Jerusalem [Israel], May 11 (ANI): An Al Jazeera journalist was tragically gunned down on Wednesday while she was on assignment in the West Bank in Jenin, media reported.
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], May 11 (ANI): The Indian stock market's benchmark Sensex was trading 222.03 points down on Wednesday dragged by heavy selling pressure in the index heavyweight Asian Paints.
Havana [Cuba], May 11 (ANI/Xinhua): The death toll from last week's explosion at a historic hotel in downtown Havana climbed to 42 on Tuesday, after two more bodies were recovered from the rubble, official sources said.
Beijing [China], May 10 (ANI): The last two lines of the Shanghai subway were terminated on Tuesday afternoon, bringing the city's entire subway system to a standstill until further notice.
Colombo [Sri Lanka], May 10 (ANI): As the nationwide protests refuse to die down, Sri Lankan authorities have extended the curfew until 7 am on Thursday.
Colombo [Sri Lanka], May 10 (ANI): Angry protesters in crisis-ridden Sri Lanka on Tuesday pulled down the statue of D.A. Rajapaksa, the father of the Rajapaksa brothers.
Lahore [Pakistan], May 10 (ANI): Pakistan's Punjab province former governor Omar Sarfaraz Cheema has refused to step down from the position through a notification by the cabinet division despite being denotified as Punjab governor on Tuesday.
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], May 10 (ANI): The Indian stock markets' key indices, Sensex and Nifty, closed in the red for the third straight session on Tuesday dragged by nearly 7 per cent slump in Tata Steel.
Jalalabad [Afghanistan], May 10 (ANI): A total of 63 militants affiliated with the Islamic State (IS) outfit have laid down arms and surrendered to security authorities in eastern Afghanistan, said an official statement released Tuesday.
Islamabad [Pakistan], May 10 (ANI): Saeed Ahmed Baloch, a local leader of the Balochistan National Party-Mengal (BNP-M), was gunned down by unidentified attackers in Quetta's Qambrani Road area on Monday, local media reported.
Islamabad [Pakistan], May 10 (ANI): Amid pending payments of Rs 300 billion, dozens of Chinese power producers in Pakistan said that they would be forced to shut down their power plants this month unless payments were made upfront.
Nellore (Andhra Pradesh) [India], May 9 (ANI): A 33-year old jilted lover allegedly committed suicide after killing a girl who turned down his marriage proposal in the Nellore district of Andhra Pradesh, informed the police on Monday.