U.S. forces, British divers join search for boys missing in Thai cave

U.S. forces and British divers have arrived in Thailand to help in the search for 12 schoolboys and their soccer coach believed trapped by floodwaters in a cave, as rescuers prepared to drill a shaft…

Five dead as plane crashes in Mumbai

A chartered plane has crashed in India's financial capital Mumbai, killing at least five people, officials have confirmed.It crashed into a building that was under construction in Ghatkopar, a reside…

Australian government to propose law to end 'modern slavery'

Australia said on Thursday it plans to halt modern slavery by forcing more than 3,000 businesses to report what they are doing to avoid using forced labor in their supply chains, but one rights group…

France charges 10 ultra-right suspects over plot to attack Muslims

French authorities have charged 10 suspected far-right extremists in connection with an alleged plot to attack Muslims, a judicial source said Thursday.The nine men and one woman aged 32 to 69 were a…

Migrant rescue ship to dock in Malta as EU nations reach deal

A rescue boat stranded for days in the Mediterranean carrying over 200 migrants will dock in Malta on Wednesday evening, the country's prime minister said, after a deal was struck between a group of …

Homes evacuated as wildfire rages in northern England

Firefighters on Wednesday battled a rare large wildfire near Manchester in northern England which has led to the evacuation of dozens of homes.Police have declared the fire, which is still spreading …

North Korea still building at nuclear site: monitor

North Korea is carrying out rapid improvements to its nuclear research facility, a monitor said on Wednesday, despite declaring a commitment to denuclearisation of the peninsula at the Singapore summ…

Armed police storm plane after wrong radio code sent message it was hijacked

An incorrect radio code sent the message to armed police officers at JFK International Airport in New York that a plane had been hijacked.Videos showed officers storming the JetBlue plane, with worri…

US judge orders separated families be reunited

A US judge has ordered that migrant families separated at the border with Mexico under President Donald Trump's "zero tolerance" policy be reunited within 30 days.For children under five, reunificati…

UN says 45,000 displaced by fighting in southern Syria

Air strikes and ground fighting in southern Syria have forced at least 45,000 people to flee, the United Nations said on Tuesday, the largest displacement in the area so far.Backed by Russia, Syrian …

Queen Elizabeth II approves Brexit law that will bring Britain's EU membership to an end

Britain's Queen Elizabeth granted royal assent to Prime Minister Theresa May's flagship Brexit legislation on Tuesday, ending months of debate over the legislation that will formally end the country'…

Rare Hong Kong shooting leaves four wounded; woman arrested

Four people were wounded on Tuesday in a shooting in a Hong Kong park next to a busy shopping center, a rare gun attack in a city ranked as one of the safest in the world.A woman was arrested after s…

Two dead, including policeman, in rare Japan violent crime

Two people including a policeman were killed in Japan Tuesday, officials said, when a man stabbed the officer, seized his gun and shot a security guard dead in a rare violent crime.A police spokesman…

Chile plans expelling 2,000 illegal migrants

Billionaire Chilean President Sebastian Pinera's right-wing government said on Monday it has set itself a target of expelling 2,000 illegal migrants from the country by the end of the year.The measur…

Trump blasts restaurant for refusing service to his press secretary

US president Donald Trump has hit out at the restaurant which refused service to his press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders.Trump, in his most preferred medium of communication, Twitter ranted at the…

EU sanctions Venezuelan VP, 10 others over election abuses

The EU on Monday hit the Venezuelan vice-president and 10 other officials with sanctions over rights abuses and irregularities in the re-election of President Nicolas Maduro, which the bloc condemned…

Taiwan's Tsai urges world to stand up to China

Taiwan's President Tsai Ing-wen called on the international community to "constrain" China by standing up for freedoms, casting her island's giant neighbour as a global threat to democracy.Her commen…

Authorities search for football team trapped in Thai cave

Rescue divers are searching for 12 members of a youth football team thought to be trapped in a cave in northern Thailand.Authorities believe the boys, aged between 11 and 16, and their coach entered …

Swedish court sentences three to prison over synagogue arson attack

A court on Monday sentenced three men who had sought asylum in Sweden to prison for an attempted arson attack on a synagogue in Gothenburg in December 2017.The men, along with a number of others, thr…

Saudi-led coalition says killed 8 Hezbollah fighters in Yemen

The Saudi-led coalition battling rebels in Yemen on Monday said its forces killed eight members of Lebanon's Shiite militant group Hezbollah in northern Yemen, near the Saudi border."The coalition ki…