Quake of magnitude 6.1 strikes northwest off Tonga: USGS
An earthquake of magnitude 6.1 struck northwest of the South Pacific island nation of Tonga, the United States Geological Survey said on Monday....
Nineteen dead in explosion due to Cairo car crash: ministry
Nineteen people died and 30 were injured in an explosion resulting from a car crash in central Cairo, Egypt’s health ministry said on Monday....
Iran’s Zarif says U.S. failed to build coalition in the Gulf
Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said on Monday that the United States was isolated in the world and was unable to create a coalition...
Indonesian walks 700-km backwards to highlight deforestation
An Indonesia man is walking backwards from his home in eastern Java to the capital Jakarta to raise awareness of deforestation in a country with...
Hundreds stuck in India’s financial capital Mumbai as heavy rain disrupts Mumbai rail service
Hundreds of passengers were stuck in India’s financial capital, Mumbai, and nearby towns on Monday after two days of heavy rain flooded rivers and undermined...
Yemen’s Houthis launch drone attacks on Saudi airports, airbase: TV
Yemen’s Houthis launched drone attacks on the airports of Abha and Najran, and the King Khalid airbase, in Saudi Arabia, the group’s Al-Masirah TV said...
U.N. urges sanctions on Myanmar army businesses, says foreign partners could be complicit
United Nations investigators urged world leaders on Monday to impose targeted financial sanctions on companies linked to the military in Myanmar, and said foreign firms...
India’s Kashmir goes dark as phone lines, internet suspended in widening clampdown
Phone and internet services were suspended in Indian Kashmir on Monday and state leaders placed under house arrest, deepening fears that Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s...
Kashmir turmoil rises as India restricts movement, regional leaders fear arrest
The disputed region of Kashmir was thrown into further turmoil in the early hours of Monday as regional leaders said they feared being arrested and...
Mexico considers litigation labeling El Paso massacre as ‘terrorism’
Mexico’s attorney general is considering litigation alleging that the mass shooting at a Walmart store in El Paso, Texas, in which seven Mexicans were among...