Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi says the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) is not aimed at taking away anyone’s citizenship but giving citizenship and accused the opposition parties of spreading misinformation about the new law.

US President Donald Trump says the United States was monitoring Iranian demonstrations closely, warning against any new "massacre" as protests broke out after Tehran admitted to shooting down a passenger plane.

Britain’s Foreign Office confirms that the country’s ambassador in Tehran was briefly detained by Iranian authorities, denouncing the arrest as a “flagrant violation of international law”.

Hear ye, hear ye: House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is hitting the send button on President Donald Trump’s impeachment.

A 5.9 magnitude earthquake rocked Puerto Rico yesterday, the latest in a series of powerful tremors that have shaken the US territory in recent days, the US Geological Survey reported.

North Korea said yesterday it had received Donald Trump’s letter wishing a happy birthday to leader Kim Jong Un, but warned it would only return to nuclear talks if Washington fully accepts its demands.

Two American soldiers were killed and two others injured in a roadside bomb attack on a US Army vehicle in southern Afghanistan yesterday, the Nato mission there said.

Taiwan’s President Tsai Ing-wen declared a landslide victory in yesterday’s election as voters delivered a stunning rebuke of Beijing’s campaign to isolate the self-ruled island and handed its first female leader a second term.

Tunisia’s parliament Friday rejected the government proposed by Prime Minister-designate Habib Jemli after months of negotiations

At least 12 people died yesterday when a boat loaded with asylum-seekers sank in the Ionian Sea, the Greek coastguard said. “So far 12

Oman’s new royal ruler yesterday pledged to follow the non-interference policy that made the kingdom a vital regional mediator under

US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Friday she intends to transmit articles of impeachment against Donald Trump to the Senate next week, moving to end a taut standoff with Republicans over terms of the president’s trial.

2020 is the most crucial year yet for humanity’s plan to dodge the bullet of catastrophic global warming, experts said yesterday, warning that the narrow path to safety was riddled with pitfalls, from the US election to Brexit.

China yesterday said a 61-year-old man had become the first person to die from a respiratory illness believed caused by a new virus from the same family as SARS, which claimed hundreds of lives more than a decade ago.

Iran’s statement yesterday that a Ukrainian passenger plane was downed by a missile fired unintentionally followed growing pressure from abroad but also at home, and for some Iranians, the authorities’ expressions of condolence were not enough.

The United States piled new sanctions on Iran’s already crippled economy Friday and defended the killing of a top Iranian leader, saying he had been planning an “imminent” attack on four US embassies.

Bushfire conditions eased in Australia yesterday after a gruelling night for firefighters, with authorities saying they expect at least a week of milder weather in which to step up defences against the huge blazes still burning.

Ukraine International Airlines says that its plane that crashed in Iran had received no warning from Tehran airport about a possible threat to its safety before it took off en route for Kiev.

North Korea receives birthday greetings to its leader Kim Jong Un from US President Donald Trump, but their personal relationship is not enough for a return to talks, according to a statement published by state news agency KCNA.

Herewith are some of the remarks made by top leaders in response to the Iranian statement on its responsibility for the crash.