Nine people were killed as fresh unrest hit Iran overnight, state television said yesterday, while hundreds have been arrested as authorities crack down on the biggest anti-regime demonstrations in years, reports AFP from Tehran. An attack on a police station in the town of Qahderijan, in the central…

The number of total voters in the country at present is 10,40,51,883, according to the updated draft voter lists published by the Election Commission (EC) yesterday, reports BSS. The total number of voter has gone up by 2,29,64,880 since 2008, EC's Acting Secretary Helaluddin Ahmed said at a press…

Two people have died in Japan and several are in a critical condition after choking on traditional rice cakes as part of the new year celebrations, reports…

Pakistan has summoned the US ambassador in a rare public rebuke after Donald Trump threatened to cut aid to Islamabad over ‘lies’ about militancy, reports AFP from Islamabad. Ambassador David Hale was asked to attend the foreign ministry on Monday night, after Islamabad responded angrily…

More than a quarter of Earth's land surface will become ‘significantly’ drier even if humanity manages to limit global warming to two degrees Celsius, the goal espoused in the Paris Agreement, scientists said on Monday, reports AFP from Paris. But if we contain average warming to 1.5…