At least seven people died in North Carolina on Thursday as flash floods swept through parts of the state, authorities said, adding at least two people were missing.

His Highness the Deputy Amir Sheikh Abdullah bin Hamad al-Thani received at the Amiri Diwan on Monday the credentials of seven new ambassadors to Qatar.

Iraq's Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi said on Tuesday that President Donald Trump's decision to ban Iraqis from travelling to the United States punishes those who are "fighting terrorism".

Seven members of an outlawed Bangladeshi Islamist group have been charged with the attempted murder

Al Qaeda and the Islamic State group both have a presence in Aden, where Islamist militants occupy government buildings and are seen patrolling several districts

Suspected Maoist rebels attacked a police convoy in a remote part of eastern India, killing five officers and two civilians, police said yesterday.