Thousands of holidaymakers and locals were bedding down at beaches in fire-ravaged southeast Australia on New Year’s Eve after fleeing deadly blazes that ripped through popular tourist areas and cut off several towns.

A Chinese court yesterday sentenced the scientist who claimed to be behind the world’s first gene-edited babies to three years in prison for illegal medical practice, state

Israel said Sunday it would withhold millions more dollars worth of tax money it collects on behalf of the Palestinian Authority, saying the

Svante Thunberg, father of eco-warrior Greta Thunberg, thinks his daughter is happier being an activist but admitted in an interview he

A gunman who opened fire in a Texas church, killing one person and leaving another in critical condition, died after parishioners at the Sunday morning service shot him in response, authorities said.

A Sudanese court yesterday sentenced 27 intelligence agents to death for torturing and killing a protester early this year, an AFP correspondent said.

Russia said on Sunday it had thwarted terrorism attacks reportedly planned in St. Petersburg thanks to a tip from Washington, bringing personal thanks again from President Vladimir Putin to his US counterpart Donald Trump.

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un called at a ruling party meeting for “positive and offensive measures” to ensure security ahead of a year-end deadline he has set for denuclearisation talks with the United States, state media KCNA said yesterday.

Turkey has arrested 100 suspected members of the Islamic State group (IS) in raids across the country, state news agency Anadolu

The Jammu and Kashmir administration yesterday released five political leaders who have been under detention since August 5, the day

The Taliban yesterday denied agreeing to any ceasefire in Afghanistan after rumours swirled of a potential deal that would see a

Thousands of residents and holiday makers have been told to evacuate a swathe of Victoria as soaring temperatures and strong winds fan massive bushfires in the Australian state.

A knife-wielding man storms into a rabbi’s home and stabs five people as they celebrated Hanukkah in an Orthodox Jewish community north of New York City, an ambush the governor says Sunday was an act of domestic terrorism fueled by intolerance and a “cancer” of growing hatred in America.

A man pulls out a shotgun at a Texas church service and fired on worshippers, killing two people before he was shot to death by congregants who fired back, police say.

A shooting killed two people and wounded at least seven while they were filming a music video in the US state of Texas,

A missile struck a passing out ceremony in southern Yemen yesterday, killing at least five southern separatists, security officials said.

At least 28 people including textile workers and several Asian tourists were killed Saturday in two separate road crashes in Egypt, official media and other sources said.

Turkey’s foreign minister warned that the Libyan conflict risks sliding into chaos and becoming the next Syria, as he sought to speed up legislation to allow it to send troops to the North African country.

President Donald Trump retweeted an attack that included an unsubstantiated name of the intelligence community whistleblower at the heart of the Ukraine scandal as part of a series of rants and conspiratorial posts Friday night and faced staunch criticism.

An intruder stabbed and wounded five people at a rabbi’s house in New York during a gathering to celebrate the Jewish festival of Hanukkah late Saturday, officials and media reports said.