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At least 43 people have been killed and 20 injured in a gun attack on a bus carrying Ismaili Shia Muslims in the Pakistani city of Karachi, police say. A police official said six gunmen on motorcycles stopped the bus and fired indiscriminately at passengers. Prime Minister Muhammad Nawaz Sharif …

Seoul, South Korea: North Korea has publicly executed the country’s defense minister after the regime accused him of treason, according to South Korean news agency Yonhap. Hyon Yong Chol was killed by firing squad using an anti-aircraft gun at a military school in front of hundreds of people in Pyongyang …

Dozens dead as magnitude 7.3 earthquake strikes near Everest base camp, two weeks after a quake killed more than 8,000. A deadly magnitude 7.3 earthquake has struck Nepal and sent aftershocks through neighbouring India, two weeks after a devastating quake killed more than 8,000 people in the Himalayan nation. At …

Unclear if two sides honouring ceasefire, which began shortly after arms-depot blasts near Sanaa killed at least 69. A five-day humanitarian ceasefire has begun in Yemen, just hours after Arab coalition fighter jets struck against Houthi fighters and their allies. It was not immediately clear if the two sides were …

Millions of people have begun casting their votes in the United Kingdom general election. Polls opened at 07:00 BST at around 50,000 polling stations across the UK, which will remain open until 22:00. A total of 650 Westminster MPs will be elected, with about 50 million people registered to vote. …

Could Japan survive without nuclear power? The short answer to that question is yes. Japan has been surviving surprisingly well without nuclear power for the last four years. Following the Fukushima disaster in March 2011 all of Japan’s 48 other nuclear reactors were shut down. The predicted blackouts did not …

“It was a Buk-M1,” announced Novaya Gazeta, considered one of the few independent media publications left in Russia. The newspaper behind the sensational headline says it obtained a confidential, anonymous report by a group of Russian military specialists, including those working for the top secret company that produces surface-to-air missiles …

When a bomb exploded in a neighbourhood he knew well, Karim Wasfi went there and performed. He tells us why. Bombs are, sadly, not unusual in Baghdad. But when a car packed with explosives detonated in the busy Mansour district this week, killing at least 10 people and injuring 27, …

Demonstrators rally in major cities along the US East Coast demanding an end to what they say is police brutality. Thousands of people have demonstrated in major cities along the US East Coast demanding an end to what they say is police brutality. The protests on Wednesday came after a …

Frustration is growing in parts of rural Nepal over the pace of relief efforts, with some badly-affected villages yet to receive any assistance. Survivors in some areas told the BBC that they were angry that neither food nor medicine has reached them. The UN has appealed for $415m (£270m) to …