A merchant ship, with 15 Indian crew members, was hijacked last evening near Somalia's coast, ANI reported today quoting Indian military officials

North Korea fired more than 200 artillery shells near two South Korean islands on Friday, Seoul's defence ministry said, warning the actions threatened peace and it would respond

Israeli Defence Minister Yoav Gallant on Thursday presented his plan for the post-invasion administration of the Gaza Strip, saying neither Hamas nor Israel would govern the Palestinian territory after hostilities there conclude

The death toll from a devastating earthquake in central Japan rose to 92 on Friday, regional authorities said, with the number of missing jumping to 242

North Korea has provided Russia with ballistic missiles and missile launchers that were used in recent attacks on Ukraine in a major escalation of support for Moscow, the White House said Thursday

At least one person was killed and several others were wounded in a shooting on Thursday morning at an Iowa high school, ABC News reported, citing law enforcement officials briefed on the situation

The Islamic State jihadist group yesterday said that it carried out the twin bombings which killed at least 84 people at a memorial ceremony in Iran..The claim from IS came as Iran observed a day of national mourning for those killed in Wednesday's blasts. The blast also wounded 284 people

The Islamic State jihadist group yesterday said that it carried out the twin bombings which killed at least 84 people at a memorial ceremony in Iran.

Israeli shelling killed 14 Palestinians yesterday in Khan Younis in a southern coastal area of the Gaza Strip packed with people who had fled attacks in other parts of the enclave, Gaza health ministry officials said.

Mexican authorities have rescued 31 migrants, including women and children, who were kidnapped over the weekend in the northern Mexican state of Tamaulipas, officials announced on Wednesday.

An armed Myanmar ethnic group yesterday claimed that it had downed a military helicopter, killing six soldiers onboard in a northern region of the country.

Pilots on a Japan Airlines plane that burst into flames just after all 379 passengers and crew escaped had no “visual contact” with the other aircraft in the collision, the airline said yesterday.

Russian strikes killed two people in Ukraine after several days of deadly attacks that claimed dozens of lives, officials said yesterday.

Two Chinese navy vessels shadowed Philippines and US ships conducting joint patrols in the South China Sea, the Philippine military said yesterday, as tensions flare in the region over disputed territorial claims.

UN human rights chief Volker Turk said yesterday he was “very disturbed” after comments by senior Israeli officials calling for Palestinians to leave Gaza.

A “US strike” in Baghdad yesterday killed a military commander of the Hashed al-Shaabi, the ex-paramilitary force said, with an Iraq security official reporting two deaths in a drone attack.

UN human rights chief Volker Turk today said he was "very disturbed" after comments by senior Israeli officials calling for Palestinians to leave Gaza

Iranian authorities today said twin blasts in the country's south killed 84 people the previous day, revising down an earlier toll from the explosions at a top general's commemoration

The UN's top court will hear submissions next week from South Africa and Israel after Pretoria opened a case for what it called Israel's "genocidal" acts in Gaza

An imam who was shot Wednesday outside a mosque in New Jersey has died, the US state's attorney general said, adding that the killing did not initially appear to be driven by "bias" or domestic terrorism