Kolkata, Dec. 7 -- Bhawanipore Assembly constituency, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's seat under the Kolkata South parliamentary district, has emerged as a major zone of concern in the Election Commi... Read More
Hong Kong, Dec. 7 -- Voting for the election of the eighth-term Legislative Council (LegCo) of China's Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) kicked off Sunday morning. Long queues had alrea... Read More
Urumqi, Dec. 7 -- Nine people were killed and seven others injured in expressway collisions on Saturday night in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, local authorities said on Sunday. ... Read More
Algiers, Dec. 7 -- At least 12 people were killed, and 23 others injured Saturday when a passenger bus overturned in Algeria's western Beni Abbes province, the Civil Protection service said. The cras... Read More
Washington/Kiev, Dec. 7 -- The United States and Ukrainian delegations on Saturday concluded three-day talks in Miami, Florida, where the two sides focused on territorial issues and U.S. security guar... Read More
Athens, Dec. 7 -- At least 18 people died after a boat carrying migrants capsized off the southern coast of Crete, Greece's public broadcaster ERT reported on Saturday. The vessel sank about 26 nauti... Read More
Jerusalem, Dec. 7 -- The Israeli military said Saturday that its troops shot and killed two Palestinians in the southern West Bank city of Hebron after the pair drove a vehicle toward soldiers at a ch... Read More
Doha, Dec. 7 -- Qatari Prime Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani warned on Saturday that the Gaza ceasefire has reached a "critical moment" and risks collapse without immediate progress ... Read More
Kollam (Kerala), Dec. 7 -- A massive fire broke out in the early hours of Sunday at Kureepuzha in this district, gutting almost 15 fishing boats anchored along the Ashtamudi Lake. The blaze, which be... Read More
Los Angeles, Dec. 7 -- An earthquake with a magnitude of 7.0 jolted the U.S. state of Alaska at 2041 GMT on Saturday, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) said. Tremors were felt in the state's capital,... Read More