A magnitude-6.3 earthquake has hit western Iran near its border with Iraq, injuring more than 600 people and sending fearful residents into the streets. The quake hit near the city of Sarpol-e Zahab in Iran's Kermanshah province, which was the epicentre of a magnitude-7.3

Twenty-two people have died and more than 60 are feared drowned after a pleasure boat sank on Lake Victoriain Uganda. The vessel carrying close to a hundred revellers sank during bad weather on Saturday in the latest deadly incident to affect passenger boats on Africa’s largest lake.

Taiwan is voting in a referendum on whether to become the first place in Asia to legalise gay marriage. The top court ruled in favour of same-sex marriage, giving parliament two years to amend laws or pass new ones. But surveys last week suggest the country will vote against the

Gunmen have killed at least four people in an attack on the Chinese consulate in the Pakistani port city of Karachi. Gunshots were heard at about 09:30 local time (04:30 GMT) outside the consulate in the upmarket Clifton area. Police shot dead three attackers. Separatist militants

Some 25 people have been killed and 35 suffered injuries after a blast hit a market in Orakzai district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa in Pakistan, Geo TV reported citing security sources. The attack is said to have occurred right outside a religious school. Conflicting reports say that the

US President Donald Trump has said that the CIA did not blame Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman for ordering the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi. Khashoggi was murdered on 2 October in the Saudi consulate in Istanbul. Officials told US media such an operation would have

A giant dust storm has blanketed communities across south-east Australia, turning skies orange and raising concerns about air quality. Authorities issued a public health alert for Sydney on Thursday as the 500km-wide (310 miles) dust band began to reach the city. Many regions

An estimated 85,000 children under the age of five may have died from acute malnutrition in three years of war in Yemen, a leading charity says. The number is equivalent to the entire under-five population in the UK's second largest city of Birmingham, Save the Children adds.

US President Donald Trump has been asked to ascertain whether Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman played a role in the murder of Jamal Khashoggi. Republican and Democratic leaders of the US Senate Foreign Relations Committee on Tuesday sent a letter demanding a second investigation.

A large explosion targeting a religious gathering in Afghanistan's capital has killed at least 50 people and injured at least 72 others, the country's health ministry said. The people had gathered on Tuesday at a wedding hall to celebrate the Prophet Muhammad’s birthday,

At least 40 people have been killed in a suicide bomb attack on a hall in the Afghan capital, Kabul, officials say. At least 60 people were also injured as religious scholars met at the Uranus hall in PD15 district to mark the birthday of the Prophet Muhammad. It was one of the

At least six people were killed and 18 injured in a massive explosion at Pulgaon-based Central Ammunition Depot (CAD) in Wardha district of Maharashtra in india, around 120 kms from Nagpur on Tuesday (Nov 20) morning. Defence PRO Nagpur confirmed that the tragedy occurred when the

The White House has restored the press credentials of CNN reporter Jim Acosta, less than two weeks after withdrawing them over an argument with President Trump during a news conference. The reversal came days after a judge ordered the administration to reinstate the journalist's

Four people have died in a shooting at a Chicago hospital, including two female members of staff and a police officer, and the gunman himself. The two women killed were a doctor and a pharmaceutical assistant, Mayor Rahm Emanuel confirmed. A police spokesman said the gunman had died

Nissan chairman Carlos Ghosn has been arrested over claims of financial misconduct, the carmaker has said. Ghosn, a towering figure in the car industry, will be sacked from the Japanese firm after a board meeting on Thursday, its chief executive said. He has been accused of

Extending his proclivity of creating diplomatic mess, United States President Donald Trump on Sunday unleashed yet another diatribe against Pakistan while accusing Islamabad of ‘doing nothing for US’. Trump also defended his administration s decision to stop hundreds of millions

Theresa May has told her critics that getting rid of her as PM would not make delivering Brexit any easier. May defended last week's draft agreement for leaving the EU and said there was a "critical" week ahead. She suggested agreeing more details of UK's future relationship

US President Donald Trump has arrived in California to survey the deadliest and most destructive wildfire in the state's history. The Camp Fire, in northern California, has killed at least 71 people. More than 1,000 people are reported to be missing, although officials say that

The CIA has concluded that Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman personally ordered the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, despite the Saudi government's denials that the de facto ruler was involved, according to a senior US official. The senior US official told CNN on Friday

More than 1,000 people are listed as missing in the wake of the Northern California wildfire known as the Camp Fire, authorities say. It's a number that has ballooned rapidly and is expected to continue to fluctuate. The Butte County Sheriff's Office had said on Thursday evening