Iraqi security forces arrest the gunman in the assassination of the mayor of the central city of Karbala.

Moscow's mayor says the city would give away free cars in a prize draw for residents who get the COVID-19 shot in an effort to speed up the sluggish rate of vaccinations amid surging coronavirus cases.

More than 20 people were shot during another bloody weekend in New York.

An unidentified gunman shoots dead a man and injures a woman in Paris before fleeing on a motorcycle, in what is appeared to be a private quarrel.

Prime Minister Boris Johnson has imposed an 'inadequate' financial support package on the Greater Manchester region against the wishes of local leaders.

Japan is marking 75 years since the United States dropped a nuclear bomb on Hiroshima, with ceremonies downsized due to the coronavirus pandemic.

New York’s mayor has threatened to take US President Donald Trump to court if he moves to send federal agents to the city.

Seoul City Mayor Park Won-soon is found dead, Yonhap news agency reports.

The speaker for a city council in Taiwan jumps to his death from his 17th-floor apartment.

Former Tehran Mayor Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf has been sworn in as the new speaker of the Iranian Parliament.