At least 60 people were killed and 77 injured on October 19 evening after a crowd of Dussehra revellers that had spilled onto railway tracks while watching burning of Ravana effigy was run over by a train near Amritsar, officials said. The train was coming from Jalandhar when the

Journalist Jamal Khashoggi died after a fight in the Saudi consulate in Istanbul, the country's state TV reported quoting an initial probe. It said deputy intelligence chief Ahmad al-Assiri and Saud al-Qahtani, senior aide to Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman, were dismissed over

Police in Turkey investigating the alleged killing of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi have expanded their search, reports say. Unnamed Turkish officials say his body may have been disposed of in a nearby forest or on farmland. Mr Khashoggi disappeared after entering the Saudi

Sri Lanka's president has called India's prime minister to deny a report that quoted him as saying the Indian secret service was plotting to kill him. Maithripala Sirisena told Narendra Modi he "categorically rejected" the report, carried in The Hindu newspaper. It said Mr

India's junior foreign minister has announced his resignation following allegations of sexual harassment by a string of women, as the country's fledgling #MeToo movement gathers pace. "Since I have decided to seek justice in a court of law in my personal capacity, I deem it

At least 10 people have been killed and many more wounded in a bomb explosion at a college in Crimea, Russia has said. The Russian national anti-terrorism committee, a government body, said the explosion at a polytechnic was caused by an “unidentified explosive device”, according

Author Anna Burns on Tuesday (Oct 16) became the first Northern Irish writer, and the first woman since 2013, to win Britain's renowned Man Booker Prize for her novel "Milkman". Judges of the annual award praised the work, an exploration of Northern Ireland's three decades of

Canada has become the second country after Uruguay to legalise possession and use of recreational cannabis. The nationwide market for cannabis opened Wednesday at midnight amid lingering questions about the impact on health, the law and public safety. Preparations included mailings

Australia’s new Prime Minister, Scott Morrison, is reportedly considering following in President Trump’s footsteps and moving the country’s Israeli embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem. Morrison said Tuesday that he is “open” to the move, The Guardian reported. He argued

A British PHD student has been charged with “spying for a foreign state” in the United Arab Emirates, the country’s authorities have said. Matthew Hedges, a 31-year-old doctoral student at Durham University, was arrested on May 5 at Dubai airport after a two-week visit to the

Paul Allen, who co-founded Microsoft, has died aged 65 from complications of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma. He had revealed the disease's return only two weeks ago, after previously being treated for it in 2009. He had said he and his doctors were "optimistic" about treatment. His

DHAKA: Turkish officials investigating the disappearance of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi will search Saudi Arabia's consulate in Istanbul later on Monday (Oct 15), according to reports. Turkish officials believe Mr Khashoggi was murdered in the consulate by Saudi agents nearly

Newlyweds Prince Harry and Meghan Markle are expecting a baby in the spring, the royal household announced on Monday. The news came as the couple arrived in Sydney at the start of a 16-day tour of the South Pacific and Australia, a constitutional monarchy whose head of state is

Saudi Arabia has vowed to retaliate to possible economic sanctions taken by other countries after Donald Trump warned of “severe punishment” over the disappearance of a Saudi journalist. “The kingdom affirms its total rejection of any threats and attempts to undermine it, whether

Indian Minister of State for External Affairs MJ Akbar, who has been called out by nearly a dozen women as a sexual predator during his days as a newspaper editor, denied allegations and would not resign. He also said that he will take legal action against those who have accused him of

Nineteen people, including children, died on Sunday when a vehicle carrying migrants reportedly heading for EU member Greece plunged off the highway into a waterway in western Turkey, state media said. The vehicle, believed to be a lorry, was travelling on a highway in the Izmir region

At least 16 people have been killed and 50 others wounded after two suicide bombers attacked a restaurant and a hotel in the town of Baidoa in Somalia, police and witnesses said. A man wearing an explosive device walked into Beder restaurant on Friday and blew himself up, killing

Hurricane-force winds have brought down hundreds of trees and left more than 15,000 homes without power in Portugal. The remnants of Hurricane Leslie swept into the centre and north of the country overnight on Saturday. There have been no reports of deaths or injuries, but officials

DHAKA: US President Donald Trump vowed in a "60 Minutes" interview that the United States would get to the bottom of what happened to a missing Saudi journalist and that there would be "severe punishment" if he was found to have been murdered. In an excerpt from the interview, released

DHAKA: A motorcycle carrying explosives blew up among supporters of an Afghan election candidate on Saturday (Oct 13), killing at least 12 people, officials said, in the latest attack on a political rally. Violence related to the parliamentary vote has killed or wounded hundreds of