A missile launch by North Korea sparked confusion in northern Japan, where an evacuation order was issued and then retracted within 30 minutes. Sirens blared across Hokkaido and residents were told to "evacuate immediately" on Thursday morning. Authorities said the missile

The US believes the UN Secretary General is too willing to accommodate Russian interests, according to fresh revelations in classified documents leaked online. The files suggest Washington has been closely monitoring Antonio Guterres. Several documents describe private

Russia has conducted what it said was the successful test launch of an "advanced" intercontinental ballistic missile, weeks after it suspended participation in its last remaining nuclear arms control pact with the United States. The Russian defence ministry said in a

Four hundred people on board a fishing boat off the coast of southern Italy are yet to be rescued, more than two days after activists raised the alarm. The boat, which is believed to have set out from Tobruk in Libya, was being escorted by the Italian coastguard on Tuesday. But the

Four soldiers were killed in an incident of firing inside Bathinda military station in Punjab early this morning. The jawans belonged to an artillery unit of the Army.  The area has been sealed off and quick response teams are conducting a search, the Army's South Western

As many as 100 people, including many children, were killed in an air raid by Myanmar’s military in Sagaing Region’s Kanbalu Township, reported The Sydney Morning Herald (SMH) citing a witness of a local pro-democracy group and independent media. The attack occurred on

Around 100 people, including women and children, have been killed after Myanmar’s military junta bombed the Kant Balu township in the Sagaing region on Tuesday, according to the shadow government of the ousted administration. The attack resulted in the “loss of scores of

Myanmar’s military has launched air attacks on a central town known to be a bastion of opposition to the coup carried out two years ago. Witnesses and local media said dozens of people were killed and wounded in the attack on Tuesday – one of the worst since the military

Five people died when an employee opened fire at a bank in Louisville, Kentucky, and livestreamed the attack on Instagram, police say. The victims were aged between 40 and 64. Among nine others injured was a rookie police officer who had graduated to the force just two weeks ago.

China firmly opposes a visit by India’s home minister to Arunachal Pradesh and views his activities in the area as violating Beijing’s territorial sovereignty, a foreign ministry spokesperson has said. China has renamed some places in what India regards as its eastern state

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has called for expanding the country's war deterrence capabilities in a "more practical and offensive" way, state media said, to counter what it called "frantic" aggression by the United States and South Korea. Kim's call on

The recent leak of a trove of apparent classified US documents poses "a very serious risk" to American national security, the Pentagon warned on Monday as the Biden administration continues to assess the disclosure's impact. The documents "have the potential to

Five people are dead and six others, including a police officer, are injured following a mass shooting at a bank in Louisville, Kentucky, on Monday morning, according to police. The gunman opened fire in the Old National Bank's first-floor conference room at about 8:30 a.m. local

A bomb blast in Pakistan's southwestern province of Balochistan killed at least four people and wounded 15 others on Monday, officials said. The bomb targeted a police vehicle in a busy market in Quetta, the capital of Balochistan, which is home to a separatist insurgency and

The Dalai Lama on Monday apologised to a boy, his family and friends for the "hurt his words may have caused", after a video clip purportedly showing the Tibetan spiritual head asking him to suck his tongue sparked a row. In the two-minute-five-second video, the Dalai Lama

Saudi and Omani delegations have held talks with Houthi officials in the Yemeni capital Sanaa as part of international efforts to find a settlement to Yemen’s nine-year conflict, Houthi-run media reported. The visit indicates progress in the Oman-mediated consultations between

China said it was simulating "sealing off" Taiwan in a third day of drills as it appeared to use an aircraft carrier to launch jets towards the island. Taiwan said it had detected jets to its east while China said its Shandong aircraft carrier had taken part. Beijing began

Two British-Israeli sisters who were shot dead in an attack in the West Bank on Friday were named on Saturday as Maya and Rina Dee Di Mafart. Their mother, Leah, remains in a critical condition in hospital, according to local media. The sisters, aged 16 and 20, were killed at the

The Organ­isation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) adopted a joint resolution on Saturday, emphasiSing that Muslims have an exclusive right to pray inside the Al Aqsa mosque. In Doha, Qatar announced that it has started mediation to reduce tensions in Israel and the occupied

China launched military drills around Taiwan on Saturday, in what it called a "stern warning" to the self-ruled island's government following a meeting between its leader and a ranking US official. Dubbed "United Sharp Sword," the three-day operation will run