British PM Boris Johnson is to try again for a 12 December general election on Tuesday - despite MPs rejecting his plan. The prime minister will publish a bill that would only need a simple majority to succeed - not two thirds as required in previous attempts. But he would still

A two-year-old boy who fell into a borewell in Tamil Nadu's Tiruchirappalli on Friday was declared dead by officials early Tuesday morning. Sujith Wilson's body had decomposed inside the borewell. A rescue operation that involved digging a parallel tunnel to get to the toddler

EU leaders have agreed in principle to extend Brexit until 31 January 2020 - meaning the UK will not leave as planned on Thursday. EU Council President Donald Tusk said it was a "flextension" - meaning the UK could leave before the deadline if a deal was approved by Parliament. It

Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the leader of the jihadist group Islamic State (IS) and arguably the world's most wanted man, killed himself during a raid by US commandos in north-western Syria, President Donald Trump has said. The self-styled "Caliph Ibrahim" had a $25m (£19m) bounty on

Centre-left opposition candidate Alberto Fernández has been elected president of Argentina in a vote dominated by economic concerns. Mr Fernández secured more than the 45% of the vote needed to win, beating conservative incumbent Mauricio Macri, BBC reported.  Raucous crowds

Jihadist supremo Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the world's most wanted man, was on Sunday believed to have been killed in a US special operation in northwest Syria. The elusive chief of the Islamic State group was thought to be dead after a US military raid in the Idlib region, US media

Ivan Milat, a notorious Australian serial killer who kidnapped and murdered hitchhikers, has died aged 74. Milat had been serving a life sentence for killing seven backpackers between 1989 and 1992 and dumping their bodies in a New South Wales forest. He died of cancer in a Sydney

Families in Vietnam are waiting to find out if their loved ones were among 39 people found dead inside a lorry trailer in England. The police investigation continues, following the discovery of the trailer in Grays, Essex, last Wednesday. Maurice Robinson, 25, has been charged with

The Pakistan Army has killed more than 60 Indian soldiers during firing at the Line of Control (LoC) since February 27, Maj Gen Asif Ghafoor, the director general of the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) of Pakistan, said. On February 27, the Pakistan Air Force (PAF) had shot down

The US military has conducted an operation against the fugitive leader of the Islamic State (IS) group, US media report. Claims of a raid against Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi have not been confirmed.  The White House said US President Donald Trump would make a "major statement" on Sunday,

City Crime Branch on Saturday (October 26) conducted raids and detained 30 Bangladeshi nationals who were living in the city without visa. The officials booked the defaulters under the Foreigners Act and have also initiated the deportation process. More details in this regard are

The Pentagon has awarded a $10bn (£8bn) cloud-computing contract to Microsoft, following a heavily scrutinised bidding process in which Amazon had been seen as the favourite. The 10-year contract for the Joint Enterprise Defence Infrastructure, or Jedi, is aimed at making the US

Police are continuing to question four suspects over the deaths of 39 people whose bodies were found inside a lorry in Essex. A man was detained at Stansted Airport on Friday on suspicion of manslaughter and conspiracy to traffic people. Two people from Warrington were also held on

At least 40 people have died in Iraq during a fresh wave of anti-government protests that descended into violence. Two of the dead were reportedly hit by tear gas canisters fired by security forces in the capital Baghdad. Reports say half of the victims were killed while trying to

TikTok has hit back against claims of Chinese government interference over content shown on the video-sharing app. The popular platform, owned by Beijing-based Bytedance, said it "does not remove content" based on Chinese sensitivities. It follows concerns raised by US lawmakers

A series of failures led to the crash of a Lion Air flight, which killed 189 people and led to the grounding of the Boeing 737 Max, a report has found. Investigators said faults by Boeing, Lion Air and pilots caused the crash. Five months after the disaster in October last year, an

The US justice department has launched a criminal investigation into the origins of the Mueller inquiry, US media report. An administrative review into the special counsel's investigation of 2016 election interference began in May. But the switch to a criminal probe means

EU ambassadors are to meet to discuss what length of Brexit extension to offer the UK, as MPs consider Boris Johnson's call for an early election. Most EU states are understood to favour a three-month delay, with an option to end earlier if a deal is ratified sooner than this by

Tomorrow’s Uluru climb ban has sparked frenzied scenes at the landmark as scores of visitors queue for their last chance to scale the rock. From tomorrow — exactly 34 years since the land was handed back to its traditional owners — climbing the sacred site will finally be

About 2,000 people have been evacuated from their homes as a wildfire rages through California's wine country. The Kincade fire has engulfed 10,000 acres of land in Sonoma County and is not yet contained, the state's fire protection department says, BBC reported.  It is