The chief minister of India's Uttar Pradesh state has rebuffed accusations from rights groups of police abuses during protests against a new citizenship law, crediting his tough stand with restoring calm to the streets.
North Korea has opened a high-profile political conference to discuss how to overcome "harsh trials and difficulties," state media reported Sunday, days before a year-end deadline set by Pyongyang for Washington to make concessions in nuclear negotiations.
The British government accidentally published online the addresses of the New Year's Honours 2020 recipients, including people such as Sam Mendes and Olivia Newton-John, it said on Saturday.
A 10-year-old girl from British Columbia has died after suffering a medical emergency aboard a flight in the United States.
Health authorities say about two dozen people, mostly labourers, were killed Saturday when a minibus collided with a truck on a highway in Port Said in northern Egypt.
Five people are dead after a small plane crashed near a post office in southern Louisiana on Saturday, authorities said.
Thousands of koalas are feared to have died in a wildfire-ravaged area north of Sydney, Australia, while soaring temperatures have increased the fire danger in the country's east.
A Thai navy SEAL who was part of the dramatic rescue of 12 boys and their soccer coach from a flooded cave has died of a blood infection contracted during the risky operation, the Royal Thai Navy said.
Police fought with protesters who marched through a Hong Kong shopping mall Saturday demanding mainland Chinese traders leave the territory in a fresh weekend of anti-government tension.
A cup of coffee will soon cost a little bit more in one California city with a history of starting environmental trends. Beginning Jan. 1, businesses in Berkeley must include a charge of an extra 25 cents US for every to-go coffee cup — part of a growing worldwide movement against single-use items.
A truck bomb exploded at a busy security checkpoint in Somalia's capital on Saturday morning, killing at least 73 people, authorities said.
The number of mass killings carried out in the United States in 2019 is one of the biggest ever.
