China has sentenced prominent human rights lawyer Wang Quanzhang to four and a half years in prison for state subversion. Wang, 42, had defended political campaigners, victims of land seizures, as well as followers of the banned spiritual Falun Gong movement. He was one of several

A manhunt is underway in Louisiana of USA following a string of shootings that left the suspect's parents and 3 others dead, law enforcement officials said. Authorities are looking for 21-year Dakota Theriot after two Saturday morning shootings in Ascension and Livingston parishes,

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has fired Canada's ambassador to China, John McCallum. It follows controversial comments Mr McCallum made about an extradition case involving a senior executive from the Chinese telecoms giant Huawei. Mr Trudeau said in a statement he had asked John

A twin-bomb attack at a church in southern Philippines has killed at least 19 people and injured 42 others, officials say. The first blast happened as Sunday Mass was celebrated at a Roman Catholic cathedral on Jolo island. As soldiers responded, a second device was detonated in the

DHAKA: A Bangladeshi national was killed in a wild elephant’s attack in Darjeeling district of India.  The incident occurred at a hilly road in Murti area under Nagarkata police station of Dooars on Friday (Jan 25), said Ashim Majumdar, Officer-In-Charge (OC) of Nagarkata Police

President Donald Trump has yielded to political pressure to end the longest US government shutdown in history. After 35 days, he backed a deal to fund federal agencies for three weeks, but it includes none of the money he has demanded for a US-Mexico border wall. The Republican

A dam collapse at an iron-ore mine in southeast Brazil has left at least seven people dead and some 150 others missing, officials say. The break caused a sea of muddy sludge to spread across rural areas of Brumadinho, in Minas Gerais state, burying buildings and vehicles. Emergency

Roger Stone, a long-time ally of U.S. President Donald Trump who advised his 2016 presidential campaign, was arrested on Friday and charged with seven counts, according to a grand jury indictment made public by U.S. Special Counsel Robert Mueller's office. Stone, who was indicted

The death toll from flash floods and landslides in Indonesia has risen to 30, as rescuers raced to find two dozen still missing, the disaster agency said Thursday. Thousands have been evacuated from their homes as heavy rain and strong winds pounded the southern part of Sulawesi

A total of 185 passengers fell sick minutes after boarding a plane in Canada's Quebec airport. Ten passengers on board the plane were hospitalised, officials said. All passengers on board Air Transat flight 782 to US' Fort Lauderdale were seen by paramedics around 11 am on

The Trump administration is trying to cut Venezuelan president Nicolás Maduro's revenue streams, US National Security Adviser John Bolton says. The comments come one day after Maduro cut diplomatic ties with the US. He was angry after they recognised an opposition figure, Juan

US President Donald Trump says he will not deliver his annual State of the Union speech until after the government shutdown is over. On Wednesday House Speaker Nancy Pelosi withdrew an invitation for him to address Congress, saying government services should fully reopen first. The

Malaysia has elected Sultan Abdullah of Pahang as its new king after the shock abdication of the previous monarch. Sultan Muhammad V of Kelantan abdicated in January after just two years on the throne, a first in Malaysian history. Malaysia has an unusual constitutional monarchy,

At least five people were killed when a gunman opened fire in a Florida bank on Wednesday, according to local police. Police in Sebring County, Fla., arrested the alleged shooter after a prolonged standoff where he had barricaded himself inside the SunTrust Bank branch. He is currently

A Chinese-Australian writer who went missing at the weekend has been detained in China, the Australian government says. Yang Hengjun, a former Chinese diplomat, has been held since flying from New York to Guangzhou on Saturday. China informed Australia that the 53-year-old popular

The Australian government says it is investigating reports a Chinese-Australian writer has gone missing in China. Yang Hengjun, a blogger and former Chinese diplomat, has not been heard from since flying from New York to Guangzhou on Saturday, a friend said. Sydney academic Feng

It may look like a typical Washington farce, but a pair of Senate show votes this week might just be the first, tentative step on a long road out of the longest government shutdown in history. The White House, the Democratic House and the Republican Senate are about to stage a

A Taiwanese hiker known for posting bikini clad photos from mountain summits has died after falling into a ravine during a solo trek. Gigi Wu managed to contact emergency services but bad weather delayed rescue operations, local media reports say. The 36-year-old is thought to have

A 6.4-magnitude earthquake has struck 143 miles south of the Indonesian town of Raba, according to the US Geological Service.  There are no immediate reports of damage or casualties, and no tsunami warning has been issued. The quake hit on Tuesday at depth of 16 miles, south of the

At least 11 people have died in a fire involving two Tanzanian-flagged cargo vessels in the Black Sea near the Kerch Strait, authorities say. Russian rescuers are trying to reach sailors who jumped overboard. Fourteen people have so far been rescued. One ship is a gas tanker, and