The panel set up by India to enquire into allegations about a murder-for-hire plot against a US-based Khalistani and US government agencies have been exchanging briefings, according to State Department Spokesperson Matthew Miller. ....

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau faced fresh calls for resignation, hours after Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland quit in a surprise move after disagreeing with him over US President-elect Donald Trump's tariff threats. ....

A highly talented Ivy League-educated computer game developer with engineering degrees has been charged with murdering the CEO of the largest US health insurance company, ending a six-day manhunt. ....

Israel has deployed its forces in new positions within the buffer zone along the Israel-Syria border in the Golan Heights on Sunday following the"fall" of the Assad regime in Syria. ....

The signature collection to nominate presidential candidates ended in Belarus. ....

Chinmoy Krishna Das, a Hindu priest from Bangladesh who was accused of sedition, encountered a major setback when lawyers declined to represent him at his bail hearing in court on Tuesday. ....

Yemen's Houthi group announced that it had targeted a US destroyer and three military supply ships in a 'qualitative and joint military operation.' ....

US President-elect Donald Trump has announced Kash Patel's name as the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Director. ....

In a disturbing incident three Hindu temples in Chattogram, Bangladesh, were vandalised by a mob shouting slogans, amid ongoing protests and violence in the region. ....

Foreign ministers from the Group of Seven (G7) countries called on Israel to comply with its obligations under international law at a meeting. ....