In Ethiopia, at least 23 inmates have died after a fire at an Ethiopian prison where anti-government protesters are reportedly being held. A gove...
The UK has appointed an ambassador to Iran for the first time since 2011, as part of its aims for more productive co-operation. The Foreign Offic...
The United Nations Security Council will discuss the latest missile launches by North Korea in a closed-door meeting today at the request of the Unite...
North Korea fired three ballistic missiles off its east coast today, Seoul said, a new show of force that comes as top world leaders meet at the G20 s...
The government of South Sudan agreed today to accept 4,000 extra peace-keepers in a bid to avoid an arms embargo threatened by the United Nations Secu...
Hurricane Hermine, the first to hit Florida in a decade, has killed one person and caused severe damage along the state's northern Gulf Coast. As th...
In Phillipines, at least 15 people have been killed and over 69 injured in a bomb attack in the home city of President Rodrigo Duterte. President Ro...
Residents of a small community on the east coast of New Zealand's North Island have been asked to evacuate after a severe earthquake at sea. Civil d...
Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump has failed in his first foreign policy test, his Democratic rival Hillary Clinton said as the real esta...
Foreign ministry confirmed on Thursday that 13 of its nationals had tested positive for the Zika virus in Singapore, after an outbreak of the mosqui...
The key logistics defence pact signed between India and the US earlier this week, will make joint military operations between the two countries more...
In Maldives, an arrest warrant has been issued against former President, Mohamed Nasheed, by a criminal court. Police, in a statement, on Tuesday, s...
Brazil's Senate has removed President, Dilma Rousseff, from the office for breaking budgetary laws. This ends an impeachment process that polarized ...
The Supreme Court of Bangladesh rejected the review petition of death convict war criminal and Jamaat-e-Islami top leader Mir Quasem. A five-...
A state-run Chinese daily today cried foul over India's move to extend enhanced compensation for victims of terror to people of Pakistan-occupied Kash...
A car exploded near the Chinese embassy in Kyrgyzstan on Tuesday, killing its driver and wounding three people, the healthcare ministry said.The GKNB ...
Former Portuguese Prime Minister Antonio Guterres still leads the race to become the next United Nations Secretary-General after a third UN Security C...
Part of Los Angeles International Airport was briefly closed today after loud noises were heard that sounded like gunfire, possibly caused by a man dr...
A strong 6.9-magnitude earthquake struck north of Ascension Island in the mid-Atlantic early Monday, the US Geological Survey said, though there were ...
An Indonesian man who claims to be an incredible 145 years old may be the oldest person in the world ever.According to the documents recognised by Ind...
NASA has ended its year long Mars simulation on Hawaii. A team of six people have completed a Mars simulation in Hawaii, where they lived in near isol...
At least two people have reported finding worms in food from McDonald’s restaurants in two Kentucky communities.Mayfield resident Madison Stephens tel...
Nicolas Sarkozy said on Thursday he would impose a nationwide ban on burkinis if elected back to the presidency in 2017, positioning himself as a stro...
Defence Secretary Ashton Carter would host his Indian counterpart Manohar Parrikar at the Pentagon on Monday, weeks after India was designated as a ma...
Bangladesh police today killed Dhaka cafe attack 'mastermind' Canadian-Bangladeshi Tamim Ahmed Chowdhury and his two associates during an encounter at...
In Italy, a day of national mourning has begun for the almost 300 people who died when a powerful 6.2 magnitude earthquake hit mountainous central reg...
The changing demographics of the US does not support the views of the Republican Presidential candidate Donald Trump, a former senior US official toda...
U.N. Secretary General Ban ki-Moon will arrive in Sri Lanka on August 31, 2016 on a three-day official visit, the Foreign Ministry said on Friday.Mr. ...
A YouTube star recently uploaded a video clip titled, “Bathing in 1250 Bottles of Hot Sauce” on his channel CemreCandar. The intention was to exp...
A packed passenger bus plunged into a river early Friday in central Nepal, killing 21 people, a senior local official said.Rescuers struggled to recov...
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