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Kathmandu: At least 20 people died as a passenger bus met with an accident in Nepal's Mugu district on Tuesday. more
Yemeni police officer die in explosion: Source

Doha/UNI/Sputnik: A police officer was killed in an explosion in the city of Seiyun in eastern Yemen, a security service source told Sputnik.

Iraqi forces capture high-ranking IS leader wanted by US: PM Mustafa Al-Kadhimi

Baghdad (JEN): The Iraqi security forces have arrested Sami Jasim, a high-ranking Islamic State member who was the deputy of slain ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, Prime Minister Mustafa ...

Former Taliban commander charged with killing American troops in 2008: US Secretary of State

A federal grand jury in New York unsealed a superseding indictment today charging an Afghanistan national with federal terrorism-related offenses spanning approximately 2007 to 2009 and s ...

'Father of Pakistan's atomic weapons programme' Abdul Qadeer Khan dies at 85

Islamabad (JEN): Pakistani nuclear physicist and metallurgical engineer Abdul Qadeer Khan, who was regarded as the "father of Pakistan's nuclear bomb", died on Sunday in Pak ...

Yemen: Four killed in explosion targeting Aden governor

Aden, Yemen (JEN): At least four people have been killed as an explosion targeting the convoy of Aden's governor shook the southern port city of Yemen on Sunday, local media reported ...

Sixteen confirmed dead in light plane crash in Russian town of Menzelinsk

Moscow (JEN): A light plane carrying a group of parachutists crashed near Menzelinsk in Russia’s Republic of Tatarstan on Sunday, killing 16 people and leaving six others injured, R ...

Over 50 dead, dozens missing after makeshift vessel sinks on Congo river

Mongala, DR Congo (JEN): At least 51 people have died and 69 others are believed to be missing after a makeshift vessel capsized on the Congo River earlier this week, provincial authoriti ...

Pink flamingos return to Kazakhstan’s capital in time for World Migratory Bird Day

Following five years of absence, pink flamingos have been flocking back to Kazakhstan’s capital, Nur-Sultan, much to the delight of residents who have flooded social media with phot ...

Journalists who ‘speak truth to power’ recognized with Nobel Peace Prize

New York: Two campaigning journalists were awarded the prestigious Nobel Peace Prize on Friday, which UN Secretary-General António Guterres said was recognition that a free press i ...