Finnish PM unhurt after knife attack thwarted
Finnish Prime Minister Jyrki Katainen was unhurt after a man tried to attack him with a knife on Monday, his aides said.
Katainen was campaigning in Turku, western Finland, when a man came up to him
40 killed, 90 wounded in Aleppo blasts
At least 40 people were killed and 90 wounded, most of them soldiers, when three car bombs struck the heart of Syria's second city Aleppo on Wednesday, a monitoring group said.
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US suspends visa section for 2 days
Faced with protests for the fourth day over an anti-Islam film, the US consulate in Chennai suspended its visa section for two days from Monday.
The decision to close the visa section came in the bac
US consulate in Chennai attacked, staff rattled
At least 2,000 angry Muslims attacked the US consulate general with stones and sticks at the busy Gemini Circle, Chennai on Friday evening in protest against an American film that denigrated the Proph
Protest outside US consulate in Chennai over anti-Islam film
Activists of a Muslim party today pelted stones at the US consulate here protesting against a controversial film deemed offensive to Islam, police said.
Around 300 protesters belonging to the Tamil N
Hundreds protest in Pakistan against controversial anti-Islam film
Hundreds of members of hardline groups like the Jamaat-ud-Dawah on Friday joined protests across Pakistan against a controversial anti-Islam film, with many calling for severe punishment for the movie
Boeing evacuates US plant after threat on 9/11
Boeing evacuated some 500 employees from a plant in Pennsylvania on Tuesday after a reported bomb threat on the 11th anniversary of the September 11 attacks.
"Early this morning around about 7:30 am
Syrian army batters parts of Damascus, 40 killed
Syrian army shells crashed into southern Damascus on Wednesday and helicopters fired rockets and machineguns during an assault to shore up President Bashar al-Assad's grip on the capital, opposition a
Find permanent solution to stop attacks, says MK
Condemning the attacks on state fishermen by the Sri Lankan navy, DMK president M. Karunanidhi on Monday charged the Central and state governments with not doing enough to address the continuing attac
Delhi emboldened Lanka: CM
Chief minister J. Jayalalithaa has urged the Centre to take steps to prevent attacks on Indian fishermen by Sri Lanka, even as she claimed that Centre’s “soft handling” of the issue has “emboldened” L