At least 33 Indian polling staff died on the last day of voting from heatstroke in just one state, a top election official said Sunday, after scorching temperatures gripped swathes of the country. While there have been reports of multiple deaths from the intense heatwave -- with

Kuwait’s ruling emir on Saturday named the nation’s new crown prince, nearly six months after he took the throne. Sheikh Sabah Khalid al-Sabah will become next in line to the throne, the state-run KUNA news agency reported. Sheikh Sabah, 71, previously served as prime

North Korea sent some 600 balloons carrying trash into South Korea overnight, Seoul said on Sunday, in Pyongyang’s latest move to rile its rival neighbor. The balloons carrying garbage such as cigarette butts, cloth, paper waste and plastic were found across the capital from 8

One of Donald Trump's lawyers has told the BBC "nothing will change" his fight for the White House - despite being convicted following an historic trial in New York. Jurors found Mr Trump guilty on Thursday of falsifying business records to conceal hush money payments

Two far-right Israeli ministers have threatened to quit and collapse the governing coalition if Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu agrees to a Gaza ceasefire proposal unveiled by US President Joe Biden on Friday. Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich and National Security Minister Itamar

Chile will join South Africa’s lawsuit against Israel, filed in the UN International court of Justice, Chilean President Gabriel Boric announced. "We cannot stop expressing our outrage over the indiscriminate and completely disproportionate actions of the Israeli Army

India's Modi could win third term, polls predictIndia's Prime Minister Narendra Modi is likely to win a third consecutive term in office, exit polls suggest. Analysts warn the polls, released by various news agencies, have often been wrong in the past and are not impartial.

Twenty people, including children, drowned when a boat sank during a river crossing in Afghanistan’s eastern Nangarhar province on Saturday, a provincial official said. “A boat with women and children on board sank on Saturday morning at 7am in the river in the Basawul area

New immigration rules have come into effect on Friday in Malaysia, geared towards meeting the country’s developmental and labour needs. As a result, recruitment agencies and businesses will have less leeway in hiring foreign workers. The new measures include a temporary freeze on

Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr has warned China not to cross a red line in the South China Sea, where a standoff between the countries continues to escalate. If any Filipino died as a result of China’s wilful actions, he said, the Philippines would consider it as close

As US and China defence chiefs meet in Singapore, attention turns to rising tensions over the future of Taiwan. Defence chiefs from around the Asia Pacific are in Singapore to discuss security challenges facing the region. The three-day summit, known as the Shangri-La Dialogue,

India is voting in the last phase to decide the fate of 904 candidates competing for 57 seats as the staggered election that started in April comes to a close. Till 9 am, the approximate polling percentage was 11.31%, according to the Election Commission's (EC) voter-turnout app.

Marian Robinson, the mother of former US First Lady Michelle Obama, has died at 86. In a statement, her family said that Robinson had died "peacefully" on Friday morning. Robinson was a well-known fixture at the White House during the eight years of Barack Obama's

US President Joe Biden has urged Hamas to accept a new Israeli proposal to end the conflict in Gaza, saying that "it's time for this war to end". The three-part proposal would begin with a six-week ceasefire in which the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) would withdraw from

Several people have died due to heat-related ailments over the past 24 hours as temperatures continue to soar in northern and central India. Ten fatalities were recorded at the government hospital in Odisha's Rourkela region on Thursday, authorities told Reuters news agency.

The adoption of the EU’s pact on migration and asylum has left Italy's leaders and opposition parties so divided. Giorgia Meloni’s key challenge has been to curb illegal migration, since becoming Italy’s prime minister in 2022. However, delivering on the main

A New York jury on Thursday found Donald Trump guilty on all 34 felony counts of falsifying business records — the first time a former U.S. president has been convicted of a crime. The jury reached its verdict in the historic case after 9½ hours of deliberations, which

"Candidate registration for the 14th presidential elections began at 8 am (0430 GMT)... at the interior ministry," the official IRNA news agency said. Presidential hopefuls will have five days to register, IRNA added. The elections were originally slated for 2025 but were

A Lebanese army site on the outskirts of the border town of Alma Al-Shaab came under machine gun fire from the Israeli army on Wednesday. Nobody was injured in the incident. Israeli artillery also targeted the outskirts of Mays Al-Jabal, Wazzani, Jebbayn, Chihine and Kfarkela. A

China will send giant pandas to the National Zoo in Washington, DC, United States first lady Jill Biden and officials say in a surprise announcement signalling a new era of panda diplomacy between the superpowers. Bao Li and Qing Bao will arrive in the US before the end of the year