North Korea has renewed its verbal attacks on President Trump, after he threatened military action. The foreign ministry said if Mr Trump was confrontational, it "must really be diagnosed as the relapse of the dotage of a dotard". The North first called Mr Trump a dotard, meaning

Widespread travel disruption is expected to continue in France for a second day on Friday as the largest nationwide strike in years continues. Workers from a wide range of sectors are protesting against pension reforms. More than 800,000 people took to the streets on Thursday, with

US House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi says the chamber will file impeachment charges against President Donald Trump. "Today I am asking our chairmen to proceed with articles of impeachment," the top elected Democrat said. She spoke a day after the House Judiciary

A 23-year-old alleged rape victim is fighting for her life after she was set on fire while going to court in northern India. The woman was on her way to a hearing in the case she filed against two men in March, in Uttar Pradesh. She is in critical condition in hospital, where she is

US President Donald Trump has called Justin Trudeau "two-faced" over a video in which the Canadian leader appears to mock him at a meeting of Nato leaders. Footage showed Mr Trudeau, UK PM Boris Johnson and French leader Emmanuel Macron discussing an impromptu press conference held by

France is preparing for severe disruption as millions of workers go on strike in protest at being forced to retire later or face reduced pensions. School and transport workers will join police, lawyers and hospital and airport staff in a general walkout. France's largest

The Union Cabinet on Wednesday cleared the contentious Citizenship Amendment Bill for Parliament to take over. The Bill is now likely to be tabled in the Lok Sabha for clearance. The Parliament is likely to take up the Citizenship Amendment Bill next week. The Citizenship Bill seeks

The US House of Representatives has passed a bill to counter what it calls the "arbitrary detention, torture, and harassment" of Uighur Muslims in China. It calls for "targeted sanctions" on members of the Chinese government - and names the Communist Party secretary in the Xinjiang

Twenty-three people were killed and more than 130 injured when a fire broke out after a gas tanker exploded while unloading at a ceramics factory in the Sudanese capital Khartoum on Tuesday, the government said. The blast at a factory in a northern suburb was so powerful it blew the

US President Donald Trump has accused his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron of being "nasty" for saying Nato was "brain dead". Mr Trump is in London for a summit marking the bloc's 70th anniversary. At a news conference, Mr Trump said Nato served a great purpose and Mr

Home Minister Amit Shah on Monday set the deadline for the implementation of the National Register of Citizens (NRC) across the country. Addressing a public rally in West Singhbhum in Jharkhand ahead of the Assembly elections, Amit Shah reiterated the government would expel all the

An Indian MP has said the men who raped and murdered a 27-year-old vet in the city of Hyderabad should be "lynched". "I know it sounds harsh, but these kind of people should be brought out in public and lynched," Jaya Bachchan said in parliament. Several other MPs from across the

The White House has said US President Donald Trump and his lawyers will not attend an impeachment hearing on Wednesday, citing a lack of "fairness". The hearing by the House of Representatives Judiciary Committee marks the next stage of the probe, with legal experts giving testimony

Political leaders and climate diplomats are to meet in Madrid for two weeks of talks amid a growing sense of crisis. According to UN Secretary General António Guterres, "the point of no return is no longer over the horizon". Meanwhile, Save the Children says that climate shocks

An Irish citizen who became an Islamic State bride has been arrested after arriving back in Dublin. Lisa Smith and her daughter travelled from Turkey after being deported, arriving in Ireland on Sunday. She was arrested on arrival, and it is expected she will now be interviewed by

An Australian academic freed by the Taliban in a prisoner swap has spoken of his "long and tortuous ordeal" as a hostage in Afghanistan. Timothy Weeks said he believed US special forces had tried six times to rescue him and an American captive, Kevin King, who was also released. Mr

Authorities say nine people were killed Saturday afternoon after a plane crashed in South Dakota. Peter Knudson with the National Transportation Safety Board said the Pilatus PC-12 had 12 people on board when it crashed at about 12:30 p.m., shortly after taking off from Chamberlain,

Mexican security forces fought an hour-long gun battle Saturday with suspected cartel gunmen in Villa Union, a town in Coahuila state about an hour’s drive southwest of Eagle Pass, Texas, leaving at least 14 people dead, officials said, reports AP. Coahuila state Government Miguel

North Korea has branded Japan's PM Shinzo Abe an "imbecile" and "political dwarf", and accused him of mislabelling its latest weapons test. Mr Abe condemned the North for "repeated launches of ballistic missiles" after two projectiles were fired on Thursday. But the North

Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro has accused Hollywood actor Leonardo DiCaprio of "giving money to set the Amazon on fire". The president gave no evidence but in the past has accused NGOs critical of his policies of starting fires that ravaged the rainforest this year. Several