Sixteen workers were crushed to death late last night when a crane collapsed on them at a construction site in Thane's Shahapur in Maharashtra of India, police said. The crane fell on a group of workers who were engaged in the construction of the Samruddhi Expressway, killing them

A constable with India's Railway Protection Force (RPF) has been arrested after he shot dead four people on a train near the city of Mumbai. Police said the accused, Chetan Kumar, killed a senior RPF official and three passengers. They said they are investigating his motive and

Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky has warned war is coming back to Russia after a drone attack on the capital Moscow. Mr Zelensky said attacks on Russian territory were an "inevitable, natural and absolutely fair process" of the war between the two countries.

At least six people have been killed during clashes at a Palestinian refugee camp in Lebanon over the weekend. Clashes at the Ein el-Hilweh camp broke out between Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas' Fatah movement and rival Islamist groups. Among the six dead was a

At least 44 people have been killed in an explosion in Pakistan during a rally organised by an Islamist party. More than 100 people were also injured in the explosion in north-west Bajaur district, where Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) was holding a meeting. Police told the BBC

Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki has expressed concern about the movement of Russian Wagner forces in Belarus towards the Polish border. “We have information that more than 100 Wagner mercenaries have advanced towards the Suwalki Gap, not far from Grodno in

Tens of thousands of flag-waving Israelis have staged new nationwide protests days after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu pushed through a highly-contested law that limited some Supreme Court powers. Protesters beating drums and blaring horns took to the streets in cities including

The EU has suspended all security cooperation with Niger after the country's army took power in a coup. It comes shortly after the US declared its "unflagging support" for ousted president Mohamed Bazoum - seen as a key Western ally in the fight against Islamist

At least nine people have been killed, including three children, in a blast at a fireworks warehouse in a market in southern Thailand on Saturday. The explosion in Sungai Kolok, on the Malaysian border, seriously injured at least 115 people and is thought to have been caused by

Russian President Vladimir Putin has said he does not reject the idea of peace talks on Ukraine. Speaking after meeting African leaders in St Petersburg, he said an African peace initiative as well as a Chinese one could serve as a basis for this. President Putin also said it was

Debris has been found after an Australian military helicopter crashed off the coast of Queensland, leaving four people missing, police say. The incident took place during US-Australian exercise off Lindeman Island on Friday night. Defence Minister Richard Marles said a search and

Singapore on Friday executed a woman for the first time in almost 20 years, officials confirmed. Singaporean national Saridewi Djamani, 45, was found guilty of trafficking 30g (1.06oz) of heroin in 2018. She is the second drug convict to be executed this week, after fellow

Donald Trump is facing new criminal charges after United States prosecutors accused the former president of ordering employees to delete security camera footage at his estate in order to hinder an investigation into the mishandling of classified documents. US federal prosecutors on

Supporters of a coup in Niger have attacked the headquarters of the ousted president's party, setting it on fire and stoning and burning cars outside. The small group of arsonists had broken away from a larger show of support for the coup leaders outside parliament, where Russian

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has met with Russian Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu in his first known meeting with a foreign dignitary since the Covid-19 pandemic. Kim and Shoigu discussed “matters of mutual concern” related to defence and regional security and viewed an

Niger soldiers declare coup on national TVSoldiers in the West African country of Niger have announced a coup on national TV. They said they had dissolved the constitution, suspended all institutions and closed the nation's borders. Niger President Mohamed Bazoum has been held

Cambodia's Prime Minister Hun Sen, one of the world's longest-serving leaders, has announced he will resign and hand over to his son in early August. The anticipated announcement came three days after his party again won all seats at an uncompetitive election. Hun Sen, 70,

The UN General Assembly has adopted a resolution on Tuesday that deplores all acts of violence against holy books as a violation of international law. It comes in the wake of multiple burnings and desecrations of copies of Islam’s holy book, the Quran, in European countries,

Russian President Vladimir Putin plans to visit China in October, a top Kremlin official announced Tuesday. Russian news agencies quoted Putin’s foreign policy adviser, Yuri Ushakov, as saying the trip will be timed to coincide with a “One Belt, One Road” forum in

The death toll from a wave of violence in Ecuador’s most dangerous prison has climbed to 31, officials said, hours after President Guillermo Lasso imposed a 60-day state of emergency across the country’s prison system. The prosecutor’s office raised the toll from 31