Police in India have arrested two people after some international students were assaulted in a university hostel while offering Ramadan prayers.
Officials say a heated argument about the location of the prayers led to the physical attack in Gujarat (...)
India's government has announced plans to enact a controversial citizenship law that has been criticized for being anti-Muslim.
The Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) will allow non-Muslim religious minorities from Pakistan, Bangladesh and Afghanistan (...)
An Afghan judge who has been forced to go into hiding from the Taliban was wrongly refused relocation to the UK, the High Court has ruled.
The anonymous claimant prosecuted Taliban and Islamic State group members, and has since avoided an (...)
Just over two years after they strongarmed Prime Minister Narendra Modi into an exceptional U-turn, India's protesting farmers are back on the streets – and this time the stakes are higher.
For about two weeks now, thousands of angry farmers have (...)
DONETSK, eastern Ukraine — Maj Oleh Kravchenko has the sort of chuckle that's hard to resist — deep and treacly and mischievous.
"I'm still alive," he said, tilting his head to one side in his wheelchair, like a spectator marvelling at someone (...)
Dozens of archeological sites in Afghanistan have been bulldozed to allow systematic looting, according to researchers at the University of Chicago.
They say their analysis of satellite photos provides the first definitive photographic evidence that (...)
UK Special Forces blocked Afghan troops they had fought alongside from relocating to the UK after the Taliban seized power, BBC Panorama can reveal.
Leaked documents show special forces rejected applications despite some containing compelling (...)
Tens of millions of Pakistanis are heading to the polls to vote in a new government amid soaring inflation, rising violence and claims of rigging.
The election comes almost two years since the previous prime minister, cricketer-turned-politician (...)
Violence marred several of Pakistan's polling stations on Thursday, as millions voted in an election in which old dynasties vied for power while the country's widely popular former leader languishes behind bars.
Polling stations across the country (...)
Russia has been releasing prisoners to fight in Ukraine for more than a year, originally offering them a pardon and freedom after six months, even if they have been convicted of a violent crime.
But the BBC has discovered this deal is a thing of the (...)
Nikki Haley's goal in New Hampshire's Republican presidential primary Tuesday is to "be strong," she said at a CNN town hall Thursday night.
But the onetime South Carolina governor stopped short of saying she needs to defeat former President Donald (...)
As President Joe Biden continues to urge top lawmakers to approve his $60 billion aid request for Ukraine, a grim realization has settled in for the administration that this is likely the last chance for any new US military funding to flow to the (...)
Biotech entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy ended his campaign for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination Monday night after a disappointing finish in the Iowa caucuses.
"I will stick to the truth tonight. The first hard truth and this was hard for (...)
JEDDAH — The Saudi passport advanced its global ranking to 61st during the current year of 2024 from 65 during the year 2023.
The ranking was made among passports of more than 200 countries in the world, in terms of the number of countries that its (...)
RIYADH — Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman on Wednesday outlined Saudi Arabia's comprehensive internal and external policies in his speech at the opening of the fourth year of the eighth session of the Shoura Council. The key points of the royal (...)
Most global political, spiritual and national leaders mark Christmas with a plea for peace, or by stressing the virtues of family and unity.
That's not Donald Trump's style.
The ex-president unleashed an online torrent of fury and bitterness, (...)
This year's surprising spike in dengue infections globally represents a potentially high public health threat, the UN World Health Organization (WHO) said on Friday.
The warning came as WHO reported more than five million dengue infections and 5,000 (...)
Border officials in the UK and France have welcomed a "really significant" drop in the number of migrants crossing the English Channel this year in small boats.
Official figures are down by over a third compared with 2022.
The UK has helped to fund (...)
While some of the world's poorest countries are welcoming refugees "with great hospitality", the international community must match that generosity with far greater solidarity, UN chief António Guterres said on Friday.
Speaking at the closing of the (...)
A stone's throw from the US border and around the corner from Tijuana's seedy red-light district, Afghan families say they feel safe inside a first of its kind Muslim-only shelter.
But they are afraid to wander far outside, traumatised by their (...)
Britain's Ministry of Defense (MoD) has been fined £350,000 over an email blunder that exposed details of interpreters fleeing Afghanistan.
The 265 people affected had worked with the UK government -- some were in hiding when the Taliban seized (...)
Myanmar is now the world's largest producer of opium, overtaking Afghanistan, a UN report says.
Its opium production this year is estimated to rise by 36% to 1,080 tonnes, far ahead of the 330 tonnes Afghanistan reportedly produced.
Poppy (...)
At least 23 soldiers have been killed and dozens injured in Pakistan after militants attacked a police compound.
The attack took place in the early hours when a vehicle containing explosives rammed into the building in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, (...)
As conflicts, climate emergencies and collapsing economies continue to wreak havoc on communities worldwide, the UN on Monday issued an appeal for $46.4 billion for 2024 to help 181 million people facing catastrophic hunger, mass displacement and (...)
About 200 members of Afghan special forces, trained and funded by the UK, face imminent deportation to their Taliban-controlled homeland, the BBC has learned.
The figures — gathered by a network of Afghan veterans — reveal the scale of what one (...)