Twelve Bangladeshi nationals, including nine women, have been arrested from Maharashtra by Anti-Terrorism Cell (ATC), for staying illegally in India without any valid documents. The ATC arrested them on Monday from Palghar district. Mansingh Patil, Assistant Police Inspector of the ATC

The government is to add a new clause to the Brexit bill to rule out any extension to the transition period beyond the end of next year. The post-Brexit transition period - due to conclude in December 2020 -  can currently be extended by mutual agreement for up to two years. But an

A Pakistan court has awarded death penalty to former dictator General (retd) Pervez Musharraf in a high treason case. The verdict in the treason case against former Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf was pronounced by a special Peshawar court on Tuesday. Musharraf, who is currently

Ten people, many of whom have criminal backgrounds, have been arrested in connection with Sunday's violent clashes involving Jamia Millia Islamia students and Delhi Police. Although no students have been arrested so far, source said the cops had not yet given them a clean chit. 

At least 14 miners were killed on Tuesday (Dec 17) in a coal and gas outburst at a mine in southwest China with two workers still trapped underground, authorities said. The accident happened at around 1:30 am (local time) at the Guanglong Coal Mine in Anlong County, Guizhou province,

US special envoy Stephen Biegun has urged North Korea to come to the negotiating table, saying: "We are here, let's get this done." His comments in Seoul come days after North Korea conducted missile tests at a satellite launch site.   North Korea has set an end-of-year

Shattered remnants from the volcano that generated a devastating tsunami in Indonesia a year ago have been pictured on the seafloor for the first time. Scientists used sonar equipment to image the giant chunks of rock that slid into the ocean when one side of Anak Krakatau collapsed.

Mamata hits the streets to protest against Citizenship Amendment Act, even as Bengal burnsAmid reports of road and railway blockades from different districts of south Bengal on the fourth consecutive day, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday hit the streets to protest

India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi has appealed for calm as violent protests against a new law on illegal migrants entered a fifth day. There are large protests in the capital Delhi as well as in Mumbai, Hyderabad and Kolkata (formerly Calcutta). On Sunday, police used tear

Senior Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra today called the government "coward" after clashes between the police and students of Jamia Millia Islamia University in Delhi over the amended citizenship law escalated into student protests at many universities across the country. "The

Police have clashed with demonstrators in parts of the Indian capital, Delhi, during protests over a controversial new law on migrants. The new law entitles non-Muslim migrants from three Muslim-majority countries to citizenship if they are facing religious persecution. Police used

Amid protests in West Bengal and Assam over the new Citizenship law, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday reiterated its importance and said it allows persecuted religious groups from neighbouring countries to become Indian citizen. He said the decision was "1000 percent correct".

The death toll in the protests against the Citizenship Act in Assam has risen to six, with a protester succumbing to bullet injuries sustained during police firing on 12 December in Guwahati, News18 reported. Two people had died on the same day, soon after the firing incident. Among

A strong 6.8 magnitude earthquake hit the southern Philippine island of Mindanao on Sunday, geologists said. The epicentre was south of the populous city of Davao, but the US Geological Survey said there was a “low likelihood of casualties and damage“. There was no threat of a

At least 14 people were killed and dozens of others suffered injuries in a bus accident in Sindhupalchowk district on Sunday. The accident took place on Sunday morning when the bus skidded off the road and plunged into a gorge along the Dolakha Khadichaur-Jiri road section. The

In his first public rally after the Citizenship (Amendment) Act cleared the Parliament+ hurdle, Union home minister Amit Shah on Saturday hinted that “some changes” could be made in the law’s provisions to address the concerns of the northeastern states. “Conrad Sangma

Australia could experience its hottest day on record next week as a severe heatwave in the country's west is set to make its way east, forecasters say. Temperatures are likely to exceed 40C in many areas from Wednesday, the Bureau of Meteorology (BOM) says. The current record of

Boris Johnson is to visit the north of England later, hours after celebrating his party's biggest election win for 30 years by sweeping aside Labour in its traditional heartlands. The prime minister has said he hopes the Conservatives' victory will bring "closure" to the Brexit

Washington and London issued travel warnings for northeast India as opponents of a new citizenship law geared up for more protests on Saturday, following days of clashes that saw two people killed and dozens injured. The new law offers a way to Indian citizenship for six minority

The spectacle of Aung San Suu Kyi, a once-persecuted Nobel peace laureate now defending her country against allegations of genocide over its treatment of the Rohingya minority, has been one of bewildering irony. In the years after she was released from house arrest in 2010, princes,