Cited diplomatic protocol, the New York City medical examiners office has said it will not release the cause and manner of death for Russias ambassador to the United Nations, who died last month after collapsing in his office. ....

The Pakistani parliament has adopted the landmark Hindu Marriage Law to regulate the community's marriages in the country. ....

Two people were killed and one injured following a shootout in a cafe in Basel, Switzerland, a media report said on Thursday. ....

At least 22 people were killed and 40 others injured when a passenger bus plunged down some 200 meters from a highway in Nepal's far-western Jajarkot district on Thursday. ....

At least 23 civilians were killed in airstrikes by the US-led international coalition near the Syrian city of al-Raqqa, a British war monitor reported on Thursday. ....

FBI Director James Comey warned that Americans should not have expectations of "absolute privacy" after the disclosure of a range of hacking tools used by the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). ....

A legal adviser to the International Criminal Court (ICC) has said that North Korea leader Kim Jong-un can be referred to the world judicial body if found to have orchestrated the killing of his estranged half brother, media report said on Thursday. ....

A woman from the Hindu community was axed to death in Pakistan's Balochistan province, a media report said on Thursday. ....

US Marines arrived in northern Syria with artillery to support Washington-backed local forces fighting the Islamic State (IS) terror group, according to top officials. ....

Twenty-one girls died and 37 others were injured in a fire at a children's shelter home in central Guatemala. ....