US President Barack Obama did in Latin America what he tried to do in Europe: tell worried citizens not to draw negative conclusions about the man he once called unfit to serve in the White House, President-elect Donald Trump.

A controversial leader of the Communist Party of India (Marxist), who once admitted his party had often killed its rivals, was yesterday appointed a minister in Kerala.

At least 120 people died, many in their sleep, and more than 200 were injured after a passenger train derailed early yesterday in the northern state of Uttar Pradesh.

From deploying ‘cash coolies’ to buying Rolex watches, Indians have found unique ways to dodge the government’s surprise move to withdraw high value bills in a bid to tackle widespread corruption and tax evasion.

Bharatiya Janata Party president Amit Shah yesterday defended the government’s demonitisation decision, saying the “bold” move has hit terror groups hard, leaving them penniless.

An engineer has filed a petition in the Madurai bench of the Madras High Court charging that tourists were polluting the natural waterfalls with their oil baths in Courtallam town in southern Tirunelveli.

A central London sex traffic gang which earned thousands of pounds a week by pimping out prostitutes has been jailed.

Britain’s first budget plan since the Brexit vote will not include a big new spending push because of “eye-wateringly” high public debt levels, but will have some help for the economy and struggling families, the country’s finance minister said.

Pangolin Mi Bo has seen better days. He arrived at a rescue centre in Vietnam missing a paw after it was cut off in a snare trap.

Eight people were killed yesterday when fighting broke out in a northern Myanmar town on the border with China, a region long plagued by ethnic rebel insurgencies.

Hundreds of protesters rallied in Washington, DC, on Saturday to express outrage at a gathering of white nationalists celebrating US President-elect Donald Trump’s victory, according to media reports.

Sadiq Khan has demanded Volkswagen pay £2.5mn to Transport for London to compensate congestion charge money lost following the “dieselgate” scandal.