MUMBAI: At least 18 people died Thursday when a building collapsed in India's financial capital Mumbai following heavy rains that have wreaked havoc…

LONDON: Fans and friends of Diana, Princess of Wales, were marking 20 years since her death on Thursday as the nation looked back on the day when the…

SEOUL: US heavy bombers and stealth jet fighters took part in a joint live fire drill in South Korea on Thursday, intended as a show of force against the North after its latest missile launch, reports AFP. "South Korean and US air forces conducted an air interdiction exercise in order to strongly…

NEW YORK: Celebrities led by Sandra Bullock on Wednesday poured millions of dollars into relief efforts after monster storm Harvey ravaged Houston, reports AFP. Bullock, who maintains homes in nearby Austin and New Orleans, donated $1 million through the American Red Cross, the organization said. "I'm…

SEOUL: Pyongyang has sentenced four South Korean journalists to death for book reviews that insulted the North, state media said Thursday, reports AFP. The Chosun Ilbo and the Dong-A Ilbo, both of them conservative newspapers, reviewed the new Korean edition of "North Korea Confidential",…

MOUNT ARAFAT: Their palms facing the sky, around two million Muslims gathered Thursday on Saudi Arabia's Mount Arafat for the highlight of the hajj pilgrimage, one of the world's largest annual gatherings, reports AFP. With temperatures pushing 40 degrees Celsius (104 Fahrenheit) under the desert…

 PULI ALAM: Thirteen civilians from the same family were killed and another 15 wounded in a US air strike on Taliban fighters in eastern Afghanistan, Afghan authorities said Thursday, reports AFP. US Forces-Afghanistan said it has launched an investigation into the incident which an Afghan official…