Rome, April 27 (IANS/AKI) A 27-year-old man died in Italy’s Sicily region after a pensioner opened fire at him, allegedly mistaking him for a burglar. The critically injured man was rushed to hospital after the shooting, which took place near the eastern Sicilian village of Mascali. Police detained a 69-year-old [...]

Berlin, April 27 (IANS) A 74-year-old gunman shot the mayor of a German county dead before killing himself, police said. The shooting took place Friday in Hamelin-Pyrmont county in Lower Saxony, Xinhua reported. Police confirmed that county mayor Ruediger Butte was shot dead by the gunman who then turned the [...]

Moscow, April 27 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Several environmental groups in Russia have been classified as “foreign agents” by prosecutors for alleged political activity, the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) has said. Four WWF partner organisations in the Amur, Chelyabinsk, Khabarovsk and Irkutsk regions were targeted under new controversial legislation on [...]

Rome, April 27 (IANS/AKI) An unemployed 44-year-old drug addict has been arrested near Rome after police discovered the decomposed body of his elderly father hidden in the family home. The man has been collecting the 1,400 euro monthly pension belonging to his father, who is believed to have been dead [...]

Chernobyl (Ukraine), April 27 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Ukraine marked the 27th anniversary of the world’s worst nuclear disaster by thanking Russia, the US and other countries for their support in funding the construction of a new covering structure for the remains of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant. “On behalf of Ukraine, [...]

Washington, April 27 (IANS) UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has said he was “saddened by the loss of life” in the collapse of a building housing several garment factories in Bangladesh, which killed at least 304 workers. “The secretary-general is deeply saddened by the loss of life and injuries caused by [...]

Islamabad, April 27 (IANS) At least six people were killed and over 30 others injured in a bomb blast that targeted an election campaign rally Friday night in Pakistan’s port city of Karachi, a media report said. The explosion took place when a leader of the Awami National Party (ANP), [...]

Kolkata, April 27 (IANS) After humbling Kings XI Punjab by six wickets to end their three-match losing streak, title holders Kolkata Knight Riders hope to keep the momentum going to keep their title hopes in the Indian Premier League afloat. “It feels good to win after losing three games. We [...]

Kolkata, April 27 (IANS) Observing that 150 was a decent target to set, Kings XI Punjab skipper Adam Gilchrist Friday singled out Kolkata Knight Riders’ batsman Eoin Morgan’s blistering 26 ball 42 for taking away the game from the visitors. “Morgan was the difference. He took the game away from [...]

Kolkata, April 27 (IANS) Compounding the miseries of West Bengal’s ruling Trinamool Congress, employees of a news channel run by the collapsed Saradha Group lodged an FIR against party MP Kunal Ghosh while protests continued to rock the city and the districts over the chit fund muddle Friday. On a [...]