Islamic State (IS) leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi has admitted defeat in Mosul, the terror group's biggest stronghold in Iraq, and has ordered militants to either flee or kill themselves in suicide attacks, media reported. ....

At least three people were killed when a powerful storm hit the US, weather officials said. ....

Former US President Barack Obama is getting closer to making his public reappearance in politics, his friend and former Attorney General Eric Holder said. ....

Two Asian women arrested on suspicion of assassinating the half-brother of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un were indicted here on Wednesday, prosecutors said. ....

In its efforts to curb fake news and violence-encouraging posts, Facebook has shut the official page of Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas's Fatah Party,media report said. ....

US president Donald Trump on Wednesday addressed a joint session of Congress and said that the country is united in condemning hate and evil in all its forms. ....

Three persons were killed and two injured when a small plane crashed into a residential neighbourhood in California, authorities said. ....

US President Donald Trump has accused his predecessor Barack Obama of being responsible for the leaks within his administration and the sizable, angry town-hall crowds Republicans have faced across the country. ....

George W. Bush broke his silence on President Donald Trump's leadership, after refusing to criticise publicly those who succeeded him since he left the Oval Office eight years ago, media report said on Monday. ....

Amina Mohammed, the new deputy UN secretary-general, will formally take office on Tuesday, UN spokesman Stephane Dujarric said. ....