At least 200 schoolgirls have been hospitalised in the Indian capital Delhi after a gas leak from a container depot, police have said. The pupils had...
The campaign of French presidential candidate Emmanuel Macron says it has been the target of a “massive hacking attack” after a trove of documents was released...
A manhunt is under way in Indonesia’s Sumatria island after scores of prisoners escaped from an overcrowded jail. Hundreds of police and soldiers were deployed near...
The Iraqi military has admitted bombing a disused school in western Mosul, but denied targeting civilians – saying the building was being used by ISIL as...
Four men convicted in the brutal fatal gang rape of a woman on a New Delhi bus in 2012 will be hanged after India’s Supreme Court...
A deal to set up safe zones in Syria will come into force at midnight local time, Russia’s defence ministry says. The accord on four zones...
North Korea has accused US and South Korean agents of plotting to kill its Supreme Leader, Kim Jong-un. A North Korean referred to only as “Kim”...
Separate security alerts in and around Paris have marred the final day of campaigning ahead of Sunday’s French presidential election. A suspected radical Islamist possessing weapons...
The frontrunner in the race for the French presidency, Emmanuel Macron, has filed a lawsuit over online rumours that he has a secret bank account in...
Iraqi security forces say they have opened a new front in the operation against so-called Islamic State (IS) militants in north-western Mosul. Troops from the army’s...
An Australian woman who killed eight children in a stabbing attack at her home will not stand trial because she was of “unsound mind” at the...