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Two men were publicly caned in Indonesia's conservative Aceh province after an Islamic Shariah court convicted them of violating the law by kissing and hugging, media reports said.
Australia has expelled the Iranian ambassador to Canberra, Ahmad Sadeghi, after the country’s intelligence agency found that Iran was behind at least two antisemitic attacks on its soil.
Australia has expelled the Iranian ambassador to Canberra, Ahmad Sadeghi, after the country’s intelligence agency found that Iran was behind at least two antisemitic attacks on its soil.
A Sri Lankan court on Tuesday granted bail to former President Ranil Wickremesinghe, who was arrested last week on charges of misusing state funds when he was in power.
Australia suspended some postal deliveries to the United States due to the 'complex and rapidly evolving situation' which is emerging amid the US President's decision to impose tariffs.
US President Donald Trump has once again threatened to add 'substantial additional tariffs' on nations that impose digital services taxes and related regulations on US tech firms.
Two Victorian Police officers died, and another was injured during a shooting at a rural property in Victoria state of Australia, on Tuesday.
Two Victorian Police officers died, and another was injured during a shooting at a rural property in Victoria state of Australia, on Tuesday.
World Health Organisation chief Tedros Adhanom Gebreyesus renewed his call for a ceasefire in Gaza following two deadly Israeli air strikes on the Nasser Hospital in the southern Strip on Monday.
World Health Organisation chief Tedros Adhanom Gebreyesus renewed his call for a ceasefire in Gaza following two deadly Israeli air strikes on the Nasser Hospital in the southern Strip on Monday.
Bangladesh has demanded an apology for the 1971 genocide from Pakistan and even urged it to resolve long-standing historic issues during Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar's visit to the South Asian country, media reports said.
The immigration population in the US, which has been growing for the past 50 years, has declined ever since US President Donald Trump took charge as the President for the second term, a new study has revealed.
The French and German postal services have announced restrictions on package deliveries to the US amid tariffs imposed by the President Donald Trump-led government, media reports said.
At least two people, including a teen, have been arrested over an alleged arson attack on an Indian restaurant in London.
At least two minor brothers were injured after a toy-like bomb exploded in a house in Miramshah region of Pakistan on Saturday, media reports said.
The doctors of Abbasi Shaheed Hospital (ASH), one of the largest public healthcare facility under the Karachi Metropolitan Corporation (KMC) in Pakistan, recently demonstrated over non-payment of salaries, media reports said.
Pakistani Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar on Sunday met Bangladeshi interim government chief Muhammad Yunus on his visit to Dhaka, when he stressed the need to revitalise regional cooperation through the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (Saarc).
The Israeli Air Force on Sunday targeted Yemen’s Houthi-held capital of Sanaa, responding to the Iran-backed group’s repeated attacks on Israel, media reports said.
A Pakistani man has been arrested in Saddar region of Pakistan after he chopped off his wife’s leg over a minor dispute, media reports said.
The Russian government on Sunday accused Ukraine of targeting its nuclear plant with drones that triggered a fire and caused damage to an auxiliary transformer.
Former Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe has been admitted to a hospital, a day after he was charged with misusing government funds for foreign travel.
An Indian-origin man is demanding a public apology from law enforcement in the Georgia region of the USA after he spent 47 days in prison in a fake kidnapping case filed against him.
Indian-origin truck driver Harjinder Singh, who was recently arrested over a deadly Florida road crash, has been denied bail by a US court, media reports said.
A US Navy sailor in California has been convicted of espionage for selling secrets to a Chinese intelligence officer for $12,000, officials said.
Pakistan's Karachi city witnessed massive protests in recent times after several areas remained without power following heavy rains on August 19.
Lyon (France): An Easyjet flight from Lyon to Porto was forced to return shortly after take-off when a passenger suffering from delirium attempted to break into the cockpit, news agency AFP reported, citing French police and the airline, on Saturday.
Washington, DC: US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth has dismissed Lt Gen Jeffrey Kruse, the head of the Pentagon's Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA), along with two other senior officers, Reuters reported.
The Justice Department on Friday released the transcript of a weeks-old interview with convicted deceased sex offender Jeffrey Epstein associate Ghislaine Maxwell.
At least five tourists died after a bus carrying 54 passengers, including Indians, rolled and crashed on a New York state highway on Friday, media reports said.
US President Donald Trump on Friday nominated Sergio Gor as the country's next envoy to India amid deterioration of the relationship with the South Asian country over tariff imposition.
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