UK police names two Russian nationals as suspects in the poisoning of ex-spy and daughter in Salisbury

Two Russian nationals have been named as suspects in the poisoning of former Russian spy Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia.There is "sufficient evidence" to charge Alexander Petrov and Ruslan Bos…

Israel court okays demolition of West Bank village

Israel's top court on Wednesday upheld an order to raze a Palestinian Bedouin village in the occupied West Bank, after debating petitions challenging the decision.There has been strong international …

US woman mauled to death by dog she recently adopted

A 64-year-old woman in Maryland, U.S., has been mauled to death by her newly adopted pit bull, police has said.Officers reported to the victim's home Monday night after receiving a call about a femal…

Japan evacuates major airport after typhoon wreaks havoc

A major airport that was cut off when a huge typhoon smashed through its sole access road was being evacuated Wednesday, as Japan grappled with devastation caused by its most powerful storm in a quar…

Saudi Arabia declares online satire punishable offence

Saudi Arabia will punish online satire that "disrupts public order" with up to five years in prison, the public prosecutor said Tuesday, as the kingdom cracks down on dissent."Producing and distribut…

Protester killed in during clashes with Iraqi security forces

Hundreds of people gathered near a provincial Government building in Iraq's Southern oil hub Basra on Tuesday to mourn the death of a protester during a clash with security forces.The protester, Yass…

Prosecutors seeks death penalty for prominent Saudi cleric

Saudi Arabia's public prosecutor sought the death penalty against prominent cleric Sheikh Salman al-Awda at the start of his trial on Tuesday in Riyadh, a year after his arrest, media said.Awda faces…

Strongest typhoon in 25 years hit Japan

Japan on Tuesday was hit by Typhoon Jebi, the strongest and powerful storm to hit the island country in 25 years, causing violent winds and disrupting transport services.Japan?s Meteorological Agency…

Myanmar defends Suu Kyi's silence over jailed reporters

A global outcry over the jailing of two Reuters journalists in Myanmar has been greeted with silence by civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi, a stony response that an official defended Tuesday as a reluc…

Taliban announces the death of Afghanistan's militant Haqqani network founder

Jalaluddin Haqqani, founder of the militant Haqqani network, one of the most powerful and feared groups in the Afghan insurgency, has died after a long illness, the Taliban said on Tuesday.Haqqani, w…

Australian filmmaker jailed on spying charges in Cambodia

An Australian filmmaker has been sentenced by a Cambodian court to six years in prison on charges of spying for an unnamed country.James Ricketson, 69, was arrested in June 2017 while flying a camera…

Toronto mall evacuated after gunshots left two dead

A fight between two groups of young men that culminated in shots being fired on Thursday prompted the evacuation of a mall in Toronto, a month after a mass shooting in the nation's largest city left …

FBI arrests man for threatening Boston Globe reporters over Trump criticism

The FBI has charged a man accused of making threatening calls to a newspaper that criticised President Donald Trump's attacks on the media.The FBI says Robert Chain, 68, called the Boston Globe about…

Trump says his 2017 NBC interview was 'fudged'

U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday, without offering any evidence, accused NBC News of "fudging" a May 2017 interview that he gave days after he fired then FBI Director James Comey and in which …

Former US cop given 15 years sentence for the murder black teenager

An ex-police officer has been sentenced to 15 years in prison for shooting dead an unarmed black teenager in Texas.Roy Oliver, who is white, fired a rifle into a car that was driving away from a part…

Suicide attack kills two policemen in Iraqi city of Kirkuk

At least two policemen were killed and three wounded when a suicide bomber drove a car full of explosives at their checkpoint near the northern Iraqi city of Kirkuk on Thursday, police sources said.P…

German city removes statue of Turkey's President Erdogan

The German city of Wiesbaden has removed a 4m (13ft) golden statue of Turkey's president after it was defaced with the words "Turkish Hitler".The statue of Recep Tayyip Erdogan was installed in a squ…

Hong Kong professor charged with murder after wife's body found in suitcase

A University of Hong Kong professor was on Wednesday charged with murder after police found his wife's decomposing body stuffed in a suitcase in his office, the latest grisly murder to transfix the c…

Indonesian court clears teenage rape victim jailed for abortion

A 15-year-old girl jailed for six months for terminating her pregnancy after being raped by her brother has been cleared by a higher court in a case that spotlights Indonesia's tough anti-abortion la…

7.1 magnitude earthquake hits New Caledonia

A powerful magnitude 7.1 earthquake has rocked the islands of New Caledonia in the Pacific Ocean.The earthquake hit on Wednesday, with its epicentre about 230km east of the French territory's capital…