The United States and Canada, which had 57 citizens on board, had blamed an Iranian action for bringing down the aircraft.

The Boeing 737 belonging to Ukraine International Airlines crashed near the airport and burst into flames.

JNU students on social media blamed members of the ABVP, the youth wing of the Hindu nationalist Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh - the ideological parent of India’s ruling BJP.

Authorities are worried the fires could turn out to be worse than New Year’s Eve, when they burnt massive tracts of bushland and forced thousands of residents and summer holidaymakers to seek refuge on beaches.

Showing no signs of seeking to reduce tensions raised by the strike on Friday that he ordered, the U.S. president issued a stern threat to Iran on Twitter.

Iraqi militia commander Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis was also killed in an air strike at Baghdad airport, according to the spokesman for Iraq's Popular Mobilisation Forces umbrella grouping of Iran-backed militias

According to Kazakhstan's Civil Aviation Committee, the aircraft, heading for the capital, Nur-Sultan, on a pre-dawn flight, lost altitude during takeoff and broke through a concrete fence before hitting a two-storey building.

The Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) aims to fast-track citizenship for persecuted Hindus, Parsis, Sikhs, Buddhists, Jains and Christians who arrived in India before Dec. 31, 2014, from Muslim-majority Afghanistan, Bangladesh and Pakistan.

The districts that are facing a complete internet shutdown are Hapur, Moradabad, Saharanpur, Muzzafarnagar, Shamli, Lucknow, Prayagraj, Unnao, Agra, Sultanpur, Mau, Bagpat, Meerut, Bulandshahr, Azamgarh, Kanpur, Pilibhit.

Citing law and order concerns, officials said authorities imposed bans on Thursday in parts of the capital and two big states.

Trump became the third U.S. president to be impeached.

This is the first time in Pakistan's history that a military chief has been declared guilty of high treason and handed the death sentence.

Police officers stormed campus grounds to confront protesters they said fled into the university and threw stones at police.

Two people were killed in Assam state on Thursday when police opened fire on mobs torching buildings and attacking railway stations in protest at new citizenship rules signed into law on Thursday.

Nearly half a century after Britain joined the EU, Johnson must now strike new international trade deals, preserving London’s position as a top global financial capital and keeping the United Kingdom together.

As India’s upper house of parliament passed the bill, protests took place across India’s northeast.

Pro-democracy camp takes majority of district seats.

Amit Shah also defended the government's actions in Kashmir, and said not a single person has died in the region.

Beijing lodges strong protest against approval of special administrative region-related bill by Senate.

This will see two brothers holding the top positions in the government of Sri Lanka for the first time in its history.