At least 16 Afghan police and two civilians were killed in an attack by Taliban militants in western Badghis province of Afghanistan, officials said on Friday (June 22). The latest attack follows a three-day ceasefire which was put in place for the Eid al-Fitr celebrations.   The

New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has given birth to a baby girl. Jacinda Ardern shared a photo of her and partner Clarke Gayford with their daughter on Instagram on Thursday afternoon. She captioned the image: "Welcome to our village wee one." She said the baby arrived

US President Donald Trump, under mounting political pressure from angry members of his own party, signed an executive order Wednesday reversing his administration's policy of separating children from their parents at the border and allowing families to instead be detained together.

One person is dead and at least 128 people are missing from a ferry that sank on Indonesia's Lake Toba, casting a tragic pall over holidays marking the end of the Muslim holy month. An estimated of 18 people had been rescued and one passenger was confirmed dead after the ferry sank

The United Nations refugee agency on Tuesday said 68.5 million people are now displaced due to war, violence and persecution. Crises in areas including South Sudan, Congo and Syria, as well as mass migration of Muslim Rohingya from Myanmar raised the overall number from 65.6 million in

At least 17 people, including eight minors, were killed Saturday after a partygoer detonated a tear-gas canister setting off a stampede inside a nightclub in Caracas, Venezuela, authorities said. At least 11 victims died of asphyxiation, according to an initial report by the National

President Trump, after a daylong historic summit with North Korea’s leader, Kim Jong-un on Tuesday, announced plans to suspend military exercises on the Korean Peninsula and said he expected Kim to move “very quickly” to dismantle his country’s nuclear arsenal. The summit

Seventeen people died and twelve others injured in a bus accident in Mainpuri district of India’s Uttar Pradesh Wednesday morning (June 13). Initial investigation suggests that the driver of the bus was speeding when the vehicle hit the road divider, reports NDTV. The collision

Eleven people on a river cruise have been killed when their boat collided with a tugboat in the Russian city of Volgograd. Emergencies services received notification late on Monday that the vessels had collided on the Volga river, about 250 metres from the riverbank. There were 16

DHAKA: Donald Trump and Kim Jong-un have signed a document together at the end of their talks in Singapore on Tuesday (June 12), after the US president hailed the “historic meeting” and the North Korean leader said “The world will see a major change”. The contents of the

President Donald Trump touched down in this Southeast Asian city-state Sunday evening, 36 hours before his highly anticipated summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un is set to kick off. Trump arrived on Air Force One at Singapore's Paya Lebar Air Base at 8:21 p.m. local time,

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un arrived in Singapore ahead of an historic summit with US President Donald Trump Sunday, as Trump declared that the young dictator had a "one-time shot" to bring his country in from the cold. Kim was greeted at Singapore's Changi airport by

After slamming Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau “very dishonest and weak,” President Trump on Saturday (June 9) said he was making “false statements” following the G-7 economic summit. At a news conference held in Charlevoix, Canada, Trudeau announced that all seven

The death toll from the eruption of a highly active volcano near Guatemala's capital rose to 109, said the country's disaster and forensic agency Inacif earlier on Thursday (June 7). Guatemalan officials warned the public of falling ash from the Fuego volcano late on Thursday.

Leaders of the Group of Seven (G7) rich nations headed for a summit in Canada on Thursday more divided than at any time in the group's 42-year history, as US President Donald Trump's “America First” policies risk causing a global trade war and deep diplomatic schisms. In a

At least 18 people were killed and 90 wounded in an explosion in Baghdad's Sadr City district on Wednesday, an Iraqi police source said. Photos from the scene showed a destroyed car and building as well as weeping relatives of victims. An interior ministry spokesman said in a

The much-anticipated meeting between US President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un will take place at a hotel on the Singaporean island of Sentosa, the White House has confirmed. The historic summit is scheduled to take place on 12 June, but many details are still

An Indian Air Force (IAF) Jaguar aircraft has crashed in Gujarat's Kutch, killing the pilot. Reports suggest the plane flew from the Jamnagar air base and crashed near a village. It reportedly hit cattle grazing in a field, killing them. The aircraft, flown by Air Commodore Sanjay

The official death toll from the destruction at the Fuego volcano has risen to 69, the authorities say. Thousands of people are being housed in temporary shelters. Volcanologists report the eruption, which sent ash up to 10km (33,000ft) into the sky, is now over. The eruption

Jordan's Prime Minister Hani Mulki has resigned after days of protests against tax rises and austerity measures. The recent demonstrations in the country, which is a key Western ally, are the biggest in years, reports the BBC. Protesters have chanted anti-government slogans and