Amid nationwide uproar over the gruesome rape-murder of a trainee doctor at a Kolkata Hospital, the Indian Medical Association (IMA) has called for a nationwide strike and withdrawal of non-emergency medical services for 24 hours beginning Saturday. IMA, the largest organisation of

Pakistan’s foreign office on Friday rejected accusations made by members of Bangladesh’s former premier Sheikh Hasina’s party regarding Islamabad’s involvement in her ouster, saying there was “absolutely no truth to such allegations.” Hasina, 76,

Thailand's parliament has elected political neophyte Paetongtarn Shinawatra as its youngest prime minister, only a day after she was thrust into the spotlight amid an unrelenting power struggle between the country's warring elites. The 37-year-old daughter of divisive political

Iraq’s foreign ministry said on Thursday that an announcement on an end date for the US-led coalition’s mission had been postponed due to the “latest developments”. It did not identify the developments. The US-Iraq Higher Military Commission, comprising

A 6.1-magnitude earthquake hit off Taiwan’s east coast Friday morning, the United States Geological Survey said. Initially reported by the island’s Central Weather Administration as a magnitude 6.3, the tremor struck at 7:35 am (2335 GMT) at a depth of 15 kilometers (about

More than 40,000 Palestinians have been killed in the Israel-Hamas war in Gaza, the territory’s Health Ministry said Thursday. Israel’s offensive has also wounded 92,401 people and displaced over 85 percent of the population from their homes, the ministry in Hamas-run Gaza

Columbia University President Minouche Shafik has resigned from her position amid a free speech debate over campus protests of the war in Gaza. Ms Shafik's resignation comes only a year after she took the position at the private Ivy League university in New York City, and just a

Thousands of people, holding candles, poured onto the streets across West Bengal at the stroke of midnight on Wednesday seeking justice and speedy probe into the gruesome rape and murder of a woman doctor at a state-run hospital in Kolkata. Under the banner of “Reclaim the

Monthly inflation in Argentina came in at 4.0 percent in July, the lowest in 2.5 years even as the annual figure remained one of the highest in the world, the INDEC statistics agency said Wednesday. It was the third consecutive month with inflation under 5.0 percent, according to an

The Brazilian Amazon has recorded more than 37,000 forest fires so far this year, the worst number in nearly two decades, according to satellite data released Wednesday. The number was 111 percent higher than in the same period of 2023, said Brazil's National Institute for Space

Donald Trump tore into the Biden administration's economic record Wednesday, just days before Kamala Harris unveils her plan for tackling living costs in her first major policy speech as the Democratic Party's presidential nominee. In a rambling address that was light on

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida announced Wednesday he will step aside next month, ending a three-year term plagued by low popularity ratings and a spluttering economy. The ruling Liberal Democratic Party, which has governed almost uninterrupted for decades, is due to hold a

Japan's Prime Minister Fumio Kishida will not seek re-election as leader of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), which he says needs a "new start". The 67-year-old LDP veteran is expected to step down as PM after the party elects a new leader in September.

The US is aiming "to turn the temperature down" in the Middle East, the country's ambassador to the UN has said, as fears of an Iranian retaliatory attack on Israel loom. On Tuesday, Linda Thomas-Greenfield told the UN Security Council in New York the US wanted to

British authorities have now arrested more than 1,000 people following days of rioting involving violence, arson and looting as well as racist attacks targeting Muslims and migrants, a national policing body said on Tuesday. The riots, which followed the killings of three young girls

Nearly half a billion children are facing twice as many days of extreme heat each year — or more — than their grandparents did, the UN said Tuesday, warning of deadly consequences. As climate change continues to push up temperatures globally, one in five children —

UK Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer has urged Iran to "refrain" from attacking Israel during a phone call with Iran's new president. Sir Keir told Masoud Pezeshkian there was a "serious risk of miscalculation and now was the time for calm and careful

Residents in parts of the Kursk region have been warned to shelter in basements, and a growing number have been evacuated Ukraine's top commander has said Kyiv's forces control 1,000 sq km of Russian territory as they press their biggest cross-border incursion in two-and-a-half

More Rohingya are arriving in Bangladesh from Myanmar with war-related injuries amid escalating conflict between the military and the Arakan Army (AA) in western Rakhine State, according to international medical group Doctors without Borders, known by its French initials MSF. MSF said

The US has sent a guided missile submarine to the Middle East, as tensions grow in the region. Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin also said an aircraft carrier which was already heading to the area would sail there more quickly. The move comes in response to fears of a wider regional