Recordings related to Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi's death have been passed on to Saudi Arabia, the United States, the United Kingdom, Germany and France, Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Saturday (Nov 10). Khashoggi was killed after he entered the Saudi

A Guwahati-bound IndiGo aircraft with 76 passengers on board made an emergency landing within a few minutes of take-off after smoke was reported from the plane's cargo hold. "The aircraft made a safe landing at the Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport here around 8.30

At least nine people have been killed and more than 150,000 evacuated as two big wildfires rage in California, officials said. Five people of the dead were found in cars in a town that was destroyed by the Camp Fire in the state's north. West of Los Angeles, the Woolsey Fire

Illegal migrants entering through the southern US border will no longer be eligible for asylum under a new rule, the Trump administration has said. Announced by the Departments of Justice and Homeland Security, the ruling would stop asylum for those who breach any presidential

A gunman has opened fire at a bar in California killing at least 12 people, including a police officer. The shooting began at about 23:20 local time on Wednesday at the Borderline Bar and Grill in Thousand Oaks, California about 40 miles (65km) north-west of Los Angeles. At least

The White House has suspended the credentials of CNN's chief White House correspondent hours after a testy exchange with US President Donald Trump. A White House staffer tried to grab the microphone from CNN's Jim Acosta at the press conference on Wednesday. But press

US Attorney General Jeff Sessions has been fired by President Donald Trump. "We thank Attorney General Jeff Sessions for his service, and wish him well!" Mr Trump tweeted on Wednesday. The president had repeatedly criticised his top law enforcement official after he recused himself

Democrats have won control of the House of Representatives in the US midterm elections, but the party’s hoped-for “blue wave” failed to materialise as Republicans looked likely to increase their majority in the Senate. As election results continue to come in around the country,

Facebook has said it agrees with a report that found it had failed to prevent its platform being used to "incite offline violence" in Myanmar. The independent report, commissioned by Facebook, said the platform had created an "enabling environment" for the proliferation of human rights

Democrats Rashida Tlaib in Michigan and Ilhan Omar in Minnesota both won their races for House seats on Tuesday, becoming the first Muslim women ever elected to Congress. Omar will fill the seat of Rep. Keith Ellison (D), who was the first Muslim person elected to the body and left his

US President Donald Trump has made a last bid for voters to back the Republican party on the eve of the mid-term election. "Everything we have achieved is at stake tomorrow," he said during a blitz of three final rallies. The nationwide vote on Tuesday is being seen as a referendum

DHAKA: At least 13 soldiers and policemen were killed after Taliban launched an attack early Monday (Nov 5) on a newly established joint Afghan army and police checkpoint in eastern Ghazni province, said a provincial official. The assaults came as a resurgent Taliban hold nearly half

The sons of murdered journalist Jamal Khashoggi issued an emotional appeal for the return of their father's body, in their first interview since he was killed in the Saudi consulate in Istanbul a month ago. Salah and Abdullah Khashoggi, who called their father "courageous, generous

The US unleashed its "toughest ever" sanctions against Iran on Monday following a wave of protests across the oil-rich country. The Trump administration reinstated all sanctions removed under the 2015 nuclear deal, targeting both Iran and states that trade with it. They will hit oil

More than a dozen people have been killed after a lorry lost control at a toll station in north-west China. Dozens more were injured when the vehicle collided with a line of waiting cars in Lanzhou, the provincial capital of Gansu, on Saturday. The cause of the 31 vehicle pile-up is

Bahrain's opposition leader, Sheikh Ali Salman, has been handed a life sentence after the Court of Appeal found him guilty of spying for Qatar. The ruling comes just months after the Bahraini High Court of First Tier acquitted Salman of the charge of "colluding" with the rival

Heavy rain and gales devastating parts of Italy have claimed two more lives, taking the overall death toll to at least 17, and laid waste to vast swathes of forest. A German tourist died on Friday when hit by lightning on the island of Sardinia while another person struck by lightning

The European Union has threatened to impose trade sanctions on Myanmar that could put thousands of jobs in its lucrative clothing industry at risk, if the country does not address 'severe shortcomings' in human rights. Officials wrapped up a four-day fact-finding mission to

A top Turkish official, presidential adviser Yasin Aktay, has said he believes Jamal Khashoggi's body was dissolved in acid after being cut up. The "only logical conclusion", he said, was that those who had killed the Saudi journalist in Istanbul had destroyed his body "to leave no

A tigress in India who is said to have killed 13 people has been shot dead after a major hunt, officials say. The six-year-old tigress had evaded capture in the jungles of the western state of Maharashtra for two years. Last month wildlife officials deployed perfume in a bid to lure