SRINAGAR, India (AP) — India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi visited the main city in Himalayan Kashmir on Thursday to campaign for his party in the local election, the first such vote since...

Lisbon, Portugal, September 19 — More than 100 wildfires stretched thousands of firefighters to the limit in northern Portugal on Wednesday, with seven deaths since the worst spate of fires in...

An Israeli military vehicle during a raid in Jenin in the occupied West Bank, September 3, 2024 [File: Raneen Sawafta/Reuters] New York, September 19 — The United Nations General...

Explosions were reported in southern Lebanon, including the city of Sidon, as well as Beirut's southern suburbs and the Bekaa Valley. (AFP) Beirut, September 19 — At least 20...

Smoke and flames rise following a Ukrainian drone attack in Toropets in the Tver region, Russia. (Reuters) Kyiv, September 18 — A partial evacuation has been ordered in Russia's...

A rally for Ranil Wickremesinghe in the coastal town of Beruwala - he's the man to beat but lacks his own big political base. (BBC News/Aakriti Thapar) Colombo, September...

MEXICO CITY (AP) — At least 30 people have been killed in the past two weeks in Mexico’s northern state of Sinaloa as two factions of the powerful Sinaloa cartel continue to...

Lebanese army soldiers block an entrance of a southern suburb of Beirut following the blasts. (AFP)  Beirut, September 18 — Nine people, including a child, have been killed after...

Khartoum, September 17 — Starvation in war-stricken Sudan "is almost everywhere", the head of the World Health Organization (WHO) has told the BBC's Today programme after visiting the country. ...

Delhi leader Arvind Kejriwal got bail in a liquor policy case on Friday. (Getty Images) New Delhi, September 17 — Prominent opposition leader and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal...

Myanmar's military junta issued a rare appeal for foreign help at the weekend. (Getty Images) Naypyidaw, September 17 —The number of people in Myanmar who have died in the...

The violence occurred near the Porgera gold mine in Papua New Guinea's central highlands. (Alamy) Papua New Guinea, September 16 — A series of shootouts between rival tribes over...

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The Taliban have suspended polio vaccination campaigns in Afghanistan, the U.N. said Monday. It’s a devastating setback for polio eradication, since the virus is...

Elections are being held in Indian-administered Kashmir after a decade. (Getty Images) Srinagar, September 16 — On a bright September afternoon, a caravan of colourful cars, festooned with flags,...

Activists of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party of former country’s prime minister Imran Khan, take part in a public rally on the outskirts of Islamabad on September 8, 2024. (AFP) ...