The tourism industry in India's southern Kerala state has been hit hard as the state reels from the worst flooding in over a century that has left more than 300 people dead. Incessant rain

Italy's Deputy Prime Minister Matteo Salvini is under investigation by a Sicilian prosecutor for refusing to allow more than 150 migrants and refugees to enter Italy. Salvini, who is also Italy's interior minister, is

At least two people have been killed and at least 310 injured after a magnitude-6 earthquake struck western Iran. The US Geological Survey (USGS) said Sunday's quake struck 26km southwest of the city of

CAIRO: Daesh on Sunday claimed responsibility for an attack on an Egyptian police checkpoint in northern Sinai, the group’s Amaq news agency reported, saying 15 soldiers were killed or wounded in what it described

TEHRAN: Iran's parliament impeached Economy Minister Masoud Karbasian on Sunday in the latest blow to embattled President Hassan Rouhani as he struggles to face down a mounting economic crisis.Karbasian is the second cabinet minister to

DAMASCUS: Iran's defense minister arrived in Syria on Sunday for talks on boosting cooperation and is expected to meet with President Bashar Al-Assad, state media reported.Iran has provided key support to Assad in the

Afghanistan's President Ashraf Ghani has rejected resignations tendered by three senior officials. The resignations from Defence Minister Tariq Shah Bahrami and Interior Minister Wais Barmak, as well as Masoom Stanekzai, head of the National Directorate of Security, were

Community activists in the United States are marking 50 years since the infamous Chicago riots. In 1968, a 10,000-strong protest against the war in Vietnam turned into a day of violence with police. Amid

Emmerson Mnangagwa has taken the oath as Zimbabwe's president, after winning last month's bitterly contested election that marked the country's first vote since Robert Mugabe was removed from power.  The Constitutional Court confirmed Mnangagwa's election victory

Tropical Storm Lane will go down in Hawaii's history as one that made it into several top five categories in terms of strength and amount of rainfall. Lane formed as a tropical storm in