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India's Rahul Gandhi set to take over as Congress party chief
Rahul Gandhi is vice-president of the Congress party and has long been his mother's presumed successor
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Philippine chief justice warns of threat to democracy
Duterte in turn vowed last month to impeach Sereno for alleged corruption
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Pentagon pressures US congress to delink LeT from Haqqani Network
Pentagon’s decision to delink LeT from list showed Washington’s desire to keep Pakistan close, sources
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Twenty Chinese Uighurs use blankets to escape Thai cell
Hundreds, possibly thousands, of Uighurs have escaped unrest in Xinjiang
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Syria army, allies retake Albu Kamal from IS
More than 330,000 people are estimated to have been killed in the Syrian war
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Kenyan capital on edge as Supreme Court ruling looms
In several areas of the capital, riots broke out on Sunday
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Small tsunamis detected in New Caledonia and Vanuatu after magnitude 7 undersea quake
Vanuatu evacuates southern coastline
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Fourteen killed, many wounded in Colombia bus accident
The bus skidded off the road when the driver swerved in an attempt to avoid hitting a motorcycle rider
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Germany in political crisis as coalition talks collapse
Merkel left battling for political survival after high-stakes talks to form new government collapsed
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French police officer kills three before committing suicide
Saturday's tragedy comes as French officials confront a sharp increase in police suicides
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Libya says to probe 'slave auction' footage
Around 1,000 people took to the streets of Paris on Saturday to protest against slavery in Libya
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Online abuse silences women and girls, fuels violence, survey shows
Companies and governments need to step up to make the internet a safe space for girls and women, campaigners said
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Murderous cult leader Charles Manson dies at 83
He orchestrated a string of gruesome killings in Southern California in the late 1960s
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China draws 3-stage path for Myanmar, Bangladesh to resolve Rohingya crisis
The refugee crisis erupted after the military launched an operation against militants after attacks on an army base
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Rescuers battle waves, wind in hunt for missing Argentine submarine
The last regular communication with the San Juan was early Wednesday
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US military in Japan under alcohol ban
All US servicemen stationed in Japan are now banned from drinking, both on and off base
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President Mugabe stuns Zimbabwe by defying pressure to resign
Mugabe makes defiant TV address, denies challenge to authority
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Indonesia parliament speaker taken into custody by anti-graft agency
The KPK has remained one of Southeast Asia's most effective and independent agencies
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Israeli minister reveals covert contacts with Saudi Arabia
Both Saudi Arabia and Israel view Iran as threat
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Reverse migration? Pollution in India's cities draws residents back to rural life
The pollution did not even spare Delhi's elite diplomatic corps
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No breakthrough in talks on climate fight funding
Despite extension in deadline negotiators fail to reach an agreement
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Indian man kills wife for ‘saying no’ to sex
Man in Haryana kills wife after she refuses sex, says police
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China offers to help Bangladesh and Myanmar defuse Rohingya crisis
Chinese foreign minister says his country supports resolving the crisis peacefully and bilaterally
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Turkey bans all LGBTI events across Ankara province
Move follows a ban on a festival of German-language gay films in the capital
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UAE businessman buys 'Abu Dhabi 2' number plate for $2.7 million
60 number plates auctioned at Emirates Palace in Abu Dhabi, raising $15 million
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Bangladesh launches talks with Myanmar on Rohingya repatriation deal
More than 600,000 Rohingya Muslims have fled to neighbouring Bangladesh since late August
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Zimbabwe's ruling party sacks Robert Mugabe
Replaced by his former vice president Emmerson Mnangagwa
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Arab League meets to discuss Iran 'violations' at Saudi Arabia's request
Saudi crown prince has accused Iran of "direct military aggression" by supplying ballistic missiles to Yemen rebels
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Spanish police shoot unarmed Frenchman who 'shouted Allahu Akbar'
The officers mistakenly suspected the man had a weapon
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US woman's quest for 'perfection' takes her to Mexico, dies after liposuction
Irma Saenz's family seeking legal action against the doctor who operated on her
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Conspiracy theorists claim 1972 photo from Apollo 17 mission proves moon landing was fake
A YouTube user points out that a figure on the lunar surface is not wearing a spacesuit
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Kulbhushan Jadhav case: Pakistan set to submit its reply to ICJ
Legal team will give briefing to PM Abbasi, other authorities before submitting it on December 13 in The Hague
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US nuclear general says would resist 'illegal' Trump strike order
'And if it’s illegal, guess what’s going to happen? I‘m going to say, ‘Mr. President, that’s illegal'
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Woman killed in domestic dispute in India's Haryana state
Husband strangled wife for refusing to sleep with him
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Pakistan, US resetting ties amid changing geopolitical situation: Maleeha Lodhi
Pakistan's envoy in UN says al Qaeda’s degradation in region was a result of cooperation between the two countries
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Europe's drug industry waits for white smoke in Brussels
The fate of the 160-strong, London-based EBA will also be decided at the meeting of EU affairs ministers
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Pictures of the day: November 19, 2017
13 photos from events around the world
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Lebanon FM to skip Arab League summit on Iran
Arab foreign ministers will gather in Cairo today at the request of Riyadh
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More than 30 rescued in Afghan raid on Taliban prison
Those rescued in the raid included four children under the age of 12 and two policemen
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Delhi half marathon goes ahead despite smog, health warnings
Around 35,000 people registered for the race in the Indian city after more than a week of hazardous pollution levels
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Sri Lanka's troops on alert amid communal riots
19 people have been arrested in connection with the weekend riots and the authorities were looking for more suspects
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Netanyahu to face new questioning over graft
Israeli PM has consistently denied any wrongdoing and says he has been the target of a campaign by political opponents
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Hundreds of Haitians protest government corruption
President Moise officially remobilized the army by naming an interim chief of staff of the armed forces
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Swimming with dolphins in virtual reality to aid disabled
They also avoid use of captive dolphins
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Zimbabwe's ruling party set to sack Mugabe
Thousands of people started, singing and hugging soldiers in an outpouring of elation at the president’s overthrow
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Museum seeks to convince Indians that toilets are not dirty
Some 70% of Indian households do not have a toilet
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Riyadh backs corruption purge in Pakistan: Saudi envoy
Ambassador Malki offers Saudi mediation to resolve Kashmir dispute
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China will work with North Korea to boost ties as envoy visits
Pushes for diplomatic solution to crisis over Pyongyang's development of nuclear weapons
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'This is a great day': Zimbabweans revel in Mugabe's ruin
Many protesters welcome army takeover that brought 93-year-old's previously impregnable reign to brink of collapse
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Tintin and Snowy drawing sells for 500,000 euros
Image drawn by the Belgian cartoonist known as Herge