Dozens of flights cancelled after Storm Kathleen hits UK

Dozens of flights cancelled after Storm Kathleen hits UK

London, April 7 Dozens of UK flights were cancelled on Saturday as Storm Kathleen brought strong winds and triggered the warmest day of the year so far, leaving travellers stranded in Edinburgh, Belfast, Manchester and Birmingham. More than 130 flights departing and arriving at UK airports were cancelled after the Met Office issued a yellow…

Slovakia’s Peter Pellegrini wins presidential election

Slovakia’s Peter Pellegrini wins presidential election

Bratislava, April 7 Slovakia’s incumbent Speaker of the National Council Peter Pellegrini won the country’s second round of the presidential election held on Saturday, according to preliminary results published by Slovakia’s Statistical Office. Results from 99.47 per cent of votes showed that Pellegrini had 53.38 per cent while former Foreign Minister Ivan Korcok had 46.61…

The Third Eye: Geopolitics is impacted by faith-based conflicts

The Third Eye: Geopolitics is impacted by faith-based conflicts

New Delhi, April 7 The world is in the midst of major developments – political, ideological and combative, attributable to the projection of religion in international politics. The rise of Islamic radical forces symbolised by Taliban, Al Qaeda, ISIS, Boko Haram and Palestinian Islamic Jehad, the fall out of the Israel-Hamas confrontation and the coming…