A small, twin-engine airplane crashed into Florida’s Lake Okeechobee on Friday — leaving five people dead, officials said. The Piper PA-23-250 aircraft was preparing to land at Pahokee Airport when it went down around 3:30 p.m., according to the Palm Beach County Sheriff’s

Satellite images of a facility near Pyongyang suggest that North Korea may be preparing to launch a missile or a satellite. The increase in activity is around a site known as Sanumdong, where North Korea assembled most of its ballistic missiles and rockets. It comes after reports

Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan today said no terror group would be allowed to operate on Pakistani soil and carry out attacks abroad, days after his government began a crackdown against terror organisations. "This government will not allow Pakistan's land to be used for any

Theresa May has appealed to EU leaders for "one more push" to get her Brexit deal through Parliament but warned of a "moment of crisis" if MPs reject it. She said the UK had tabled "serious and detailed" proposals to address the deadlock over the Irish backstop but admitted talks had

DHAKA: A truck carrying migrants from Central America has rolled over in Mexico on Friday (Mar 8), leaving 25 people killed and 30 others injured. The prosecutor general’s office of the state of Chiapas said: The crash took place in Soyalo municipality, which is located not far from

US President Donald Trump's former campaign manager Paul Manafort has been sentenced to 47 months in prison for tax and bank fraud. He was convicted last summer of hiding millions of dollars of income from his political consulting in Ukraine. He is due to be sentenced in another

At least 18 people were injured, four critically, on Thursday by a grenade blast at a bus station in Indian-occupied Kashmir. “It seems that the grenade was lobbed from outside [the premises] and it rolled under the bus and caused injuries to approximately 18 people,” police

US President Donald Trump has said he would be "disappointed" if North Korea is confirmed to be rebuilding a rocket launch site. Satellite images published on Wednesday suggest Pyongyang is restoring a site it had pledged to scrap. Work to dismantle the Sohae satellite launch site

Flights were disrupted at Kenya's Jomo Kenyatta International Airport due to a strike by Kenya's aviation workers union, Kenya Airports Authority said on Wednesday. Hundreds of passengers were left stranded Wednesday morning outside Kenya's main international airport in the

The United States has reduced visa validity for Pakistani citizens from five years to 12 months whereas journalists and media persons will not be allowed to stay in the country for over three months without renewing the travel permit. Meanwhile, an additional fee will also be charged

About 1,500 children are being detained by federal and Kurdish authorities in Iraq for alleged links to the Islamic State group, Human Rights Watch says. A new report says the children are often arbitrarily arrested and tortured to force confessions. HRW urges the Iraqi federal and

Suicide bombers and gunmen attacked a construction company office in the Afghan city of Jalalabad on Wednesday killing 16 employees of the Afghan company, a provincial official said. The attack began when two suicide bombers set off their explosives outside the company office and

New satellite images of North Korea suggest it is restoring a rocket launch site it had pledged to dismantle, say analysts. The images were taken two days after talks between the leaders of the US and North Korea ended without them reaching a deal on denuclearisation. The

Venezuela's President Nicolás Maduro has vowed to defeat a "crazed minority" that wants to remove him from power. In a challenge to opposition leader Juan Guaidó, he called for "anti-imperialist marches" on Saturday to coincide with anti-government protests. Mr Maduro's

Seven members of one family were among the 23 victims identified after an outbreak of tornadoes devastated the US state of Alabama, officials have said. Every victim, including four children, was found close to their homes, rescue crews say. The victims range in age from six to 89,

Hillary Clinton has ruled out a second US presidential run in 2020. "I'm not running, but I'm going to keep on working and speaking and standing up for what I believe," Mrs Clinton told New York's News 12 TV channel. As the Democratic candidate in 2016, Mrs Clinton was

India accounts for seven of the world's 10 cities with the worst air pollution, according to a new report, but previously smogbound Chinese cities have seen a marked improvement. Gurugram, a suburb of the Indian capital New Delhi, is the world's most polluted city, according to

In a serious blow to Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, a second member of his Cabinet resigned on Monday, saying she had lost confidence in how the government had dealt with an escalating political scandal. The departure of Treasury Board Minister Jane Philpott, who was in

The Pakistan Navy detected an Indian submarine on Monday night trying to enter Pakistani waters and successfully thwarted the attempt, the Navy's spokesperson said on Tuesday — exactly a week after India'saerial violation of the Line of Control that sent tensions soaring

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi faced severe backlash on Twitter over the weekend for his ‘joke’ on people with dyslexia – with people calling it insensitive, shameful and distressing, among others. A student at the Smart India Hackathon 2019, while interacting with the PM