The death toll in anti-government protests that have swept Iraq the past four days has soared to at least 60, security and medical sources say. The figure has more than doubled in the past 24 hours, as clashes between protesters and police intensified. The military said

The wife of a police employee who killed four colleagues at the Paris force's HQ says he had a psychotic episode, was incoherent and heard voices the night before, reports say. Mickaël Harpon, 45, was shot dead by police at the scene. His wife, who is in police custody but not

DHAKA: The 96-million-year-old skeleton of a giant flying reptile has been discovered under a sheep farm in Australia. Palaeontologists believe the remains belong to a pterosaur, the earliest vertebrates known to have evolved powered flight. Pterosaur means “winged lizard” in

Japanese car sales in South Korea fell again last month, as a trade row between the two countries continues to simmer. Toyota sales slumped 62% in September from a year earlier, while Nissan and Honda also saw sales drop. The declines came despite a rise in sales of foreign cars

Hong Kong's chief executive Carrie Lam has used a colonial-era emergency law to ban face masks after months of angry protests. The measure was announced on Friday, after the city saw widespread violence on 1 October, the 70th anniversary of Communist Party rule in China. Ms Lam

DHAKA: US President Donald Trump, already facing an impeachment inquiry after urging Ukraine to investigate his political rival Joe Biden, has now urged China to do likewise. He said both China and Ukraine should look into Mr Biden, a Democratic presidential frontrunner, and his son,

Thieves stole some of Mahatma Gandhi's remains on what would have been his 150th birthday, police say. The ashes were taken from a memorial in central India, where they had been kept since 1948 - the year of Gandhi's assassination by a Hindu extremist, reports BBC.  The

Four police officers have been killed in a knife attack at the police headquarters in Paris, says a union official. The attacker, who worked in the building, was shot dead at the scene. It happened at about 1pm local time at the large police building located just across from Notre

Workable proposals or non-workable proposals? That's the EU's question. The prime minister says he has delivered a "constructive and reasonable" plan to Brussels, containing UK compromises on finding alternative arrangements to the Irish backstop in a Brexit deal. Now

Four terrorists of the Pakistan-based Jaish-e-Mohammed have entered Delhi and are planning to strike during the festival season, inputs received by security agencies reveal. Airports across north India have been placed on high alert and security has been enhanced, say officials.

A rare World War Two-era plane has crashed at an airport in the US state of Connecticut, killing seven people. Thirteen people were on board the vintage Boeing B-17 - dubbed the Flying Fortress - when it went down and burst into flames minutes after take-off outside Hartford on

North Korea has confirmed it test-fired a new type of a ballistic missile, a significant escalation from the short-range tests it has conducted since May. The missile - which was able to carry a nuclear weapon - was the North's 11th test this year. But this one, fired from a

At least 25 Malian soldiers are dead and 60 more are missing after militants attacked two army outposts, the government said. Camps in the towns of Boulkessy and Mondoro near the border with Burkina Faso came under attack on Monday. The government says their troops killed 15

North Korea have fired a ballistic missile from a submarine, a move that came just hours after Pyongyang said it would resume nuclear talks with the US. South Korean officials said a missile launched near the port of Wonsan flew about 450km (280 miles) and reached an altitude of 910km,

The United States on Tuesday voiced fears of many countries that following abrogation of Jammu and Kashmir's temporary special status, Pakistani terrorists might launch attacks in India, unless Pakistan "keep a lid on terror groups". "I think many have concerns that Pakistan keep a

The United States on Tuesday voiced fears of many countries that following abrogation of Jammu and Kashmir's temporary special status, Pakistani terrorists might launch attacks in India, unless Pakistan "keep a lid on terror groups". "I think many have concerns that Pakistan keep a

Indian Home minister and BJP chief Amit Shah Tuesday declared in Kolkata that the Centre will take the National Citizenship Registry across the country and "no matter how much the Trinamool Congress opposes it, the BJP will get it done".  In the city to open pandals for Durga Puja,

India's Supreme Court has reversed one of its previous judgements that was criticised for "diluting" protections to lower castes. The earlier ruling on the Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, known as the SC/ST Act, had fuelled mass protests.

Trump asked Australian PM to help investigate Russia inquiry US President Donald Trump called Australian PM Scott Morrison and asked for his help with an investigation into the origins of the Mueller inquiry, Australian officials have confirmed. Mr Trump asked Mr Morrison to help find

Russian lawmaker Vasily Vlasov, first deputy chairman of the lower house's committee for natural resources, has invited 16-year-old Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg to deliver a speech in the Russian lower house, the State Duma, for the country's youth. "I am aware of