Pope Francis lamented the war in the Holy Land where Palestinian health officials said airstrikes killed at least 78 people on Christmas Eve in one of the Gaza Strip's deadliest nights in Israel's 11-week-old battle on the besieged Palestini…
A 24-year-old Czech student shot dead his father, then killed 14 people at his Prague University on Thursday before possibly killing himself, international media outlets said.
Authorities said 25 others sustained injuries in the country's wor…
At least three people died after a gas cylinder went off in a two-story building in Pakistan's southern port city of Karachi on Monday.
Twelve others sustained injuries in the explosion. The building collapsed immediately after the explosion.…
As many as 78 MPs were suspended from both Houses of Parliament in India on Monday, taking the total number of suspended MPs in this session to 92. Opposition leaders termed it a “murder of democracy' by the government led by Narendra Modi…
At least 111 people have been killed and 220 others sustained injuries following an earthquake on Monday night in north-west China, state media report said.
The quake measuring 5.9 on the Richter scale with a depth of 10km (six miles) s…
North Korea said it will work with China on regional peace and stability as a senior delegation visited Beijing, and Pyongyang carried out its latest intercontinental ballistic missile launch.
North Korean deputy foreign minister Pak Myong-ho tol…
At least 61 migrants are believed to have drowned in the Mediterranean Sea after their vessel was swamped by high waves off the coast of Libya, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) said.
Most of the victims were from Nigeria, Gambia…
Fusa Tatsumi, the oldest person in Japan, has passed away, The Japan Times news report said.
According to a city official of Kashiwara in Osaka Prefecture where she lived, Tatsumi breathed her last on Tuesday at the age of 116.
Born on April 2…
Harvard President Claudine Gay is alleged to have plagiarized portions of four academic works over 24 years, including her 1997 PhD dissertation at Harvard.
The allegations of plagiarism against Gay, the 30th president of Harvard University…
Australia has rolled up its sleeves to tighten grip on the immigration policy after the United Kingdom (UK), BBC news report said.
According to the news, the Australian government is making preparations to bring a complete overhaul in the immigra…
