Colorado's Supreme Court has ruled that Donald Trump cannot run for president next year in the state, citing a constitutional insurrection clause. In a landmark decision, the court ruled 4-3 that Mr Trump is not an eligible candidate. It is the first time that Section 3 of the

Indian opposition leaders have accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government of attacking democracy after 78 MPs were suspended from parliament in one day. The MPs were protesting against last week's security breach in parliament. Overall, 92 opposition lawmakers have

Texas has enacted a law that will make border crossings illegal and punishable with jail time, one of the toughest immigration laws passed by any US state in modern times. Governor Greg Abbott, a Republican, said it would "stop the tidal wave of illegal entry into Texas".

The United States has announced the launch of a multinational force to protect trade in the Red Sea after a series of attacks by Yemen’s Houthi rebels forced several shipping companies to suspend operations. US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said on Monday that Bahrain, Canada,

A volcano has erupted on the Reykjanes peninsula of south-west Iceland after weeks of intense earthquake activity. About 4,000 people were earlier evacuated from the fishing town of Grindavik and the nearby Blue Lagoon geothermal spa was closed. The eruption started north of the

At least 111 people have been killed and another 220 injured following an earthquake on Monday night in north-west China, state media report. The 5.9 magnitude quake struck Gansu province around midnight (16:00 GMT), bringing down buildings there and in Qinghai province to the south.

A car accidentally hit an SUV that was part of a motorcade escorting President Joe Biden in Wilmington, Delaware on Sunday night—resulting in damage to both vehicles—although the president and first lady Jill Biden were unharmed. According to Reuters and CNN, the incident

Fourteen people have been killed after a storm brought heavy rain and winds of 150km/h (93mph) to eastern Argentina. The storm hit the port city of Bahia Blanca, around 570km (355 miles) south of Buenos Aires, on Saturday, damaging buildings and causing power outages before moving

Climate activist Greta Thunberg once again fused the Palestinian cause with the climate change movement as she participated in her weekly “Fridays for Future” protest outside parliament in Stockholm on December 15. During the demonstration, she prominently displayed a

South Korea has accused the North of firing a short-range ballistic missile amid tensions in the peninsula. Sunday’s launch came as North Korea condemned the United States-led military’s shows of force, including the arrival of a submarine in South Korea as tantamount to

Pope Francis on Sunday condemned killings of two women in a Catholic parish in Gaza, where he said "defenceless civilians" were targeted by shootings and bombs. Pope Francis on Sunday suggested Israel was using "terrorism" tactics in Gaza, deploring the reported

Israeli strikes on the Jabalia refugee camp in northern Gaza killed 90 Palestinians on Sunday, a spokesperson for the Hamas-run Health Ministry in Gaza told media. Hamas Aqsa radio, quoting the director of the Health Ministry, previously said dozens were wounded. "Jabalia

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) won Darjeeling in three consecutive elections, but concerns within the BJP leadership regarding incumbent MP Raju Bista's performance have sparked a search for a more popular nominee. The party is considering a strategic shift in its bid to retain

Ethnic minority fighters battling Myanmar’s junta said Saturday they seized a trading hub in Shan state, days after China said it had mediated a temporary cease-fire. Clashes have raged across Myanmar’s northern Shan state since the Arakan Army (AA), the Myanmar National

An American destroyer on Saturday shot down more than a dozen drones in the Red Sea launched from Houthi-controlled areas of Yemen, the U.S. Central Command said. "The Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer USS CARNEY... operating in the Red Sea, successfully engaged 14

In his first speech since it was announced that three Israeli hostages were killed in Gaza by Israeli forces, Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said the deaths “broke the whole nation’s heart.” Netanyahu said the news that the hostages were killed

Artificial rain has been used for the first time in Pakistan in a bid to combat hazardous levels of smog in the megacity of Lahore. In the first experiment of its kind in the country, planes equipped with cloud seeding equipment flew over 10 areas of the city on Saturday, often ranked

The funeral has been held of an Al Jazeera cameraman who was killed by an Israeli drone strike on Gaza. Samer Abudaqa was wounded in the strike on a school in Khan Younis on Friday along with his colleague, Wael Al-Dahdouh. Al Jazeera said Abudaqa bled to death because a heavy

UK MP Layla Moran says her relatives are among hundreds of civilians trapped in a Catholic Church in Gaza City as Israeli forces operate nearby. The Liberal Democrat says her family are "days away from dying" without access to water or food. Her relatives and the Latin

More than 60 migrants are believed to have drowned in a shipwreck off the coast of Libya, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) said. Citing survivors, the UN agency said on Saturday the vessel left the city of Zuwara with around 86 people on board. It said high waves