India plans to erect a fence along its vast and porous frontier with Myanmar and will scrap a free movement border zone agreement, Indian media reported Sunday. The announcement by Home Minister Amit Shah comes after hundreds of troops from Myanmar who were fleeing insurgent attacks

Between 10,000 and 15,000 people were killed in one city in Sudan’s West Darfur region last year in ethnic violence by the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) and allied Arab militia, according to a United Nations report. In the report to the UN Security Council, seen by

An Israeli strike on Dama­scus killed the Iranian Revolutionary Guards Corps’s (IRGC) spy chief for Syria and four other Guards members on Saturday, Tehran said, in an attack that tore into a multi-storey residential building. Iran condemned the strike as a “desperate

There have been 83 confirmed weather-related fatalities linked to the past week's winter weather, according to a CBS News tally, even as dangerous cold continues to impact the nation.  The Tennessee Department of Health has confirmed 19 weather-related fatalities, and Oregon

The right of the Palestinian people to build their own state “must be recognized by all,” UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres told the Non-Aligned Movement summit in Uganda on Saturday. “The refusal to accept a two-state solution for Israelis and Palestinians, and

Germany's lower house of parliament, the Bundestag, on Friday voted to ease the law on naturalization and widen access to dual citizenship.  The German government says the law should help make Germany more attractive to skilled workers internationally, helping to ease stifling

Fire has broken out over a large area of an oil storage depot in southern Russia after officials say it was hit by a Ukrainian drone. Russian media say four oil tanks caught alight and the fire then spread over an area of 1,000 sq m (10,763sq ft). Russian authorities in the Bryansk

A key member of Israel's war cabinet has accused Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of not telling the truth about the country's military goals in Gaza. Mr Netanyahu has publicly rejected the US push for a future Palestinian state and insisted the offensive would continue

Thirteen people have died in a school dormitory fire in central China's Henan province, the official Xinhua news agency reported Saturday. The blaze at the Yingcai School in Henan's Yanshanpu village was reported to the local fire department at 11 p.m. (1500 GMT) Friday night,

Israeli President Isaac Herzog has been targeted with a criminal complaint during a visit to Switzerland, Swiss prosecutors said Friday, amid allegations of crimes against humanity over the war in Gaza. The Federal Prosecutor’s Office (BA) confirmed that it had received a

Parents of school students who were on the boat that capsized in a lake in India's Gujarat state have alleged that their children were "not given life jackets". Twelve pupils, aged between seven and 12 years, and two teachers, drowned in the incident on Thursday in Harni

Tensions between Pakistan and Iran have reached a boiling point following reciprocal airstrikes across their shared border, leaving civilians dead and raising fears of further escalation.  The situation has drawn the attention of the United States and China, with both calling for

Saudi Arabia will host a special meeting of the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Riyadh this April. During the 'Saudi Arabia: The Course Ahead' panel on Thursday, Saudi Economy and Planning Minister Faisal Al Ibrahim highlighted the event's focus on global collaborations,

Pakistan says its has launched missile strikes into neighbouring Iran, two days after an Iranian attack inflamed relations between the two states. Pakistan said the attacks had struck "terrorist hideouts" in the bordering Sistan-o-Balochistan province. Iranian media

Saudi Arabia has lifted the three-year entry ban on expatriates who failed to return before the expiry of their visas, local media reported on Wednesday. Saudi newspaper Okaz reported that the General Directorate of Passports (Jawazat) has instructed all departments to allow

The Princess of Wales is to stay in hospital for up to two weeks after undergoing abdominal surgery. Kensington Palace said the procedure was planned and successful but the princess is not expected to resume royal duties for months. The palace did not disclose further details about

The British government is applying “double standards and hypocrisy” to its policies toward Israel and international law, Palestinian Ambassador to the UK Husam Zomlot has said. Zomlot slammed Prime Minister Rishi Sunak for rejecting South Africa’s case at the

A fireworks factory exploded in central Thailand on Wednesday, killing at least 20 people and injuring many others, according to the Thai police. People were also injured in the incident, the Department of Disaster Prevention and Mitigation said, but but it did not say how many. 

The US has carried out a fourth round of strikes on Iranian-backed Houthis in Yemen, Pentagon officials confirmed on Wednesday night. Some 14 Houthi missiles, which the US says may have been intended for attacks on shipping in the Red Sea, were targeted by American forces. Centcom -

A boat said to be carrying some 37 migrants and asylum seekers has gone missing off the coast of Sfax in Tunisia. Relatives described receiving final phone calls at around 2:30pm on January 11, as the boat was setting out to sea. By around 10pm the same night, all contact with the boat