, and it would be hard to deny that Pope Francis has had a good December.
Pope Francis in Rome, November 1, 2014.
December 27, 2014
Bhopal: With Congress reeling under a string of poll defeats, senior leader Digvijay Singh on Saturday said party vice-president Rahul Gandhi should assume "full-time" leadership of the AICC.
December 27, 2014
Brief Scorecard: India 1 for 108 (Vijay 55*) trail Australia 530 (Smith 192, Harris 74, Rogers 57, Haddin 55, Watson 52) by 422 runs
Steve Smith’s golden run with the bat continued as he struck 192 before Australia were bowled out for a commanding 530.
December 27, 2014
North Korea compared President Barack Obama to a monkey, and blamed him today for internet blackouts as well as the US release of “The Interview” film this week, that depicts an assassination of Dictator Kim Jong Un.
Though it denies responsibility for the Sony hack, Pyongyang has called it a 'righteous deed'
