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'Can't bulldoze states': Mamata announces mega rallies to protest Citizenship Act

According to police sources, people in the minority-dominated districts of rural Howrah, Murshidabad, Birbhum, parts of Burdwan and North Bengal hit the streets...

Pakistan rejects India’s remarks on citizenship bill

Protesters in Assam fear giving citizenship to Hindu and other immigrants from Bangladesh will place a burden on their resources and put the traditional Assames...

Jill Biden: My son, Hunter, ‘did nothing wrong’

Uh, I don't know. "Well, you know, when Joe and I chose to run for president, when we made that decision, we knew it was going to be tough". During the Hous...

UN climate talks in limbo as rifts among countries remain

Officials from nearly 200 countries hunkered down for another night of talks late Friday as a United Nations climate meeting in Madrid went into overtime withou...

Arizona police find body believed to be third child missing in flood

Searchers found the bodies of the girl's 5-year-old brother Colby, and a 5-year-old cousin, Austin, about three miles (4.8 km) downstream the next day, said Lie...

US, UK, Canada, France issue travel advisories for Northeast

In an advisory posted on a website, the USA asked its citizens in the northeastern states to exercise caution in light of media reports of protests and violence...

New Zealand experts recover six bodies from toxic island after volcano eruption

Deputy Commissioner Mike Clement said earlier that six bodies had been sighted from the air during drone flights, but that rescuers might find it hard to fi...

Latest snow weather forecast update from Met Éireann

Met Eireann says the west and north-west of the country are expected to see most of the wintry showers. "We keep the risk of some scattered showers across wes...

John Sullivan confirmed as new United States envoy to Russian Federation

Sullivan's taking office came during a hard period of U.S. -Russia relations. As many as 70 senators voted to confirm Sullivan, while 22 voted against. Asked ...

Boy Allegedly Beaten on School Bus for Wearing Trump 2020 Hat

The boy's mother explained on Twitter that she believed the attackers were motivated by a Trump 2020 campaign hat that her son had previously worn to school. ...

Aung San Suu Kyi Asks ICJ to Drop Genocide Case Against Burma

The goal of this week's hearings was to persuade the court to enforce "provisional measures" to ensure the protection and safety of the Rohingya, which would ...

Hong Kong Leader Lam Heads for Beijing as Pressure Mounts at Home

She will meet Chinese President Xi Jinping on Monday. Hong Kong has been facing a wave of rallies against a now-withdrawn extradition bill since June, with th...

US should recognize American Samoans as citizens, judge says

Their passports are also categorized differently, reading: 'The bearer is a United States national and not a United States citizen'. 'In response, this court ...

Salvation Army seeks community angels who want to help during the holidays

The Salvation Army's Red Kettle campaign is an important holiday tradition in the Green Bay community, as numerous organization's programs operate only because ...

After US, Canada issues advisory against travelling to Assam

The UN official said the law also undermines India's obligations under the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights and the Convention for the Eli...

1 shot at container plant outside Atlanta; suspect sought

He said Golden is charged with murder. Here's what we know about the ongoing situation. Golden is believed to be a temp service employee at the Dart Container f...

Met Éireann have issued a snow and ice warning for the country

Donegal, Cavan, Leitrim, Mayo, Roscommon and Sligo are being warned to expect wintry showers which will give localised accumulations of hail and snow. Monday ...

Sudanese court sentences Omar al-Bashir to 2 years in prison

Al-Bashir, who was overthrown in April after months of nationwide demonstrations, appeared in court in the capital Khartoum on Saturday, facing charges of corru...

Perplexing mass death of starlings in North Wales

Experts from the government's Animal and Plant Health Agency were called in to examine the birds, searching for traces of poison or any other cause of death. ...

UK Labour's Corbyn says prepared to stay as leader until next year

On whether Mr Corbyn should be replaced, he added: "I think Jeremy has to make those decisions himself". Asked if he felt guilty about the scale of Labour's...

Conservatives likely to win British election but majority government less certain

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson looks on course to win a general election though the race has tightened markedly, according to opinion polls published on...

Rain, Wintry Weather Chances Sunday Night

A light glaze of ice is possible. "However, as the system moves away from the area Saturday night , rain will transition back to snow". Saturday's lookin...

Terror group kills 4 hostages in Nigeria: French NGO

One of the drivers was killed during the attack and another was reportedly executed on 24 September 2019. Their driver was killed in the kidnap ambush carried...

Plane Crash on Gabriola Island

Alexandre Fournier, a spokesperson for TSB, said three air crash investigators are on their way to the site and are expected to arrive on the scene around 12:30...

Tourists Endangered During Deadly Volcanic Eruption

The "short-lived eruption" threw an ash plume about 3,658 metres (12,000 feet) high, New Zealand's geoscience agency GNS Science said in a statement , addi...

Kenney right that Trudeau needs to listen

The Alberta premier had a number of big requests for Trudeau, with the most important being a firm commitment on when the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion will...

Navy and police divers continue search for body after New Zealand volcano

Police said another recovery operation would be made later to recover the two bodies that couldn't be found. Some 47 people, including 24 Australian citizens ...

Referendum on Irish unity 'almost inevitable' following hard Brexit

The Labour Party won just 203 seats which resulted in Jeremy Corbyn announcing he would not lead the party into the next General Election. Sturgeon said it ha...

Exit poll suggests Boris Johnson's Conservatives likely to win United Kingdom election

Johnson, who has said the result is on a "knife edge", was the first party leader to vote in person, arriving at a central London polling station with his Jack ...

Democratic Candidates Threaten To Boycott Next Week's Debate

Joe Biden , Elizabeth Warren, Bernie Sanders, Pete Buttigieg , Andrew Yang , Amy Klobuchar and Tom Steyer announced on Friday that they would pull out of the De...