A car bomb exploded in a northern Syrian town along the border with Turkey on Saturday killing 13 people, Turkey’s Defense Ministry said. The ministry said about 20 others were wounded when the bomb exploded in central Tal Abyad, which was captured last month by Turkey-backed

A thick blanket of smog covered the Delhi skyline despite light showers in different parts of the city early Sunday morning. Although the mild spell led to a marginal drop in the Air Quality Index (AQI), the pollution levels continued to remain in "severe category", with the Air Quality

Militants in north-east Mali have killed 53 soldiers and one civilian in an attack on a military post, the government said. This makes it one of the deadliest assaults of the past decade. In a tweet, the army described it as a "terrorist attack". Mali has suffered violence since

Boris Johnson has rejected the suggestion from Nigel Farage and Donald Trump that he should work with the Brexit Party during the election. The Tory leader told the BBC he was "always grateful for advice" but he would not enter into election pacts. His comments come after the US

All 39 people found dead in a refrigerated lorry in Essex were Vietnamese nationals, police have said. The victims were found in a container on an industrial estate last week and were initially thought to be Chinese. But Essex Police said it was now in "direct contact with a number

Kuwaiti authorities say they have officially summoned the owners of several social media accounts used to sell domestic workers as slaves. A BBC News Arabic investigation found online slave markets on apps provided and made available by Google and Apple, including Facebook-owned

Five million masks are being distributed at schools in India's capital, Delhi, after pollution made the air so toxic officials were forced to declare a public health emergency. A Supreme Court mandated panel imposed several restrictions in the city and two neighbouring states, as

A 50 kilometre-long (31 mile) wildfire is advancing across Brazil's Pantanal wetlands. The governor's office in the state of Mato Grosso do Sul said the fire was "bigger than anything seen before" in the region. At least 50,000 hectares of vegetation have already been

Downing Street has defended the UK's Brexit deal with the EU, following criticism from the US president. Donald Trump said the US "can't make a trade deal with the UK" under Boris Johnson's EU withdrawal agreement. But a No 10 spokesperson said the deal meant "we can

North Korea has fired two unidentified "projectiles" into the sea, the South Korean military says. According to Japan's Defence Ministry, the objects "appeared to be ballistic missiles". If confirmed as a missile test, it would be the North's 12th such launch this year.

A fire has destroyed all the main structures of Shuri Castle, a Unesco World Heritage site on Japan's southern island of Okinawa. Firefighters battled the flames for more than 10 hours, extinguishing them by Thursday afternoon. No injuries have been reported so far. The wooden

India has formally divided the state of Jammu and Kashmir into two new federally-administered territories. In the new arrangement, Jammu and Kashmir is one territory, and Ladakh, which borders China, is separate. The two new union territories are now ruled directly from the capital

The US military has published the first footage of the raid in northern Syria in which the leader of the Islamic State (IS) group was killed. Grainy video showed troops firing at militants on the ground as they flew towards the compound where Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi was hiding before they

At least 62 people were killed and scores injured when a train caught fire near the city area of Liaquatpur on Thursday. The train, Tezgam, was on its way from Karachi to Rawalpindi, when a gas cylinder carried by a passenger exploded, leaving several dead and injured, geo.tv

A Chinese province has shut all 32 of its glass attractions - including bridges, walkways and viewing decks - as safety checks are carried out. The attractions, spread across 24 sites in Hebei province, have been shut since March 2018, said state media CCTV.  The move had not

Dissident political leaders of Indian state of Manipur have declared independence from India and have announced of forming a government-in-exile in Britain. The representatives of Manipur's King Leishemba Sanajaoba also announced formation of Manipur State Council.The Chief

Boris Johnson has said he is ready to fight a "tough" general election after MPs voted for a 12 December poll. The legislation approved by MPs on Tuesday will later begin its passage through the House of Lords, where it is not expected to be opposed. Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn said

A Pakistan minister struck controversy on Tuesday when he said that missiles will be fired at any country that had extending its support to India on the scrapping of Jammu and Kashmir's special status. "If tensions with India rise on Kashmir, Pakistan will be compelled to go to

Russia interfered in the 2016 election and may try to sway next year's vote as well. But it's not the only nation with an eye on U.S. politics. American officials sounding the alarm about foreign efforts to disrupt the 2020 election include multiple countries in that warning.

An estimated 1.5 million more people in California are set to lose power on Tuesday as a utility firm tries to stop damaged cables triggering wildfires. Pacific Gas & Electric (PG&E) already faces an investigation by regulators after cutting supplies to 970,000 homes and businesses.