Pakistani PM Imran Khan has vowed to fight India's decision to revoke Indian-administered Kashmir's autonomy, including at the UN Security Council. Mr Khan said the move was in breach of international law, adding that he feared ethnic cleansing by India. The region remains

Pakistani PM Imran Khan has vowed to fight India's decision to revoke Indian-administered Kashmir's autonomy, including at the UN Security Council. Imran Khan said the move was in breach of international law, adding that he feared ethnic cleansing by India. The region

The UN has stepped up its emergency appeal for Zimbabwe, warning that more than five million people - a third of the population - are in need of aid. The World Food Programme (WFP) has launched a $331m (£270m) appeal as the country battles the effects of drought, a cyclone and an

Myanmar hit back Tuesday at a report by UN investigators calling for tougher sanctions against the country's powerful military to squeeze its business empire, accusing the probe of trying to harm the country. The UN fact-finding mission urged the international community to sever

Sushma Swaraj, former Indian foreign minister and one of the BJP's most loved leaders, died on Tuesday evening after a cardiac arrest. Her death shocked the nation where millions adored her for her swift response to distress calls on Twitter from Indians in any corner of the world.

The anger over water scarcity is palpable at a farmers' protest in Dharodi village in the northern Indian state of Haryana. Thousands of protesters from several villages have been demanding clean drinking water for nearly a month and half now. Rajpati Banwala throws her hands up as

The Philippines has declared a "national dengue epidemic" after at least 622 people lost their lives from the mosquito-borne disease this year. At least 146,000 cases were recorded from January to 20 July - a 98% increase on the same period last year - the health department said.

Hiroshima marked the 74rd anniversary of the atomic bombing of the city with its mayor renewing calls for eliminating such weapons and demanding Japan's government do more. Mayor Kazumi Matsui raised concerns in his peace address Tuesday about the rise of self-centered politics in

China has issued a strong warning to Hong Kong's protesters, saying their attempts "to play with fire will only backfire". A spokesman for China's top policy office in Hong Kong told protesters not to "underestimate the firm resolve [of] the central government". Anti-China

The Trump administration froze all Venezuelan government assets Monday in a dramatic escalation of tensions with socialist leader Nicolás Maduro, who has stubbornly clung to power in the face of mounting international pressure. The ban on Americans doing business with Venezuela's

India's BJP-led government is hailing its decision to strip the state of Jammu and Kashmir of autonomy after seven decades, characterising it as the correction of a "historical blunder". The BBC's Geeta Pandey in Delhi explains why this has happened and why it's important.

Former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister and PDP chief Mehbooba Mufti was arrested moments after India's Rajya Sabha passed the bill to bifurcate the state into two Union territories.  The government of India had earlier revoked the state's special status, provided under

Look at Kashmir, a region in the Himalayan and Karakoram mountain ranges. India, Pakistan and China all claim partial or complete ownership of Kashmir. Kashmir is an 86,000-square mile region in the northern part of the Indian subcontinent. The separatist violence has killed more than

Nineteen people died and 30 were injured in an explosion resulting from a car crash in central Cairo, Egypt's health ministry said on Monday. There was no official statement indicating that the explosion was an attack. The blast happened when a car driving against traffic on

Pakistan on Monday said that it would "exercise all possible options to counter the illegal steps" taken by India regarding Indian-occupied Kashmir (IoK). The comments came after Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government introduced plans to weaken the special rights of

President Donald Trump has said "hate has no place" in the US after 29 people were killed in two mass shootings over the weekend, amid accusations that he bears some responsibility. An attack on a Walmart store in El Paso, Texas left 20 dead, while nine died in a shooting in Dayton,

Article 370, which confers special status to Jammu and Kashmir, will be removed, said Indian Home Minister Amit Shah in parliament Monday (August 5) morning.  The announcement came after Prime Minister Narendra Modi held a meeting of his cabinet at his house this morning. Jammu

Many in Mexico were reeling Sunday from revelations that a shooting that killed 20 people in the border town of El Paso, Texas appears to have been aimed at Hispanics — and Mexicans in particular. Foreign Minister Marcelo Ebrard labeled the shooting "an act of terrorism" against

A 6.2 magnitude earthquake has hit off Fukushima in Japan. It was also felt in the capital Tokyo, some 250km away. The epicentre of the earthquake, which struck at 7.23pm local time, was off the coast of Fukushima prefecture and measured at a depth of 50km, the Japan

Twenty people have been killed and 26 injured in a mass shooting at a Walmart store in the Texas city of El Paso. Governor Greg Abbott described it as "one of the most deadly days in the history of Texas". Police are investigating whether the attack, which happened a few miles from