Twenty-five people have been killed and hundreds injured after Guatemala's Fuego volcano erupted, officials say. The volcano, about 40km (25 miles) south-west of the capital Guatemala City, has been spewing rocks, black smoke and ash into the sky. The National Disaster

President Donald Trump will host an iftar dinner at the White House next week to recognize the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, according to a White House official, a departure from last year’s decision not to host the traditional post-sundown meal. The iftar dinner is scheduled for

A Russian war pilot who was presumed dead for some 30 years after his plane was shot down during the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan has been found alive, according to military officials. “He is still alive. It’s very astonishing. Now he needs help,” the head of the Russian

Myanmar’s national security adviser on Saturday (June 2) said the country was willing to take back all Rohingya refugees who fled to Bangladesh if they wish to return, Reuters reported. On Thursday, Myanmar and the United Nations signed an agreement regarding the safe return of Rohingya

DHAKA: Malaysia detained 15 suspected Islamist militants including a Bangladeshi national, said police on Friday (June 1). The identity of the Bangladeshi national is yet to be known. However, it has been reported that he is restaurant owner and allegedly supplied arms to extremists.

A law professor who has never before held political office was sworn in as Italy's new Prime Minister on Friday afternoon, ending almost three months of political uncertainty and bringing to power a new populist government. Giuseppe Conte took an oath of loyalty to the Italian

Fifteen people have been killed and 218 injured in violent incidents in troubled Nicaragua, police said Thursday. Wednesday's violence hit the capital Managua, where paramilitary gunmen reportedly attacked an anti-government demonstration; the city of Chinandega in the north-west;

Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy has been forced out of office by a no-confidence vote in parliament on Friday. Socialist leader Pedro Sánchez, who filed the motion after Rajoy's party was implicated in a corruption scandal, will become prime minister, reports the BBC.

The four-year hunt for Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 has ended with the latest, privately funded search coming to a close. US-based Ocean Infinity had been using a deep-sea vessel to survey a vast area of the southern Indian Ocean. But it found nothing and Malaysia's government

Forty people have died as thunderstorm and lightening struck different parts of Uttar Pradesh, Bihar and Jharkhand on Monday. 19 of those deaths have been reported from Bihar. In neighbouring Jharkhand, 12 people were killed and 28 were injured due to lightning.  Nine people were

A weakened Subtropical Storm Alberto made landfall Monday afternoon (May 28) in the Florida Panhandle of United States, showering the Southeast with rain and killing at least two people. The storm is threatening the Southeast with flooding as it is expected to spread moisture across

South Korean President Moon Jae-in and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un held a surprise meeting at Panmunjom on the inter-Korean border on Saturday (May 26), according to a statement issued by the Blue House. The meeting is the second between the two leaders, with the first having taken

About 50 people have died after a boat capsized on a river in the Democratic Republic of Congo, said officials. The vice-governor of Tshuapa province in the north of the country said the cause of the accident was not clear. More than 60 people survived when the boat tipped over as

Harvey Weinstein turned himself in to New York police Friday morning and was arrested on charges that he raped one woman and forced another to perform oral sex on him, a source familiar with the investigation told CNN. Manhattan prosecutors will charge Weinstein with first- and

A homemade bomb has exploded at a restaurant in Mississauga, Canada's sixth largest city, injuring 15 people. Local police said two suspects entered the Bombay Bhel restaurant in the city late on Thursday and detonated the improvised explosive device. Ambulance services said

President Donald Trump will not meet North Korean leader Kim Jong Un next month for what would have been a historic diplomatic summit, he announced in a letter to Kim released by the White House Thursday morning (May 24). "I was very much looking forward to being there with you. Sadly,

North Korea appears to have blown up tunnels at its only nuclear test site, in a move to reduce regional tensions. Foreign reporters at the Punggye-ri site in the north-east said they witnessed a huge blast. Pyongyang later said the site had been dismantled. The move by the North is

Canadian Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland and International Development Minister Marie-Claude Bibeau said Canada will work with other countries and the UN to come up with broad international plan for resettlement. That includes imposing sanctions on those in the Myanmar

The Saudi Royal family has released a photograph of Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman amid speculation he has been assassinated.   Salman had not been seen since April 21. Iranian media reported that there had been a coup attempt against him. Video were posted on social media showing

A senior North Korean official has accused US Vice-President Mike Pence of being "stupid" and warned of possible "nuclear showdown" if diplomacy fails. Choe Son-hui said Pyongyang would not "beg the US for dialogue" nor try to persuade them to attend talks. In recent days, both