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Iranian women officially allowed to watch World Cup qualifier in stadium
Last year, some women risked arrest by donning fake beards and wigs to attend a major game in the stadium
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200,000 Rohingya rally to mark 'Genocide Day' in Bangladesh camps
740,000 Rohingya from Myanmar's Rakhine state escaped in August 2017 during the brutal offensive
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International body votes to protect Shortfin Mako, fastest endangered shark species
Makos have practically disappeared from the Mediterranean and their numbers have plunged in Atlantic, Indian ocean
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Pope fears for Amazon, the planet's 'vital lung'
Pope Francis urges world's 1.3 billion Catholics to pray for the fires to be extinguished at the earliest
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At G7 summit, rifts emerge between Trump and Western allies
The G7 gathering is taking place against a backdrop of worries about a global economic downturn
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Israeli drones in Beirut threaten Lebanon's sovereignty: PM Hariri
In first incident in more than a decade, one Israeli drone fell and second exploded in Beirut on Sunday
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South Korea begins annual war games to defend against Japan
The annual drills come just days after Seoul terminated a military intelligence-sharing pact with Tokyo
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Trump says 'not happy' about latest N. Korea missile test
Trump says Kim is not in violation of the agreement
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Iran blacklists US-based think-tank: ministry
The FDD and Dubowitz were blamed for seriously to harm the Iranian people's security and vital interests
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Hong Kong police again fire tear gas as protesters regroup
Police had warned earlier they would launch a “dispersal operation” and told people to leave
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Shrugging off Trump, FBI tackles right-wing extremists
FBI has arrested seven right-wing extremists in what appears to be an effort to target white nationalist threats in US
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Journalist slain in Mexico
The victim was found stabbed to death in the centre of the country
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Indian girl's throat slit in spate of deadly kite accidents
Govt says anyone caught with the strings will face a five-year jail term and a 100,000-rupee fine
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Qatari envoy says aid, contacts helping prevent new Gaza war
He said a new payment of $10 million is expected to be distributed on Sunday to 100,000 poor families in Gaza
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At G7 summit, Trump offers Brexit Britain a 'very big' trade deal
US president calls EU an 'anchor' around Britain's ankle; backs Johnson as the right man for EU exit
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Trump denies China trade war causing friction at G7
He thinks that G7 respects the trade war and it has to happen
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Trade and economy in focus as G7 leaders get down to work
As Trump says the Western allies get along well dismissing reports of rifts among leaders
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Nearly 900 Mexican performers set world record for folk dance
Previous record set in Guadalajara in 2011 with 457 participants
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French police fire tear gas at anti-G7 protesters near summit
France deploys more than 13,000 police to ensure protesters get nowhere near G7 leaders as Amazon outrage grows
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Muslim man left in coma after Thai army interrogation dies
Death may be due to severe brain swelling, because of an aneurysm or suffocation
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Johnson seeks to push Trump at fractious G7
Boris Johnson will seek to persuade President Donald Trump to offer flexibility on trade
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Kashmir may provide spark for Pakistan-India nuclear war: US think tank
Report says asking Kashmiris what they want may be the only way to save the world from nuclear war
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Hundreds of new fires in Brazil as outrage over Amazon grows
Official figures show 78,383 forest fires recorded in Brazil this year, the highest number since 2013
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'Modi is a terrorist': Kashmiris protest in front of UN headquarters
India is planning a genocide, UN must save Kashmiris: AJK PM Raja Farooq Haider
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'We are hostages': Two years on, Rohingya still in Myanmar trapped by new war
Caught in the middle of govt troops battling the Arakan Army two years after being driven out by a military campaign
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UK's Johnson opposes blocking EU-LatAm trade deal over Brazil
Britain is set to head out of the EU on October 31 and is keen to improve its trade elsewhere
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Syrian govt troops mass in northwest after gains
The Syrian military has since Wednesday seized the key town of Khan Sheikhun
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Israeli jets hit targets in Syria to prevent Iranian drone attack: army
The army on Thursday prevents an earlier attempt to launch the drone attack
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N. Korea's Kim oversaw test of 'multiple rocket launcher': KCNA
Latest in a series of launches N. Korea has conducted recently in protest at US-South Korean joint military exercises
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Indian govt officer resigns over brutal Kashmir conditions
This is not the 1970s, you cannot deny basic rights to an entire people, he says
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Finding homes in ruin, destitute Iraqis return to camps
Across Iraq, more than 1.6 million people remain displaced
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First vaping-linked death may have been reported in US
At least 193 people in 22 states have contracted severe respiratory illnesses after vaping: US health officials
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Hong Kong police arrest 29 after overnight clashes, more protests planned
Activists threw petrol bombs and bricks in the gritty industrial area of Kwun Tong
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Britain's Prince Andrew denies seeing any sex crimes during time with Epstein
Andrew rejects any suggestion that he participated in the alleged sex crimes that Epstein was accused of
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Yemen's Houthis attack Saudi airport, air base with drones: Al Masirah TV
As Houthis have stepped up their attacks against targets in Saudi Arabia in the past few months
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Australia to block internet domains hosting extremist content during terror attacks
New Zealand increases scrutiny of websites, social media companies in the wake of the Christchurch massacre in March
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China warns US to stop 'wrong' trade actions or face consequences
Beijing announces latest retaliatory tariffs on about $75 billion worth of U.S. goods
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US, Taliban resume push for peace at Doha talks
We have made progress, now discussing implementation mechanism: Taliban Doha spokesperson
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Pakistani journalists begin march to LoC
March aims to show solidarity with Kashmiri people, journalists
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Johnson, EU chief in Brexit blame game
If they don't want 'no deal' Brexit then we have got to get rid of backstop from treaty, Johnson tells reporters
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UN chief promises to take up Kashmir with Modi
Antonio Guterres tells Shah Mehmood Qureshi UN watching the alarming situation in IOK
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Trump challenges court ruling barring him from blocking Twitter users
Law does not permit public official to exclude persons from otherwise-open online dialogue, says court ruling
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Pictures of the day: August 24, 2019
10 photos from around the world
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India PM Modi awarded UAE’s highest civilian honour
Modi honoured by the Middle Eastern nation amid brutal crackdown in IoK
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NASA set to investigate first space crime
Anne McClain is accused of accessing the bank account of her estranged spouse from the International Space Station
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Iran's Zarif heading to Asia in push against US sanctions
Zarif will visit China, Japan and Malaysia fresh on the heels of a tour of Western European nations
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Syrian forces mass in northwest of country: monitor
Assad advisor accuses Turkey of turning the observation points into spots for transporting weapons
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Iranian tanker switches destination, heads to Turkey: ship-tracking data
After Greece said it will not offer any facilities to the vessel
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Tear gas fired as Hong Kong police, protesters clash
Police use batons, rubber bullets and tear gas against hardcore protesters
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Thousands march in Hong Kong; China frees UK mission worker
Organisers say 135,000 people took part in the demonstration, inspired by one in 1989 'Baltic Chain'