Boris Johnson has sent a request to the EU for a delay to Brexit - but without his signature. The request was accompanied by a second letter, signed by Mr Johnson, saying he believes a delay would be a mistake, BBC reported.  The PM was required by law to ask the EU for an

Boris Johnson has said he will press on "undaunted" with his Brexit strategy despite MPs backing the principle of a further delay to the process. The PM has vowed to introduce legislation needed to implement his agreement in Parliament next week. But he will have to ask the EU for

A state of emergency has been declared in the Chilean capital, Santiago, afterprotests sparked by increased metro ticket prices turned violent. Protesters - many of them high school and university students - jumped turnstiles, attacked several underground stations, started fires and

Parliament will sit on a Saturday for the first time in 37 years to vote on Boris Johnson's Brexit deal. The PM has been trying to convince MPs to support the agreement he secured with the EU, ahead of what is expected to be a knife-edge vote in the Commons. His former DUP

At least 62 people have been killed and dozens injured by a bomb during Friday prayers at a mosque in Afghanistan, according to a provincial spokesman. The force of the blast, in eastern Nangarhar province, destroyed the building's roof, eyewitnesses said. No one immediately

Pakistan will remain in the "grey list" of global terror funding watchdog FATF after it was given a fresh deadline of February 2020 to act against terror funding.  Islamabad got four months' time after it was warned of action by the FATF if it fails to complete its full action

Turkey has agreed to a ceasefire in northern Syria to let Kurdish-led forces withdraw. The deal came after US Vice-President Mike Pence and Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan met for talks in Ankara. All fighting will be paused for five days, and the US will help facilitate

There has been heavy fighting in northern Mexico between the security forces and members of the powerful Sinaloa drug cartel after one of the group's leaders was discovered. Ovidio Guzmán López was found during a routine patrol in Culiacán. He is the son of drug lord Joaquin

A Brexit deal has been agreed between the UK and EU before a meeting of European leaders in Brussels. Boris Johnson and Jean-Claude Juncker called it a "fair" outcome - and the EU Commission President said there was no need to extend the Brexit deadline, BBC reported. He said: "We

President Donald Trump has said Turkey's incursion into Syria is "not our border", and called the former US allies the Kurds "no angels". The US is facing intense criticism for withdrawing its forces from Syria, which some say gave Turkey the green light to launch a cross-border

Authorities in Saudi Arabia say 35 pilgrims have been killed in a bus crash near the Muslim holy city of Mecca. Four others were injured in the crash, the state-run Saudi Press Agency reported on Thursday. The agency, quoting police in Saudi Arabia's Medina province, said the

The president of Spain's Catalonia region has called for an immediate halt to violence, as protests continued for a third night. "We condemn violence... This has to stop right now," Quim Torra said. On Wednesday, protesters set up burning barricades and hurled projectiles at

The twists and turns of Brexit - after more than three years of negotiations - dominate an EU summit on Thursday, amid signs of an emerging deal. Intensive negotiations went on all day on Wednesday to nail down complex special arrangements for Northern Ireland, the main sticking point

EU and UK officials have resumed Brexit talks in the hope of reaching a deal that can be agreed by leaders at a key summit on Thursday. Prime Minister Boris Johnson is expected to update the cabinet on the progress of the negotiations, which continued into the early hours, BBC

A three-member team of the Enforcement Directorate arrested former Indian Finance Minister P Chidambaram Wednesday (Oct 16) morning after questioning him for nearly an hour at Delhi's Tihar Jail in the INX Media case.  The arrest came a day after a special court agreed to the

Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam was forced to suspend her annual address after being heckled in the city's parliament. Opposition lawmakers disrupted the session from the start by shouting and projecting slogans. After a first interruption, the session resumed only to be interrupted

The US has imposed sanctions on Turkish ministries and senior government officials in response to the country's military offensive in northern Syria. President Donald Trump also phoned his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan to demand an immediate truce, Vice-President Mike

A man digging a grave in northern India found a newborn girl buried alive, police said on Monday (Oct 14), in the latest case to shine a spotlight on female infanticide in the country. Hitesh Sirohi had gone to bury his own daughter, who died a few minutes after birth on Wednesday,

Fourteen police officers have been killed and three injured following a shooting in western Mexico. The police were carrying out a court order in El Aguaje, Michoacán state, when their convoy was ambushed, BBC reported. A powerful criminal group, the Jalisco Nueva Generación

Queen Elizabeth set out Prime Minister Boris Johnson's agenda for his government on Monday, including an Oct. 31 Brexit, a new deal with the European Union, and a host of domestic policies designed to win over voters ahead of an expected election. The so-called Queen's Speech