At least 10 persons were charred to death when inflammable material caught fire and exploded on Wednesday (July 4) at a fireworks factory in Warangal of Telangana in India.  At least 15 others suffered severe burn injuries, reports the Indian Express. The incident occurred at the

Former Malaysian prime minister Najib Razak has pleaded not guilty to four charges levelled against him in court on Wednesday (July 4).  He faces three counts of criminal breach of trust and one count of abuse of power - in connection with the 1MDB scandal that led to his political

Former Prime Minister Najib Razak was arrested by Malaysia's anti-graft agency on Tuesday (July 3). According to a statement issued by the 1MDB task force, Datuk Seri Najib was picked up from his mansion in Jalan Langgak Duta in Kuala Lumpur at 2.35pm on Tuesday afternoon in

Twelve boys and their football coach trapped in a Thai cave are alive, but will need to learn to dive or wait months for flooding to recede before they can get out, the army says. The group had been missing for nine days before they were found by divers late on Monday on a small dry

Conditions in Myanmar’s northern Rakhine state are not ready yet for the repatriation of hundreds of thousands of Rohingya who have fled a military crackdown, the head of the International Committee of the Red Cross said on Sunday after visiting the region. Myanmar has said it is

Forty-two passengers were killed after their bus fell into a gorge in Uttarakhand's Paudi Garhwal district on Sunday morning (July 1). Three are critically injured. The accident happened on the Pipali-Bhoan motorway in Pauri Garhwal's Nainidanda block. The police and a team

Eleven members of a family were found hanging blindfolded in their home in north Delhi’s Sant Nagar near Burari in India on Sunday morning (July 1). The four men, three women and four girls were found hanging from an iron grill used as a ventilator in the courtyard. All of them had

European Union leaders have reached an agreement on migration after marathon talks at a summit in Brussels. Italy - the entry point for thousands of migrants, mainly from Africa - had threatened to veto the conclusions of the entire agenda if it did not receive help on the issue. In a

A gunman has opened fire at a local newspaper office in Maryland of United States, killing five people and injuring others in what police said was a "targeted attack". Staff at the Capital Gazette in Annapolis said the attacker, armed with a shotgun and smoke grenades, shot through a

President Donald Trump will meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Helsinki, Finland, on July 16. The United States and Russia simultaneously revealed the details of the high-stakes meeting in separate statements Thursday morning (June 28), reports the ABC news.  The White

A chartered aircraft on a test flight on Thursday (June 28) crashed in Ghatkopar in Mumbai, killing 5 people.  The small aircraft crashed in Sarvodya Nagar of Ghatkopar area in Mumbai at around 1.30 pm, reports the Indian Express quoting police.  The aircraft crashed onto an

Britain’s Queen Elizabeth has granted royal assent to PM Theresa May’s Brexit legislation, which is designed to formally end the country’s EU membership. The announcement was made by House of Commons speaker John Bercow. “I have to notify the House in accordance with the

India is the world's most dangerous country for women, according to a survey of 550 experts on women's issues conducted by the Thomson Reuters Foundation. And whom does India have for company at the top of this list? Afghanistan, Syria, Somalia and Saudi Arabia. In 2011, a

At least 86 people have died in central Nigeria after violent clashes broke out between farmers and cattle herders, police in Plateau state said. Some reports say fighting began on Thursday when ethnic Berom farmers attacked Fulani herders, killing five of them. A retaliatory attack

Turkey's long-standing leader Recep Tayyip Erdogan has won a new five-year term after securing outright victory in the first round of a presidential poll. Election authority chief Sadi Guven said the president "received the absolute majority of all valid votes". State media

Women in Saudi Arabia are now allowed to drive for the first time since the religiously conservative kingdom overturned the world's only ban on female motorists. The lifting of the prohibition on Sunday, which follows a sweeping crackdown on prominent women's rights activists

Zimbabwe’s election campaign season took a worrying turn Saturday afternoon when a crude bombing at a speech delivered by president Emmerson Mnangagwa appeared to be an attempt on his life.  Mnangagwa had just finished giving a speech in a stadium in Zimbabwe’s second-largest

US President Donald Trump renewed sanctions on North Korea, citing an "extraordinary threat" from its nuclear weapons - just 10 days after saying there was no risk from Pyongyang. "There is no longer a Nuclear Threat from North Korea," he tweeted on 13 June, a day after meeting the

Women in this strict Muslim country finally get to sit behind the wheel and legally drive for the first time starting Sunday. One side benefit: This milestone could decrease the nation's exorbitant traffic fatalities. “Saudi Arabia has one of the highest accident rates in the

The European Union (EU) has introduced retaliatory tariffs on US goods as a top official launched a fresh attack on President Donald Trump's trade policy. The duties on €2.8bn (£2.4bn) worth of US goods came into force on Friday. Tariffs have been imposed on products such as