At least six people have died after a train crashed on a bridge linking two Danish islands.  Early reports suggest that the train, carrying 131 passengers and three staff, either hit a cargo train or debris from the freight train.  Danish media reported that a tarpaulin on the

Rescuers recovered six more bodies buried under tons of mud from a landslide that crashed onto a hilly village on Indonesia’s main island of Java, bringing the death toll to 15, officials said Tuesday. The landslide that plunged down surrounding hills just before sunset Monday buried

The far-right former Army captain Jair Bolsonaro has been sworn in as Brazil’s president, promising to fulfil his campaign commitments to tackle rampant corruption and crime. His populist rhetoric may have driven him to the presidency, but Mr Bolsonaro is a deeply divisive figure

Armed men killed 37 Fulani civilians on Tuesday in central Mali, where ethnic violence cost hundreds of lives last year, the government has said. Violence between Fulani and rival communities has compounded an already dire security situation in Mali’s semi-arid and desert regions,

At least eight people were injured, one seriously, when a vehicle ploughed into crowds celebrating New Year’s Day in Tokyo early on Tuesday (Jan 1). A police spokesman said the driver had been detained and national broadcaster NHK said the man had been arrested on suspicion of

Rescuers are searching for survivors in the central Russian city of Magnitogorsk, where an explosion devastated a block of flats, killing at least four people. Officials in the city, in the Urals region, say a gas leak caused the blast. About 40 people are missing. President

The death toll from a storm that struck the Philippines shortly after Christmas rose to 68 with the number of fatalities expected to climb even higher, civil defence officials said Monday. Fifty-seven people died in the mountainous Bicol region, southeast of Manila, while 11 were

Prime Minister of Malaysia Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad has been named The Muslim Man of the Year according to 10th Anniversary Edition of the Muslim 500. The report, published by independent research entity The Royal Islamic Studies Centre with the Royal All al-Bayt Institute for Islamic

Ten members of a family were killed on Sunday evening when the SUV they were traveling in was crushed between two trucks near Bhachau in Kutch district of Gujarat, police said. The incident occurred on the Bhachau highway, when a trailer truck carrying salt jumped over the divider and

Several US newspapers suffered major printing and delivery disruptions on Saturday following a cyber-attack. The attack led to delayed distribution of The Los Angeles Times, Chicago Tribune, Baltimore Sun and other titles belonging to Tribune Publishing. The company said it first

A strong earthquake of 6.9 magnitude struck off the southern Philippine island of Mindanao on Saturday and small tsunami waves were possible along its coast as well as in parts of Indonesia and Palau, the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center said. There were no reports of casualties or

A 7.2 magnitude earthquake was recorded off the coast of the southern Philippines on Saturday, according to the US Geological Survey. The quake registered off the coast of Mindanao's largest city, Davao, and approximately 62 miles southeast of the city of Pondaguitan. The

A partial US government shutdown is likely to continue into next week amid an impasse over funding for President Trump's proposed Mexico border wall. Both Congress chambers met for just a few minutes on Thursday but took no steps to end the closure. The House and Senate will now

DHAKA: Five people have died after a major fire broke out in a high-rise residential building Thursday evening in Chembur, one of Mumbai's largest suburbs. The fire started on the 11th floor of building number 35 in the B wing of Sargam Society. The housing society is near Ganesh

US President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump have made an unannounced Christmas visit to US troops in Iraq. They travelled there "late on Christmas night" to thank troops for "their service, their success and their sacrifice", the White House said. Mr Trump said the US had

An 8-year-old Guatemalan boy died Christmas morning in the custody of US Customs and Border Protection. He is the second Guatemalan child to die in CBP custody this month. Rep. Joaquin Castro, chairman-elect of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus, identified the child in a statement

An Argentine woman seized in the 1980s by people traffickers has been reunited with her family in a joint operation by Argentine and Bolivian police. The whereabouts of the woman, who is now 45, had been unknown until earlier this year when police received a tip-off she was in Bermejo,

Three islands in Andaman and Nicobar - Ross Island, Neil Island and Havelock Island- will be renamed as Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose Island, Shaheed Dweep and Swaraj Dweep, respectively, by the Narendra Modi-led central government of India.  The new names will be formally announced by

A suicide bomber and extremists armed with assault rifles and explosives attacked a government building in the Afghan capital in an eight-hour-long siege, authorities said. It ended when the three gunmen were killed. Health Ministry spokesman Wahid Majro said Tuesday that 40 people

The new governor of Mexico's central Puebla state, Martha Erika Alonso, has died in an air crash, just days after being sworn into office. Her husband, Senator Rafael Moreno Valle, was also killed. Reports say Monday's accident happened shortly after the aircraft - believed