
Authorities in the Australian state of Queensland on Tuesday said that 70 vegetation fires are now burning across the state, with 85 structures already lost....

The Australian Capital Territory (ACT) has become the nation's first jurisdiction to decriminalise small quantities of illicit drugs, evoking mixed responses....

UN Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) commissioner-general Philippe Lazzarini has said the killing of thousands of children in Gaza cannot be "collateral damage."...

A 23-year-old Indian-origin man has been charged with the murder of a teen, who was found dead with stab wounds in Croydon, south London....

Maharashtra's opposition Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) on Monday urged Governor Ramesh Bais to urgently convene a special session of the legislature to discuss the raging issue of Maratha reservations, and other problems confronting the state. ...

The Delhi High Court has upheld the right of consenting adults to choose their life partners and receive police protection when needed....

Three Kerala State Forest watchers on Monday escaped unhurt after being fired upon by the Maoists inside the Aralam Wildlife Sanctuary in Kannur district in Kerala. ...

Lucknow Police has registered a case against a woman who set her dog on another woman when she objected to the animal being allowed to defecate by the pet owner in a park in their residential society....

The Supreme Court on Monday admitted the writ petition of B-Ed candidates against teachers' recruitment in Bihar and fixed November 3 as the next date for hearing. A writ petition in this regard was filed by Bihar Primary Youth Teacher ...
The Karnataka High Court on Monday gave relief to BJP MP and Kannada actor Jaggesh by staying the notice issued to him by the forest department for wearing a tiger claw pendant. A bench headed by Justice M. Nagaprasanna passed the order....