The UN's nuclear watchdog said it hasn't seen any indication that North Korea's nuclear activities have ceased despite pledges to denuclearise and it's causing "grave concern". A new report published late on Monday by the

Their rulers at each other's throat, the United States and Iran have just lost two towering icons of their respective art and culture scenes in the span of one day. On August 16, 2018,

An Indian court sentenced two men to death for the gang rape of an eight-year-old girl that sparked angry protests. The death sentences ordered on Tuesday were the first under a new law allowing

The number of deaths from a new Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) continues to rise. Since it was declared in the northern Kivu province 3 weeks ago, 55 people

The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL, also known as ISIS) last month claimed responsibility for its first attack in Tajikistan, the poorest ex-Soviet state that shares a border with Afghanistan. On

BAGHDAD: The US-led anti-Daesh coalition said on Monday one of its members was killed in an apparently accidental aircraft crash in Iraq which left several others wounded.A statement said “there are no indications the

United States immigration officials have arrested and deported a former Nazi concentration camp guard who lived in New York, according to government officials. Acting on a 2004 deportation order, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)

According to police, the Taliban has fired several rockets at the presidential palace in Kabul as the Afghan president was delivering his holiday message for the Muslim celebrations of Eid al-Adha. The attack on

Malaysia has announced the seizure of 50 rhino horns worth an estimated $12m, the biggest haul ever recovered in the country. Customs officials at Kuala Lumpur airport found the parts in cardboard boxes on

Iran's unemployment rate is about 12 percent, with over three million people unable to find jobs. There is also growing numbers of the so-called "working poor", who are struggling to survive rising living costs