The army has been called into north-eastern India, after thousands of people defied curfews to protest against a new citizenship bill. The Citizenship Amendment Bill (CAB) offers amnesty to non-Muslim illegal immigrants from three countries. Critics say the bill discriminates

A bill that grants Indian citizenship to non-Muslim illegal immigrants has been challenged in the Supreme Court. The Indian Union Muslim League, a political party, has petitioned the court to declare the bill illegal. The parliament on Wednesday passed the bill which applies to

Rohingya refugees have accused former Myanmar democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi of lying to the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in a testimony in which she denied that her country's armed forces were guilty of genocide against the mostly Muslim minority group. "The world will

At least 71 Nigerien soldiers have been killed in an attack on a military camp in the west of the country, according to the defence ministry. In a televised statement, a ministry spokesman said "a substantial number of terrorists were neutralised" in Tuesday's attack which also

The UK will go to the polls on Thursday for the country's third general election in less than five years. The contest, the first to be held in December in nearly 100 years, follows those in 2015 and 2017. Polling stations in 650 constituencies across England, Wales, Scotland and

India's parliament has approved a bill that grants citizenship to non-Muslim illegal immigrants from Afghanistan, Bangladesh and Pakistan. The bill passed the upper house of parliament by 125 votes to 105. It had already cleared the lower house. The news came as protests against

Tens of thousands of protesters against Citizenship Amendment Bill (CAB) descended on the streets of Assam on Wednesday, clashing with police and plunging the State into chaos. Though no party or student body has called a shutdown, protesters, mostly students, fought pitched battles

A court in India says investigators have found no evidence against Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi in connection with a riots case in 2002. The inquiry into a massacre during the riots also found no evidence against the 58 co-accused. Ehsan Jafri, a prominent Muslim politician,

Myanmar's leader Aung San Suu Kyi has been defending her country against allegations of genocide at the UN International Court of Justice (ICJ). The Nobel Peace Prize laureate is responding to widespread claims that Myanmar (formerly Burma) committed atrocities against Muslim

The United States on Tuesday imposed sanctions on four Myanmar military leaders, including the commander-in-chief, in the toughest action taken yet by Washington for alleged human rights abuses against the Rohingya and other minorities. The sanctions targeted military chief Min Aung

A police officer and at least five other people have died in a series of gun battles in Jersey City, in the US state of New Jersey. Two other police officers were also wounded during the incident, which culminated in a shootout after two gunmen barricaded themselves in a shop.

The Chilean Air Force reported on Monday the disappearance of one of its cargo planes that was headed to a base in Antarctica with 38 people on board. The Hercules C130 aircraft took off at 4.55pm (11pm UAE) from the southern city of Punta Arenas and operators lost contact with it

A volcano has erupted in New Zealand, leaving five people dead and several unaccounted for, police have said. Tourists were seen walking inside the crater of White Island volcano moments before Monday's eruption. Twenty-three people have been rescued, but it is unclear how many

Myanmar's state councillor Aung San Suu Kyi has taken off for The Hague where she will face an accusation brought to the International Court of Justice by Gambia over alleged genocide carried out against the Rohingya minority in her country. Suu Kyi, who is also Myanmar's

Finland's Social Democrats elected a 34-year-old former transport minister to the post of prime minister on Sunday (Dec 8), making her the youngest head of government in the country's history. Ms Sanna Marin narrowly won Sunday's vote to replace outgoing leader Antti Rinne,

The impending transfer of the Russian-origin INS Sindhuvir is part of India’s continuing policy to counter China’s strategic inroads into Myanmar. The 3,000-tonne INS Sindhuvir may be 31 years old but it has undergone regular refits in India and Russia over the years, with the latest

North Korea says it has carried out a "very important test" at a satellite-launching site. The KCNA state news agency said the results would be used to upgrade the country's strategic status. It provided no further details. Analysts believe it could be a ground-based test of an

Forty-three people were killed when a fire broke out at a luggage manufacturing factory in a crowded area in north Delhi. Most of the people who died were labourers who were sleeping at the factory in Anaj Mandi on Rani Jhansi Road when the fire broke out at 5 am. The cause of the

A Chinese-American researcher convicted of spying in Iran has been freed in an apparent exchange for the release of an Iranian scientist held by the US. Xiyue Wang was arrested in Iran in 2016 for "collaborating with foreign governments". Massoud Soleimani, a stem cell expert, was

Climate change and nutrient pollution are driving the oxygen from our oceans, and threatening many species of fish. That's the conclusion of the biggest study of its kind, undertaken by conservation group IUCN. While nutrient run-off has been known for decades, researchers say