North Korea yesterday lashed out at US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo over his comments on Pyongyang’s “rogue behaviour” and warned…

A Tamil family of four—including two Australian-born toddlers—have been moved to a remote island off the coast of Indonesia, despite a court order blocking deportation, their lawyer said yesterday. The family—who are fighting to remain in Australia because they fear persecution in…

Police fired water cannon and tear gas at Hong Kong pro-democracy protesters massed outside the city’s parliament yesterday, as demonstrators defied…

The Assam Public Works (APW), the original petitioner in the Supreme Court which led to the updation of the National Register of Citizens (NRC) six years ago, said the final NRC turned out to be a "flawed document" because its prayer for reverification of the draft list was rejected by the…

Air strikes on Syria’s northwestern Idlib region stopped yesterday, a war monitor said, after the government agreed to a Russian-backed ceasefire following four months of deadly bombardment. The truce is the second such agreement since an August 1 ceasefire deal broke down only days after going…

Taliban insurgents yesterday launched a multi-pronged assault on Kunduz, a strategically important city in northern Afghanistan that has come under frequent attack since 2015. The ongoing offensive came as the US and the Taliban continue to seek an agreement in Doha that would see thousands of American…

Bill Clinton regrets 'three strikes' bill BBC, London Former US President Bill Clinton has admitted his "three strikes" crime bill introduced in the 1990s contributed to the problem of overpopulated prisons. Speaking to a civil rights group, he said: "I signed a bill that made…