Haiti has been hit by a major 5.9 magnitude earthquake which has killed at least 11 people and injured more than 100, officials said. Several buildings collapsed after the quake struck the northwestern part of the impoverished Caribbean country shortly after 8pm on Saturday (1am BST).

Turkish prosecutors have opened an investigation into the disappearance of a missing Saudi journalist. Jamal Khashoggi, a critic of Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, has not been seen since Tuesday, when he entered the Saudi consulate in Istanbul. Turkish sources

DHAKA: Some 50 people were killed and another 100 sustained serious burn injuries after a fuel tanker collided with a vehicle in Democratic Republic of Congo on Saturday (October 6), a regional official said. Local authorities were doing everything to help victims of the crash in the

Twelve people were killed when a bus skidded off the highway and fell into a deep gorge near Ramban in Jammu and Kashmir.  Several others were injured, said police. The bus was going from Ramban to Banihal on the Jammu-Srinagar highway. The police said the injured people have

The first Chinese head of Interpol, the international law enforcement agency, is under investigation in China, amid mystery surrounding his disappearance after his wife reported to French police he had gone missing. Meng Hongwei, 64, who is also a vice-minister at China’s Ministry of

A woman has been appointed to run a Saudi Arabian bank in a first for women in the country. Saudi businesswoman Lubna Al Olayan will chair a new bank being formed out of a merger between the Saudi British Bank (SABB) and Alawwal Bank. The move comes amid a liberalisation of

Sikkim became the latest addition to India’s aviation map as SpiceJet operated the first direct commercial flight to the Pakyong airport from Kolkata on Thursday (Oct 4), the airline said in a statement.  The airline will operate direct flights on the Kolkata-Pakyong-Kolkata route

The 2018 Nobel Peace Prize has been awarded to campaigners against rape in warfare Nadia Murad and Denis Mukwege.    Berit Reiss-Andersen, the Nobel committee chair, said the pair were "crucial" in fighting the crimes. Ms Murad is a Yazidi woman who was tortured and raped by

Former South Korean president Lee Myung-bak has been jailed for 15 years for corruption. Lee was sentenced in a Seoul court on Friday on charges of bribery, embezzlement and abuse of power, and ordered to pay a 13 billion won ($11.5m; £8.8m) fine. The former president claims the

The United States Justice Department on Thursday (October 4) announced criminal charges against seven Russian intelligence officers, accusing them in a sprawling indictment of hacking, wire fraud, identity theft and money laundering as part of an effort to distract from Russia's

The wife of ex-Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak has been charged with money laundering and tax evasion, as part of an investigation into a massive corruption scandal. Rosmah Mansor, who is known for her love of luxury goods and jewellery, pleaded not guilty to all 17 charges.

Six rescue divers drowned while trying to save a teenager from a disused mining pool in Malaysia. They were searching for a 17-year-old boy who is thought to have fallen into the body of water while fishing with his friends on Wednesday. Authorities said the divers became caught in

Scientists are calling for "no selfie zones" after the incredible number of "selficides" was revealed in a new study. Between 2011 and 2017, 259 people have been accidentally killed in all kinds of different ways while taking selfies all over the world. The most common ways that

A United Airlines flight has landed safely at Sydney Airport after issuing a mayday call due to low fuel reserves, authorities have said. Flight UA839, carrying 194 people, had been on a 15-hour flight to the city from Los Angeles. Police said they activated a "full emergency

The 2018 Nobel Prize in Chemistry was awarded on Wednesday to Frances H. Arnold of the United States, and jointly to George P. Smith of the United States and Gregory P. Winter of the United Kingdom for their work on evolutionary science. Dr. Arnold conducted the first directed

The House of Commons of Canadian parliament unanimously adopted the motion to revoke the honorary Canadian citizenship granted to Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi, the one-time champion of democracy who is now seen as a disgraced bystander in the ethnic cleansing of her country’s

A massive fire broke out at Medical College and Hospital in Kolkata on Wednesday (Oct 3) morning.  The fire is said to have started in the Department Of Pharmacy on the ground floor at around 8am. Ten fire engines and a team of Kolkata police officers have rushed to the spot and over

A Facebook group named “Surviving Hijab,” which aims to support women who wear the covering, is set to receive Facebook Fellowship Award, it was announced this week. Out of more than 6000 applicants, @survivinghijabinitiative was chosen due to its ever-expanding community and

Iraq's parliament has elected the moderate Kurdish politician Barham Salih as president. Barham Salih, a member of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK), beat his main rival Fuad Hussein, of the Kurdistan Democratic Party's (KDP), by 219 votes to 22, AFP news agency reported.

At least 34 migrants were killed in a shipwreck in the western Mediterranean the U.N. migration agency said on Tuesday (Oct 2), citing the Moroccan navy and a Spanish aid agency. Moreover, 26 people allegedly survived the incident.  Joel Millman, spokesman of the International