Kabul, Jul 15 : The number of Afghan civilians killed in the country's long-running conflict hit a record high in the first six months of 2018, UN figures showed today, with...

Gaza City, Jul 15 :  A ceasefire announced by Hamas held today after the most severe exchange of fire between Israel and Palestinian militants in the Gaza Strip since a...

Beirut, Jul 13 : An air strike on one of the last holdouts of the Islamic State group in Syria has killed 54 people, more than half of them civilians, a...

Beijing, Jul 13 :  An explosion at a chemical plant in southwest China left 19 dead and injured another 12, authorities said today, the latest industrial accident in a country...

Brussels, Jul 11: President Donald Trump told NATO allies to "reimburse" the United States for defence costs as he landed for the alliance's most difficult summit in years. Trump touched down...

Brussels, Jul 11:  Chancellor Angela Merkel today said Germany makes "independent decisions", firing back at US President Donald Trump after he accused Berlin of being a "captive" of Russia. "I...

Jalalabad, Jul 10 :  A suicide attacker blew himself up near an Afghan security forces vehicle today, killing at least 12 people, mostly civilians, officials said, in the latest deadly...

Istanbul, Jul 9 :  Twenty-four people were killed and hundreds injured when a train packed with weekend passengers derailed in northwest Turkey due to ground erosion afer heavy rains, officials...

Tokyo, Jul 8 :  US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo today shrugged off North Korean accusations of "gangster-like" behaviour and said sanctions on Pyongyang would only be lifted with "final"...

Montreal, Jul 7 :  The death toll in a week-long eastern Canadian heat wave has reached 54, officials said today. Most of the victims linked to the "overwhelming heat" were...