Downing Street has defended the UK's Brexit deal with the EU, following criticism from the US president. Donald Trump said the US "can't make a trade deal with the UK" under Boris Johnson's EU withdrawal agreement. But a No 10 spokesperson said the deal meant "we can

North Korea has fired two unidentified "projectiles" into the sea, the South Korean military says. According to Japan's Defence Ministry, the objects "appeared to be ballistic missiles". If confirmed as a missile test, it would be the North's 12th such launch this year.

A fire has destroyed all the main structures of Shuri Castle, a Unesco World Heritage site on Japan's southern island of Okinawa. Firefighters battled the flames for more than 10 hours, extinguishing them by Thursday afternoon. No injuries have been reported so far. The wooden

India has formally divided the state of Jammu and Kashmir into two new federally-administered territories. In the new arrangement, Jammu and Kashmir is one territory, and Ladakh, which borders China, is separate. The two new union territories are now ruled directly from the capital

The US military has published the first footage of the raid in northern Syria in which the leader of the Islamic State (IS) group was killed. Grainy video showed troops firing at militants on the ground as they flew towards the compound where Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi was hiding before they

At least 62 people were killed and scores injured when a train caught fire near the city area of Liaquatpur on Thursday. The train, Tezgam, was on its way from Karachi to Rawalpindi, when a gas cylinder carried by a passenger exploded, leaving several dead and injured, geo.tv

A Chinese province has shut all 32 of its glass attractions - including bridges, walkways and viewing decks - as safety checks are carried out. The attractions, spread across 24 sites in Hebei province, have been shut since March 2018, said state media CCTV.  The move had not

Dissident political leaders of Indian state of Manipur have declared independence from India and have announced of forming a government-in-exile in Britain. The representatives of Manipur's King Leishemba Sanajaoba also announced formation of Manipur State Council.The Chief

Boris Johnson has said he is ready to fight a "tough" general election after MPs voted for a 12 December poll. The legislation approved by MPs on Tuesday will later begin its passage through the House of Lords, where it is not expected to be opposed. Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn said

A Pakistan minister struck controversy on Tuesday when he said that missiles will be fired at any country that had extending its support to India on the scrapping of Jammu and Kashmir's special status. "If tensions with India rise on Kashmir, Pakistan will be compelled to go to

Russia interfered in the 2016 election and may try to sway next year's vote as well. But it's not the only nation with an eye on U.S. politics. American officials sounding the alarm about foreign efforts to disrupt the 2020 election include multiple countries in that warning.

An estimated 1.5 million more people in California are set to lose power on Tuesday as a utility firm tries to stop damaged cables triggering wildfires. Pacific Gas & Electric (PG&E) already faces an investigation by regulators after cutting supplies to 970,000 homes and businesses.

British PM Boris Johnson is to try again for a 12 December general election on Tuesday - despite MPs rejecting his plan. The prime minister will publish a bill that would only need a simple majority to succeed - not two thirds as required in previous attempts. But he would still

A two-year-old boy who fell into a borewell in Tamil Nadu's Tiruchirappalli on Friday was declared dead by officials early Tuesday morning. Sujith Wilson's body had decomposed inside the borewell. A rescue operation that involved digging a parallel tunnel to get to the toddler

EU leaders have agreed in principle to extend Brexit until 31 January 2020 - meaning the UK will not leave as planned on Thursday. EU Council President Donald Tusk said it was a "flextension" - meaning the UK could leave before the deadline if a deal was approved by Parliament. It

Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the leader of the jihadist group Islamic State (IS) and arguably the world's most wanted man, killed himself during a raid by US commandos in north-western Syria, President Donald Trump has said. The self-styled "Caliph Ibrahim" had a $25m (£19m) bounty on

Centre-left opposition candidate Alberto Fernández has been elected president of Argentina in a vote dominated by economic concerns. Mr Fernández secured more than the 45% of the vote needed to win, beating conservative incumbent Mauricio Macri, BBC reported.  Raucous crowds

Jihadist supremo Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the world's most wanted man, was on Sunday believed to have been killed in a US special operation in northwest Syria. The elusive chief of the Islamic State group was thought to be dead after a US military raid in the Idlib region, US media

Ivan Milat, a notorious Australian serial killer who kidnapped and murdered hitchhikers, has died aged 74. Milat had been serving a life sentence for killing seven backpackers between 1989 and 1992 and dumping their bodies in a New South Wales forest. He died of cancer in a Sydney

Families in Vietnam are waiting to find out if their loved ones were among 39 people found dead inside a lorry trailer in England. The police investigation continues, following the discovery of the trailer in Grays, Essex, last Wednesday. Maurice Robinson, 25, has been charged with