A total of 19 people were killed in unrest that erupted at an incarceration facility in the western Sri Lankan city of Negombo, while at least 50 others were injured, police said. Those who sustained injuries were admitted to Negombo Hospital. Authorities were taking steps to transfer those with s
The Baloch Liberation Army (BLA) has claimed responsibility for a major attack on a Pakistan Coast Guards camp in the Panwan area of Jiwani, Gwadar district, alleging that more than 30 security personnel were killed and dozens injured in what it described as a "fidayeen" (suicide) operation. In a
Amid continued setbacks and rebellion involving Trinamool Congress (TMC) since the last assembly election, the party chief in the Indian state of West Bengal has resigned. Chandrima Bhattacharya, a former minister and three-time MLA in West Bengal and long considered one of the party chief Mamata
The body of Iran's slain Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was lying in state in a vast hall in Tehran on Friday as clerics, officials, foreign dignitaries and other mourners paid their respects after his 37-year rule. Iran is staging a week of mass funeral processions for Khamenei -- killed i
Instagram has been running paid adverts promoting child sexual abuse material in India, a BBC Eye investigation has found.The ads, seen by the BBC World Service, use terms including "rape video" and "child video" and link users to channels on the messaging app Telegram, where they can buy the mater
Sri Lanka is considering introducing drug test kits through pharmacies to allow parents to privately check whether their children are using narcotics, the President's Media Division (PMD) said. The proposal was discussed when the national council of the "A Nation United" anti-drug campaign, launch
Forty people were killed and eight others injured after a bus fell into a deep roadside ditch in Pakistan's southwestern province of Balochistan on Friday, a rescue agency and a government official said. The bus was headed to the national capital, Islamabad, from the provincia
A powerful general who leads Iran's paramilitary Revolutionary Guard emerged from hiding as Tehran prepared Friday for the dayslong funeral for the late Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. Photos published online by Iranian state media showed Gen. Ahmad Vahidi attending a meeting about the fune
At least seven people have been killed and 22 others injured after a sleeper bus crashed into a trailer and caught on fire on the Delhi-Mumbai Expressway in India’s Rajasthan, reports bdnews24.com citing NDTV. The incident took place around 2:30am local time on Wednesday when the bus w
A helicopter belonging to Saudi oil giant Aramco crashed on Sunday in Ras Tanura on Saudi Arabia's eastern coast on the Gulf, west of the Strait of Hormuz, killing 14 nationals, the state news agency reported, adding that the cause was unknown. Aramco had resumed crude oil loadings on Friday at it
Pakistan’s military says that it has killed eight “terrorists” in intelligence operations in Balochistan’s Kharan and Mastung districts, reports Pakistani daily Dawn. The country’s Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) said it had conducted the “intelligence-dr
Myanmar's military killed more than 700 civilians in six months, including hundreds of women and children, according to a UN report cited by the BBC. The report from the UN Human Rights Office, covering August to January -- the six months from when the military announced elections -- verified a mi
Tata Electronics said on Monday it had detected a recent "cybersecurity incident", after researchers said World Leaks posted purported component design and specification papers of Apple and Tesla, both customers of the Indian group. The ransomware group has posted more than 200,000 files on the da
