Leonardo DiCaprio responds after Brazil's President blames actor for Amazon forest fires

Brazil's President blamed an unusual candidate this week as a cause of the Amazon forest fires: actor and environmentalist Leonardo DiCaprio.

Misadventure of citizenship regime

THE appetite of the Indian state for counting its people is evidently insatiable. The Office of the Registrar General and Census Commissioner has completed

UK police shoot one at London Bridge after stabbing

British police shot a man on Friday after a stabbing in the London Bridge area, a security source told Reuters.

China warns US over HK law

China warned the United States on Thursday that it would take ‘firm counter measures’ in response to US legislation backing anti-government protesters in Hong Kong, a

Iraq PM announces resignation

Iraqi prime minister Adel Abdul Mahdi announced his resignation on Friday after the country’s top Shia Muslim cleric called for lawmakers to reconsider their support for a government rocked by

Trump contradicts testimony -- and himself -- by claiming he never directed Giuliani on Ukraine

President Donald Trump has now denied that he directed his personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani to go to Ukraine and seek out investigations on his behalf, contradicting his own

Trump signs Hong Kong human rights act as China blasts 'plainly bullying behavior'

US President Donald Trump on Wednesday signed a law supporting Hong Kong's months-long protest movement, handing anti-government demonstrators in the

Worry rises in military over Trump's decision-making

Tensions that have been mounting for months between some of the nation's most senior military officers and President Donald Trump are boiling over after his decision

ARMY CHIEF EXTENSION Pak SC ramps up pressure on govt to explain

Pakistan’s Supreme Court on Wednesday gave the government one more day to explain why it granted a three-year extension to army chief General Qamar Javed Bajwa, setting up

Seven to die in Holey Artisan attack case

Seven people were sentenced to death on Wednesday for their roles in the Holey Artisan cafe attack, one of the major terror attacks on Bangladesh’s soil.