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Richard Rojas, 26, plowed into people on the sidewalk in his burgundy Honda sedan and sped three blocks through one of the city's busiest areas, killing one pedestrian and injuring 22 others before crashing into a metal stanchion, police said.

German prosecutors have charged a 28-year-old Pakistani man with membership in a terrorist organisation on allegations he joined the Lashkar-e-Taiba group to fight against Indian forces in the Kashmir region.

India's refusal to join China's Belt and Road Forum was "partly a show" for domestic politics and aimed at piling pressure to get Beijing's "special attention", a state-run Chinese daily said on Tuesday.

Bangladesh's apex court on Monday upheld the life sentence given to a Islamist preacher for committing crimes against humanity during the 1971 Liberation War by siding with Pakistani troops.

Macron, a 39-year-old centrist, took the reins of power from Francois Hollande a week after he won a resounding victory over far-right leader Marine Le Pen in a tumultuous election.

The board also sought the personal appearance of the attorney general of Pakistan in the next hearing.

The payments that London must make to settle financial commitments made when it was a member are considered one of the most difficult Brexit issues and are a top priority for the talks.

For the first time since an Oval Office taping system was removed by President Richard Nixon's chief of staff nearly 44 years ago, a president has hinted that White House conversations might again be secretly recorded. If so, President Donald Trump is fol...

Dawn Leak controversy that caused an implosive situation between Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif's government and the military has been defused by a retreat by the army.

The Taliban could not have returned to Afghanistan "without help from within Pakistan", the Afghan envoy here said and urged Islamabad to join hands with India to bring peace to his war-torn country.

UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres has decided to appoint Mark Lowcock, the head of Britain's international development department, to be the world body's new humanitarian aid chief, diplomats and UN officials said on Wednesday.

US President Donald Trump urged Russia to "rein in" Syrian President Bashar al-Assad during a meeting with Russia's foreign minister Sergei Lavrov, the White House said on Wednesday.

The US military is considering sending a Patriot missile battery to the Baltic region for NATO exercises this summer, US defence officials said, though the move would only be temporary.

The Senate Minority Leader demanded that the Department of Justice appoint a special prosecutor to look into allegations of Russian hacking and its influence on the 2016 elections.

Pakistan's opposition leader Imran Khan's party has said it would sue Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif for allegedly taking money from Osama bin Laden to promote jihad in Kashmir.

Climate negotiators return for talks in Bonn on Tuesday under the cloud of Donald Trump's threats to pull America from the hard-fought Paris Agreement, as the president prepares to hold a special meeting to discuss US participation.