Indian police said on Thursday they had arrested six people over a stampede at a Hindu religious event in the northern state of Uttar Pradesh this week in which 121 people were killed. The incident occurred on Tuesday in the village of Phulrai Mughal Garhi in Hathras district where

The UK's Labour Party swept to power early on Friday after winning the country's general election, crossing the 326-seat threshold for a working majority in the House of Commons. "A mandate like this comes with a great responsibility," Labour leader Keir Starmer told

Russian President Vladimir Putin has said a multipolar world has become a reality, with international structures like the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) and the economic bloc BRICS serving as its main pillars. Speaking at a meeting of the SCO Council of Heads in Astana,

The oldest example of figurative cave art has been discovered in the Indonesian Island of South Sulawesi by Australian and Indonesian scientists. The painting of a wild pig and three human-like figures is at least 51,200 years old, more than 5,000 years older than the previous oldest

A powerful hurricane has hit Jamaica with heavy winds and rain, damaging buildings and felling trees on the Caribbean island. Beryl - a category four storm with winds of up to 130mph (215km/h) - struck the island's southern coast. Photos on social media show flooded streets and

Millions of voters are set to cast their ballots in the UK's first July general election since 1945. Polling stations, set up in buildings like local schools and community halls, will be open between 07:00 and 22:00 BST on Thursday. Around 46 million voters are eligible to elect

US President Joe Biden worked to calm senior Democrats and staff on his campaign on Wednesday, as reports suggested he was weighing his future after his disastrous debate with Donald Trump last week. Mr Biden held a closed-door lunch with Vice-President Kamala Harris at the White House

Unidentified armed men have killed around 40 people in an attack on a village in insurgent-plagued central Mali, local officials say. The attack took place on Monday in the village of Djiguibombo in Mopti region - one of several areas in Mali's north and centre where jihadist

Pakistan has called for urgent intervention to stop the genocide in Gaza, as a UN agency warned on Tuesday that new Israeli military orders for evacuation from Khan Younis would affect an estimated 250,000 people. “There is no more apt situation calling for urgent intervention to

Scientists have discovered a new tipping point toward "runaway melting" of Antarctic ice sheets, caused by warm ocean water intruding between the ice and the land it sits on, according to a study. While this type of melting has been previously studied, models used by the

An Israeli air attack has killed 12 Palestinians, including nine members of one family, in a designated “safe zone” after they followed Israel’s evacuation orders to leave eastern Khan Younis. The UN estimates that up to 250,000 people have been affected by

At least 116 people have been killed in a crush at a religious gathering in northern India, police inspector Gen Shalabh Mathur has said. The incident took place at a satsang (a Hindu religious event) in Hathras district in Uttar Pradesh state. The victims, including a large number

President Joe Biden has blamed his poor debate performance last week on jet lag, telling reporters that he "wasn't very smart" for "travelling around the world a couple of times" before the debate. "I didn’t listen to my staff... and then I nearly

Hurricane Beryl is barrelling towards Jamaica after battering the southeastern Caribbean, killing at least six people across the region and flattening some 90 percent of homes on one island in the Grenadines archipelago. Beryl – the earliest storm on record to reach Category 5,

Over 107 people have died after a stampede broke out during the conclusion of a ‘Satsang’ at Phulrai village in Hathras of Uttar Pradesh. A Satsang is a Hindu religious congregation that usually takes place overnight. "Twenty-seven bodies have arrived in Etah hospital.

North Korea said Tuesday it had test-fired a new tactical ballistic missile capable of carrying “a super-large warhead,” a claim quickly disputed by South Korean officials and experts who speculate the North likely fabricated a successful test to conceal a botched launch.

Opponents of France's far right sought to build a united front to block the path to government of Marine Le Pen's National Rally (RN) on Monday, after the party made historic gains to win the first round of a parliamentary election. The RN and its allies won Sunday's round

The Amazon and other ecosystems in Brazil saw a record number of wildfires in the first six months of 2024, according to report on Monday. According to data from Brazil's National Institute for Space Research, the Amazon saw 13,489 wildfires in the first half of the year — up

A United Nations human rights working group says former Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan has been arbitrarily imprisoned in violation of international law. In an opinion issued on Monday, the Geneva-based UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention said the “appropriate remedy

A car has ploughed into a crowd of people killing at least nine in the South Korean capital Seoul, police say. The traffic accident took place at around 21:30 local time (13:30 BST), they added. As reported by Yonhap news agency, a man believed to be in his 60s drove the vehicle