A bus has been attacked in eastern Syria, killing at least 28 people, reportedly soliders. Syrian state media said the bus was targeted on Wednesday in the restive Deir al-Zour province, saying it was "citizens" killed. But other sources including a monitoring group said

Argentina has become the largest Latin American country to legalise abortion after its senate approved the historic law change by 38 votes in favour to 29 against, with one abstention. Elated pro-choice campaigners who had been keeping vigil outside Buenos Aires’s neoclassical

At least 10 people were killed Wednesday as explosions rocked Yemen's Aden airport moments after a new unity government flew in, in what officials charged was a "cowardly" attack by Iran-backed Huthi rebels. "Dozens" more people were wounded, a medical source

Landmines planted by Boko Haram jihadists have killed 11 security personnel, including four soldiers in northeast Nigeria, security sources said Tuesday. Seven hunters recruited to help the military fight the Islamist insurgents were killed on Tuesday when their vehicle hit a landmine

A Chinese court sentenced 10 Hong Kong activists to between seven months and three years in jail on Wednesday (Dec 30) for illegally crossing the border, in a case that has drawn international attention and concern over the defendants' treatment. The group had all faced charges in

The US State Department has approved the potential sale of 3,000 precision guided munitions to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia in a deal valued at up to $290 billion, the Pentagon said on Tuesday. The sale comes in the final days of US President Donald Trump's term. President-elect Joe

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday launched the Ayushman Bharat scheme via video-conferencing to extend health insurance coverage to all residents of Jammu and Kashmir. The Prime Minister's Office said the scheme will ensure universal health coverage, and focus on providing

Days after Afghanistan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs slammed Islamabad for violating Afghanistan’s national sovereignty by allowing Taliban leaders to operate from Pakistani territory, Pakistan has officially taken credit for “facilitating talks” between the Kabul

In a major setback for Pakistan, the European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) has decided to extend the ban on Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) for another three months. The EASA on Saturday informed that the PIA that the ban would only be lifted after a safety audit of the

A police officer in the US state of Ohio's Columbus city, who shot and killed an unarmed African-American Andre Hill, was fired on Monday, according to a statement from Public Safety Director Ned Pettus Jr. Adam Coy's termination follows a disciplinary hearing held earlier in

Fifty journalists and media workers were killed in connection with their work in 2020, the majority in countries that are not at war, Reporters Without Borders (RSF) said Tuesday. The figure shows an increase in the targeting of reporters investigating organised crime, corruption or

Agencies critical to US security have suffered "enormous damage" at the hands of the Trump administration, US President-elect Joe Biden has said. Biden said his team was not getting the information it needed, including from the Department of Defense, as it makes its

China expressed anger on Monday after US President Donald Trump signed into law measures to further bolster support for Taiwan and Tibet, which had been included in a $2.3 trillion pandemic aid and spending package. China has watched with growing alarm as the United States has stepped

A Chinese citizen journalist who covered Wuhan's coronavirus outbreak has been jailed for four years. Zhang Zhan was found guilty of "picking quarrels and provoking trouble", a frequent charge against activists. The 37-year-old former lawyer was detained in May, and

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday flagged off the country’s first-ever fully-automated driverless train operations on the Magenta Line of the Delhi Metro via video conferencing. Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal also attended the inauguration programme and the launch of

At least 37 people were killed and 18 others seriously injured after a bus crash in Cameroon's western village of Nemale, officials said. A 70-seater bus was on its way to the capital, Yaounde, from the western town of Foumban when it crashed into a truck while trying to avoid a

After a series of videos surfaced showing Taliban leaders continuing their terror activities in Pakistan, Afghanistan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Friday said that the presence of Taliban leaders in Pakistan “clearly violates Afghanistan’s national

India is the only major country which is moving in the right direction to achieve the targets of the Paris Agreement, said Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday while adding that India is leading the world in environmental protection through international solar alliance. PM Modi

The Tethyan Cooper Company (TCC) has approached the High Court of Justice in the British Virgin Islands for the enforcement of the $5.97 billion award against Pakistan by the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID) in the Reko Diq case. The office of the

At least 10 climbers have died and several more were missing in mountains north of Iran’s capital Tehran after heavy snowfall, state media reported on Saturday, and seven crew members of a ship were also missing after storms in the Gulf. Heavy snow and winds in several parts of