DHAKA:  Emmerson Mnangagwa took the oath as Zimbabwe’s president in front of a stadium crowd on Sunday (August 26) after a divisive election, as U.S. observers of that vote questioned the country’s democratic credentials. The Constitutional Court confirmed Mnangagwa as president

Australia's Foreign Minister Julie Bishop has announced her resignation from the cabinet. Her move came as new Prime Minister Scott Morrison named his cabinet after winning a bruising leadership contest on Friday, reports the BBC. Bishop said she had not yet decided whether to

A tourist bus has flipped over on a highway near Sofia, the capital, killing at least 15 people and leaving 27 others injured, said Bulgaria’s health minister. Police said a bus carrying tourists on a weekend trip to a nearby resort overturned and then fell down a side road 20 meters

US Senator John McCain, the Vietnam War hero turned senator and presidential candidate, has died aged 81. Mr McCain died on Saturday surrounded by his family, according to a short statement released by his office. He was diagnosed with an aggressive brain tumour in July 2017 and

The cabinet of newly-appointed Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan has imposed a ban on first-class air travel by the President, Chief Justice, Senate Chairman and the National Assembly speaker. The move comes after the ruling Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) government on Friday revised

Pope Francis has arrived in the Republic of Ireland's first papal visit for almost 40 years. The Pope is expected to meet some victims of clerical sex abuse later on Saturday (August 25), reports the BBC. In a letter to the world's 1.2bn Roman Catholics, the Pope this week

At least 18 people were killed in a fire at a resort hotel in China's northeastern city of Harbin early Saturday, state media and an official said. The disaster added to a string of deadly blazes that have plagued China despite official efforts to improve public safety over the

Japan’s very first female fighter pilot is starting her duties in the cockpit of an f-15 jet. First Lieutenant Misa Matsushima, 26, will be based at the Nyutabaru Air Base in Miyazaki Prefecture on the Air Self-Defense Force’s 5th Air Wing stationed on the eastern coast of Kyushu

Flood victims returning home in the Indian state of Kerala have been warned to prepare for a new menace: Snakes. Several snake-catching teams have been deployed to affected areas, amid fears the reptiles could be hiding in cupboards, under carpets, or inside washing machines in

Saudi-led coalition airstrikes killed 30 people, including 22 children, in a rebel-held area in northwestern Yemen on Thursday, according to the Houthi-controlled Health Ministry. Four families were evacuating their homes in a vehicle when the airstrikes hit, according to Houthi-owned

Peru was rocked by a 7.1 magnitude earthquake close to the border with Brazil, the US Geographical Survey (USGS) said Friday (August 24). The massive quake struck 248km north-west of Puerto Maldonado, a city in south-eastern Peru, at 4:04am local time (10am BST). The

More than 130 members of parliament, across five countries in south-east Asia, have demanded that Myanmar be investigated by the International Criminal Court (ICC), the most united condemnation from the region since the violence began against the Rohingya a year ago. In a joint

Scott Morrison has been leader-in-waiting for years, and today he was elected as leader of the Liberal Party and will become Australia’s prime minister. Mr Morrison, or ScoMo, as he is often called, will be elevated from the position of Treasurer after winning a Liberal party room

US President Donald Trump has responded to speculation that he might be impeached by warning that any such move would damage the economy. In an interview with Fox & Friends, he said the market would crash and "everybody would be very poor". He was speaking after Michael Cohen, his

A man with severe psychiatric problems killed his mother and sister and seriously injured another woman in a knife attack on Thursday in a suburb of Paris. Police shot and killed the man soon afterward. Islamic State, which has a history of opportunistic claims, swiftly claimed

DHAKA: A man was killed in an explosion at an office of the Trinamool Congress in West Midnapore district on Thursday (August 23), the police said.  Five others were injured in the blast at the office of Mamata Banerjee's party at the West Bengal district, 130 km from Kolkata.

International efforts are urgently needed to prevent over half a million Rohingya children from falling prey to despair and frustration in Cox’s Bazar district as they are being denied the chance of a proper education, said Unicef on Thursday (August 23). In a report marking one year

Kuldip Nayar, renowned journalist, author and human rights activist passed away on Thursday (August 23) in Delhi. He was 95. Nayar, a former editor of The Indian Express, was also the author of 15 books including “Beyond the Lines”, “India after Nehru” and “Emergency

US President Donald Trump's former lawyer, Michael Cohen, has pleaded guilty in a New York court to violating campaign finance laws. He said he had done so at the direction of "the candidate", for the "principal purpose of influencing [the] election". The admission was related

Four people, including an elderly woman, died and sixteen were injured in a fire that broke out at a high-rise residential building in central Mumbai on Wednesday morning (August 22).  Many residents who were trapped in the top floor of Crystal Tower in the busy Parel area were