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US ambassador to Iraq and other staff evacuated as thousands outside gate denounced US air strikes

Bus skidded off the road, plunged 12 metres deep into the canyon

Recurrent droughts are the main threat to the 80 kilometre-long canal between the Atlantic and Pacific oceans

Morales stands accused of sedition, terrorism and is now living in exile in Argentina

Police will deploy more than 6,000 officers to deal with potential unrest over the New Year’s period

The blast targeted a convoy of Turkish, Somali forces

At least 25 fighters were killed in Sunday night's attacks against a pro-Iran group

Some residents took to the sea hoping for refuge from one of the worst days

Five people are still missing after the storm, which also left 143 injured

An average of two people die every day on the roads of Bangalore

There have been nine confirmed casualties this bushfire season

Six people died when their car skidded off the road, plunged into a canal

Despite being legally recognised as a third gender in a 2014 SC ruling, many are forced into prostitution, begging

India recently amended army, navy and air force rules by adding a clause that allows CDS to serve up to the age of 65

It was a bad idea, putting herself out there with all hate on social media, says Svante Thunberg

New Delhi and surrounding parts of the country are regularly shrouded by haze that hits each winter

Move comes as Modi-led government faces internal troubles over controversial anti-Muslim bill

The statement comes as local and global forces brace for another bloody winter amid renewed US-Taliban talks

Sydney and other major cities have been shrouded in toxic bushfire smoke haze for weeks

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has called for "offensive measures" to strengthen security ahead

He Jiankui illegally carried out the human embryo gene-editing intended for reproduction

Man armed with shotgun walked up to server during communion and opened fire, says witness

'If the president would tweet a little bit less, it wouldn't cause brain damage', says Trump's key ally, John Kennedy

Two people were arrested for ‘planning an attack in St Petersburg during the New Year festivities’

A barrage of 30 rockets was fired at a US military base in Kirkuk on Friday

The 96-metre-tall Elizabeth Tower has been enveloped in scaffolding for the last two years

Those on low incomes, particularly labourers, are the worst affected by the cold weather

Traffic accidents are common in Egypt where many roads are poorly maintained and regulations are laxly enforced

There has been a 60% decline in visitor footfalls in December this year, says official

Court also sentences an accomplice to over 12 years in jail for November 11 attack during Riyadh musical festival

Foreign minister says Modi desperate to take spotlight off domestic chaos

North Korea is under heavy US, UN sanctions over its nuclear programme

Volunteers who are also government employees were last week granted additional paid leave to help fight the blazes

At least 27 people have died in the past two weeks of protests

Beijing however stresses that prostitution remains illegal in the country

Insiders say the ministerial level summit would take place in Islamabad in April 2020

Every troublemaker is astonished looking at strictness of the Yogi government, says UP chief minister

Police found the heads of two persons, five bodies

The video was shot on Dec 20 when five people died during protests against the anti-Muslim citizenship bill in India

Swap would come three months after Ukraine carried out a long-awaited exchange with Russia of 35 prisoners each

Somalian government confirms at least 90 civilians, mostly students, have been injured in the explosion

Embassy had closed its visa section on November 4 to protest alleged harassment of its diplomats

Taliban dug a tunnel into the base in volatile Sangin district and then blew it up

Despite an August ceasefire deal and international calls for de-escalation, scores of civilians have been killed

Five rockets hit al-Asad air base on December 3, just four days after US Vice President Mike Pence’s visit

Many protesters are demanding an independent inquiry into their complaints of police brutality

Epstein’s suicide in August came a little over a month after he was charged with trafficking dozens of underage...

He was accused of premeditated murder after allegedly stabbing to death a captured, wounded 17-year-old IS fighter

One thing strikes the eye perhaps above all else is the unbridled hairstyles young men sport

Years of pent-up anxiety among Muslims have finally found an outlet in the protests rippling across the country