'We are concerned that India's new Citizenship (Amendment) Act 2019 is fundamentally discriminatory in nature,' U.N. human rights spokesman Jeremy Laurence told a Geneva news briefing. The United Nations human rights office voiced concern on Friday that India's new citizenship law is 'fundamentally discriminatory in nature' by excluding Muslims and called for it to be reviewed.

Republicans participate in a convoy with their vehicles and vans in support of U.S. President Donald Trump, ahead of 2020 United States presidential election, in New York, United States on December 12, 2019.

Gas canisters were found in an apartment where a blast occurred early on Friday in the eastern German city of Blankenburg, killing one person and injuring 11 others, one of them severely, the city's mayor said.

Indian villagers wanted to protect a rare two-headed cobra due to their 'mythical beliefs'. The reptile, which was spotted in India's eastern Midnapore city, is capable of killing an elephant with a single bite, according to reports.

Strong winds batterred a military base in the south of Israel, injuring at least 4 Israeli soldiers.

Dozens of villagers cut open a metal pot to save a three-year-old child whose head was stuck in the utensil in India.

British Pirime Minister Boris Johnson and his partner Carrie Symonds were seen with their dog Dilyn who stole the show at Johnson's celebration ceremony in London after his constituency won big in Thursday's election.

A white lion at a Karachi Zoo attacked and seriously injured a keeper who was feeding it with raw meat through the bars on Monday.

Various shots as foggy weather is seen in Turgutlu district of Turkey's western Manisa province on December 12, 2019.

Various shots of Palestinian girls take part in a karate training in Gaza City, Gaza on December 11, 2019. Female Karate team in the besieged Gaza strip is aiming to win medals for Palestine at an international tournament.

Abdullah Faliq, head of research at the Cordoba Foundation, says British Muslims traditionally vote for the Labour Party, but it would not be right to “pigeonhole' a whole community politically. He also added that this week's general election will be “crucial,' as it will “shape the future of our society.' Faliq said the issues associated with Muslims in terms of this election are Islamophobia, anti-Muslim hatred, job markets, discrimination at the workplace and education.

Catalan authorities evacuated the area around a chemical plant outside Barcelona early on Wednesday after a fire ripped through the facility in Spain's northeastern region, sending plumes of black smoke high into the air.

Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson prepared a pie at the Red Olive kitchen in Derby on Wednesday, the final day of campaigning before the British general elections.

Police waged an hours-long gunfight with two men armed with high-powered rifles on Tuesday in and around a New Jersey cemetery and kosher market, leaving six people dead, including one officer and both suspects, authorities said.

Swedish journalist Christina Doctare returned her 1988 Nobel Peace Prize to the Royal Swedish Academy on Tuesday in protest against the awarding of the 2019 literature prize to Austrian writer Peter Handke.

A large number of Egyptians and Turkish civil society groups attended a torchlight march to draw attention to unlawful detentions by the Egyptian regime in Istanbul on Dec 10, 2019.

Qatar's Embassy in Ankara marks the country's 141st National Day on December 10, 2019.

Members of Myanmar's Rohingya Muslim minority prayed for justice on the eve of hearings at the U.N.'s International Court of Justice during which leader Aung San Suu Kyi will defend the country against genocide charges.

Firefighters carry out works to extinguish the fire that broke out at a trade center in Khirdalan town of Baku, Azerbaijan on December 10, 2019.

Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu on Monday met with his Pakistani counterpart Shah Mahmood Qureshi in Istanbul.