Hundreds killed after earthquake hits Afghanistan, state broadcaster says The earthquake struck the east of the country near ...

A strong earthquake has hit eastern Afghanistan near the Pakistan border, killing at least 500 people and injuring at least 1,000 others, the state-run broadcaster says. The public health ministry ...

Local media have named the victim as 34-year-old Jessica Cariad Hopkins. The Foreign Office say they are supporting the ...

At least 43 Palestinians have been killed in Gaza since Saturday, according to local hospitals, as the Israeli offensive on Gaza City intensifies. Most of the casualties were reported in Gaza City.

The earthquake struck the east of the country near the Pakistan border at 11.47pm local time (8.17pm UK time) on Sunday, the German Research Centre for Geosciences said.

Vladimir Putin, Narendra Modi and leaders of eight other nations posed for a family photo as they met for the latest summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation.