Thousands of protesters are expected on the streets of Belfast to urge G8 leaders to act on global poverty, although the issue looks likely to be overshadowed by concerns over the Syria conflict.

Meet Rajkumar William, the future King of Great Britain and head of the Commonwealth. He is of Indian descent. Actually, make that aapro Rajkumar Williambhai Patel. Dipankar De Sarkar reports.
An Indian radiographer hired by a British hospital to treat cancer patients has been declared incompetent and suspended from practising in the UK.
Norway's parliament voted overwhelmingly today to conscript women into its armed forces, becoming the first European and first NATO country to make military service compulsory for both genders.
The European Broadcasting Union (EBU) on Friday asked Greece to re-open public broadcaster ERT after the government's surprise decision to pull it off the air in a bid to cut spending sparked a nationwide strike.

Prince William, second-in-line tothe throne, will be first British king with proven Indian ancestry, DNA analysis has revealed. Researchers have uncovered the details of his lineage via a doomed relationship of William's Indian great-great-great-great-great grandmother.
Nato secretary general Anders Fogh Rasmussen on Friday welcomed a "clear" US statement accusing the Syrian regime of using chemical weapons and said Damascus must let the UN investigate the allegations.
An Irish hospital staff failed to adequately assess the condition of Indian dentist Savita Halappanavar and missed an early opportunity to terminate her pregnancy, a key report on her death has said.
Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan and the governor of Istanbul made what appeared to be final efforts to end two weeks of anti-government unrest by negotiation on Friday, meeting opponents of controversial plans to redevelop a city park.

A nine-year-old girl managed to pass through Turkish customs officers with a passport identifying her as a ‘unicorn’. When the family passed through customs at Antalya airport to start their one-week holiday, mum Nicky accidentally handed over the wrong passport at a control stand.

Indian professional are returning to India in order to look after their old parents who are not being allowed to join them in Britain by restrictive immigration laws, a group of MPs has reported. Dipankar De Sarkar reports.
The newest intersection of soccer and cultural controversy has an unusual address — Canada.

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has never requested for asylum in India, government said today, rebutting his claim that he had written to external affairs ministry through the Indian high commissioner in London.
A key British lawmaker accused tech giant Google of dodging its taxes on Thursday, issuing a scathing report that accuses the US internet company of taking on highly contrived arrangements serving no purpose other than to avoid paying its fair share.
Britain's state-rescued Royal Bank of Scotland said today that chief executive Stephen Hester has decided to step down after five years in the job.