Grieving relatives ask Italian road chiefs to leave bridge memorial ceremony
Grieving relatives asked bosses of Italy’s biggest motorway operator to leave a ceremony held on Wednesday to remember victims of the bridge collapse in the...
Pakistan PM accuses India of planning military action in Kashmir
Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan used an address celebrating Independence Day on Wednesday to accuse India of planning military action in the disputed Kashmir region...
Swedish court convicts U.S. rapper A$AP Rocky of assault, suspends sentence
A Swedish court convicted U.S. rapper A$AP Rocky of assault and handed down a suspended sentence on Wednesday following a high-profile trial that led President...
Japan urges more than 300,000 to evacuate as storm Krosa nears
Japan advised more than 300,000 people to evacuate their homes on Wednesday and airlines canceled hundreds of scheduled flights as a tropical storm bore down...
Argentine President Macri to announce new economic measures before markets open: media
Argentine President Mauricio Macri will announce new economic measures on Wednesday before markets open after two days of economic turmoil triggered by triggered by a...
Car bombs shake Somali military base, deaths reported
A government military base in south Somalia was struck by car bombs and gunfire on Wednesday, residents and military officers said, with the al Qaeda-linked...
India gets above-average monsoon rains for third straight week: weather office
Monsoon rains in India in the week through Wednesday were above average for a third straight week, the weather office said, easing concerns of drought, although...
India floods kill more than 270, displace one million
Floods and landslides have killed more than 270 people in India this month, displaced one million and inundated thousands of homes across six states, authorities...
‘Instinct’ helped Brits restrain Sydney attacker
Three men who helped restrain a knife-wielding man in Sydney who went stabbing rampage in downtown Sydney said they would do it all again on...
Australian police seize $600 million worth of drugs
Police in the Australian state of Queensland have seized 766 kg of MDMA powder worth $609 million in one of the state’s biggest hauls, local...