At least 32 people have been killed in an attack on a military parade by Yemen's rebel Houthi movement. The parade in the southern port city of Aden was targeted by missiles and an armed drone, a Houthi-run TV channel says. Aden is the seat of Yemen's internationally

India's ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has expelled one of its lawmakers after a car crash in which a woman who had accused him of rape was injured. The BJP acted amid outrage over the time taken to expel Kuldeep Sengar, who is in jail awaiting trial and denies the rape

Four people died from dengue in recent weeks, bringing the total number of dengue deaths this year to nine, Singapore Ministry of Health and the National Environment Agency (NEA) said in a recent statement. The four men died between Jun 30 and Jul 16, the authorities said. The

Indian President Ram Nath Kovind has given assent to the triple talaq bill passed by Parliament, making it a law, a government notification said. The bill, which prescribes up to three years imprisonment for Muslim men giving instant triple talaq to their wives, was passed by

Sri Lanka announced it will give free one-month visas on arrival to visitors from nearly 50 countries in its latest effort to revive the island nation’s lucrative tourism industry that was badly hit by the Easter bomb attacks that killed 263 people. Tourism Minister John Amaratunga

The son of al-Qaeda founder Osama Bin Laden, Hamza, has died, according to US intelligence officials. Details of Hamza Bin Laden's place or date of death remain unclear in the anonymously-sourced reports. In February, the US government offered $1m for information leading to his

At least 10 people were injured when fireworks were shot from a moving car into a crowd of pro-democracy activists in Hong Kong. Video on social media showed people running for cover as fiery trails were shot towards them outside a police station in Tin Shui Wai district. The

Ten Democratic presidential hopefuls have clashed in a televised US debate that laid bare the party's deep divisions over how best to win in 2020. Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders, the most liberal candidates in the crowded field, came under attack from their more moderate

North Korea has fired two short-range ballistic missiles off its east coast, according to South Korea's military, the second such launch in a week. The two missiles were launched from the Wonsan area early on Wednesday. Last week's launch was the first such action since US

DHAKA: A toddler in Chongqing, China has survived a six-storey fall after he was caught by passers-by holding out a large blanket.  State broadcaster CCTV reported that he had no injuries. BBC BDST: 1220 HRS, JULY 31, 2019 RS  

The pound has continued to fall on currency markets as the government insists that the UK is prepared to leave the EU without a deal. Sterling fell in overnight trade in Asia to a two-year low of $1.2152 against the dollar. The currency also lost ground against the euro, falling to

The personal details of about 106 million individuals across the US and Canada were stolen in a hack targeting financial services firm Capital One, the company has revealed. The alleged hacker, Paige Thompson, was arrested on Monday after reportedly boasting about the breach online.

At least 57 people have been killed in a prison riot in Brazil which saw rival gangs battle for five hours, officials say. Gang members from one prison block invaded another part of Altamira jail in Pará state. Sixteen of the dead were decapitated and the remainder suffocated after

At least 17 people have been killed after a small military plane crashed into a residential area in the Pakistani city of Rawalpindi, rescue officials have said. Five crew members and 12 civilians are dead, officials told local media. Another 12 people have been injured. The

At least 20 people have been killed in an attack targeting the Kabul office of vice-presidential election candidate Amrullah Saleh. Fifty other people were injured in the attack on the Green Trend office in the capital on Sunday. The violence came on the first day of campaigning for

China has condemned the recent anti-government protests in Hong Kong as "horrendous incidents" that have caused "serious damage to the rule of law". "We hope that... people will stand firm in defence of the rule of law," a spokesman for the Hong Kong and Macau Affairs Office [HKMAO]

Three people have been killed and 15 injured after a gunman attacked a food festival in California. The gunman was shot dead by police shortly after he began firing, although police are investigating reports that a second suspect may still be at large. The Gilroy Garlic Festival was

At least 65 people are dead following a suspected attack by Boko Haram on a funeral gathering in northeastern Nigeria, according to local officials. The attack occurred Saturday during a burial in the Nganzai district, near the Borno state capital, Maiduguri, local government chairman

An air strike has killed five doctors in a hospital in the southern outskirts of Libya's capital Tripoli, an official from the UN-backed government says. A warplane belonging to Khalifa Hafta, the rogue general who commands the Libyan National Army, carried out the attack, the

Democratic House speaker Nancy Pelosi has accused US President Donald Trump of "racist attacks" in his tweets about an African-American lawmaker. Mr Trump attacked Democratic Rep Elijah Cummings and his Maryland district on Twitter. The president described Mr Cummings'