At least 24 people are feared to have died and dozens more injured in a fire at an animation studio in the Japanese city of Kyoto. An official in the country’s fire department, Satoshi Fujiwara said...

Pakistan’s anti-corruption agency on Thursday arrested a former prime minister, Shahid Khaqan Abbasi for allegedly engaging in corrupt practices. A spokesman for the Pakistani National Accountability...

  The new President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen has issued an instant Brexit message shortly after being elected to replace Jean-Claude Juncker. In a speech delivered on Tuesday,...

 United States President, Donald Trump says there is no racist bone in his body, maintaining his argument that people who hate  America and were not happy in the country should leave. Amid a raging political...

Benjamin Netanyahu will become Israel’s longest-serving Prime Minister this week, solidifying his place as the country’s greatest political survivor and the most dominant force in Israeli politics...

Notorious Mexican drug lord, Joaquin ‘El Chapo’ Guzman was on Tuesday sentenced  to life in prison for smuggling illegal drugs into the United States in a violent, decades-long career. Testimonies...

The government of Chad has lifted a more than one year-long ban on social media including Facebook and Twitter which authorities in the country said had been necessary for security reasons. The announcement...

At least four people have been killed and more than 30 are feared trapped in the rubble of a four-storey residential building which collapsed in Mumbai, India’s financial capital. Although a search is...

Nine people reportedly died on Sunday when a plane carrying them for a parachute jump crashed in Umea, northern Sweden soon after taking off. A Swedish police spokesman said the GippsAero GA8 Airvan, a...

A bull gored three runners during the final day of the San Fermin festival in the northern Spanish city of Pamplona. Health officials say the injuries took the number of gorings to eight after the week-long...

At least 37 persons were injured on board an Air Canada flight on Thursday after the plane hit severe turbulence and had to make an emergency landing in Hawaii. The plane, which was carrying 284 passengers...

Authorities in South Africa have deployed the army to townships in the port city of Cape Town to deal with an upsurge  in gang violence. The country’s Police Minister, Bheki Cele said the soldiers will...

A fertility clinic in the United States has been sued over an embryo mix-up involving three different couples. The Los-Angeles based CHA Fertility Centre faces claims of medical malpractice, breach of...

 United States President, Donald Trump has declared a state of emergency as Tropical Storm Barry bears down on New Orleans and the city prepares for extreme winds over the weekend. According to the National...

Despite opposition from the United States, the government of Turkey has received the first batch of a Russian S-400 missile defence system in the country’s capital, Ankara. The Turkish Defence Ministry...

Tornadoes and violent hailstorms on Wednesday killed six tourists, including two children in Halkidiki, near the city of Thessaloniki in northern Greece. The Greek Police say dozens more were also injured...

Iranian boats on Wednesday tried to impede a British oil tanker near the Strait of Hormuz before being driven off by a Royal Navy ship. According to the British Ministry of Defence, HMS Montrose, a British...

Taliban and representatives of the government of Afghanistan, including some government officials on Tuesday agreed to a basic road map for negotiating the country’s political future. The landmark...

An American who spent 39 years behind bars for a murder he did not commit will receive more than $1 million in compensation from the state of Ohio for his wrongful imprisonment. Ricky Jackson, who was...

The British Ambassador to the United States, Sir Kim Darroch has resigned following the leak of confidential diplomatic cables in which he criticized President Donald Trump. In a letter to Simon McDonald,...