The death toll from caste riots in northern India has risen to 19, a state government official told AFP on Monday, adding that the protests had eased overnight.
At least 21 people died in an armed assault on a university in Pakistan Wednesday, where witnesses reported two large explosions as security forces moved in under dense fog to halt the bloodshed.
A court in Dubai on Tuesday sentenced a Frenchman to life in prison following his conviction for drug trafficking, Emirati media reported.
A Syrian suicide bomber on Tuesday struck the heart of Istanbul's busiest tourist district, killing 10 people, nine of them Germans, in the latest deadly attack blamed on Islamic State jihadists.
