Boris Johnson has admitted he would need EU co-operation to avoid a hard Irish border or crippling tariffs on trade in the event of no deal. In an exclusive interview with the BBC, the favourite to be next prime minister said: "It's not just up to us." But he said he did "not

Six people were killed after a bus in which they were travelling fell into a gorge at Garhwa of Jharkhand in India Tuesday morning, the police said.  Thirty-nine people were injured. Rescuers are on the site to bring out the bodies from the bus that lay overturned on the rocks

US President Donald Trump has said he is imposing hard-hitting new sanctions on Iran, including on the office of the country's Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei. Trump said the additional sanctions were in response to the shooting down of a US drone and "many other things". Ayatollah

In Cambodia, two people have been pulled alive from the rubble of a collapsed building - more than two days after Saturday's disaster. The two survivors were given water and taken to hospital in the coastal town of Sihanoukville. The death toll earlier had risen to 25 at the

A court in Vietnam has sentenced a US citizen to 12 years in prison after finding him guilty of attempting to "overthrow the state". Michael Phuong Minh Nguyen, 55, had admitted he wanted to incite protests in Vietnam, his lawyer told the BBC. But he denied more serious charges of

Turkey's ruling AK Party has lost control of Istanbul after a re-run of the city's mayoral election, delivering a stinging blow to President Erdogan. With nearly all ballots counted, main opposition party candidate Ekrem Imamoglu had a lead of 775,000 votes, a huge increase on

A deep earthquake of magnitude 7.5 struck off the coasts of East Timor and Indonesia on Monday, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) said. Pacific monitoring authorities ruled out the chance of tsunami. Strong shaking caused alarm in the East Timor capital of Dili, prompting people to

At least 14 people were killed and more than 50 injured when heavy rain and strong winds caused a huge tent to collapse in the Indian state of Rajasthan on Sunday. Some were electrocuted by live wires as the tent caved in, and others killed by falling debris, Reuters reported. Local

Turkey's ruling party has lost control of Istanbul after a re-run of the city's mayoral election, latest results show. The candidate for the main opposition party, Ekrem Imamoglu, won 54% of the vote with nearly all ballots counted. He won a surprise victory in March which

The chief of staff of the Ethiopian army, Gen Seare Mekonnen, has been shot dead by his own bodyguard in the capital, Addis Ababa. He and another officer died trying to prevent a coup attempt against the administration in Ethiopia's northern Amhara region, PM Abiy Ahmed said. In

The US launched a cyber-attack on Iranian weapons systems on Thursday as President Trump pulled out of air strikes on the country, US reports say. The cyber-attack disabled computer systems controlling rocket and missile launchers, the Washington Post said. It was in retaliation for

The US will impose "major" additional sanctions on Iran in a bid to prevent the country obtaining nuclear weapons, President Donald Trump says. He said economic pressure would be maintained unless the leadership in Tehran changed course. "We're putting additional sanctions on,"

A twin-engine aircraft crashed in Hawaii, killing at least nine people on board, authorities said on Friday. The Hawaii Department of Transportation says nine were aboard the aircraft when it went down near Dillingham Airfield in the northwest corner of Oahu. Hawaii DOT spokesman Tim

President Trump has said he does not want war but warned Iran it would face "obliteration" if conflict broke out. Speaking to NBC on Friday, he said the US was open to talks but would not allow Iran to develop nuclear weapons. He also expanded on his last-minute decision to call off

At least two dozen people were killed when a fire ripped through a matchstick warehouse in Indonesia on Friday (June 21), authorities said. "There have been 24 deaths," said the head of North Sumatra's disaster agency Riadil Lubis, adding that investigators believed they had

US President Trump approved military strikes against Iran in retaliation for downing an American surveillance drone, but pulled back from launching them on Thursday night after a day of escalating tensions. As late as 7 pm, military and diplomatic officials were expecting a strike,

Iran "made a very big mistake" in shooting down a US military surveillance drone over the Strait of Hormuz, President Donald Trump says. However, he told reporters it could have been the result of human error, saying: "I find it hard to believe it was intentional." Iran said the

As many as 44 passengers were killed and nearly 30 injured on Thursday after their bus fell in a gorge in the mountainous Kullu district of Himachal Pradesh of India, officials said. The number of deaths could rise as several passengers were sitting on top of the bus, reports said.

A former top Indian policeman critical of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's alleged role in deadly anti-Muslim riots in 2002 has been jailed for life. Sanjiv Bhatt was convicted of murder in a case dating back 30 years. He alleged that Mr Modi, chief minister at the time of the

China's President Xi Jinping has met North Korean leader Kim Jong-un during the first Chinese state visit to Pyongyang in 14 years. The leaders were expected to discuss economic issues and the stalled talks over North Korea's nuclear programme. It was their fifth meeting in