A unique wedding ritual among Chinaâs Baoâan ethnic group known as âflogging the father-in-lawâ sees the family of the groom symbolically whip the brideâs father 20 times. As he endures his âpunishmen...
Melting Arctic ice around Greenland opens new shipping routes and intensifies US competition with Russia and China, Trump has said. imageBROKER/Olaf KrĂŒger/Getty Images Trump's renewed talks to annex ...
Many people celebrated Christmas Day with a traditional mass on Thursday, while others enjoyed the holiday with tiramisu at Sydney's Bondi Beach or watching a parade of Ukrainian soldiers in Lviv. In ...
The raids came a day after three police officers and six suspected Islamic State (IS) members were killed in a gunfight in northwest Turkey....
On the last day of 2025, DeepSeek published a new technical paper, with founder and CEO Liang Wenfeng among the 19 co-authors, about âmanifold-constrained hyper-connectionsâ â a general framework for ...
Local authorities in Crans-Montana admitted failing to conduct fire and safety inspections at Le Constellation bar, where a fire killed 40 and injured 116 during New Year celebrations....
Wheels were turning in more ways than one at a packed Hong Kong Velodrome last month when cyclist Ceci Lee Sze-wing rode to her third gold medal of the 15th National Games. Roared on by home spectator...
A Thai fortune-teller was arrested in Pattaya on Thursday after being accused of telling a client she would soon face bad luck and lose a valuable possession on New Yearâs Day, then allegedly making g...
Beijingâs top office overseeing Hong Kong affairs said on New Yearâs Day that the cityâs administration had lived up to expectations, stressing its effective response to the deadly Tai Po fire demonst...
Patria's CAVS 6x6 was built in Finland, a country known for building systems that can perform in brutal arctic conditions. Patria European NATO countries have been flocking to an armored vehicle progr...
NORFOLK, VIRGINIA - JUNE 24: U.S. Navy sailors stand along the deck as they prepare for the aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford to depart from the Naval Station Norfolk on June 24, 2025, in Norfolk, V...
NATO has identified interceptor drones as a promising new tool for air defense. Artur Widak/Anadolu via Getty Images NATO militaries are seeking air defense tools that are more affordable than expensi...
Japanâs economy is likely to fall behind Indiaâs in 2026 to fifth place in the world, according to an International Monetary Fundâs estimate, potentially diminishing the East Asian nationâs presence o...
The Communist Party and Taiwanâs Kuomintang (KMT) appear to be in the final stages of talks to revive an inter-party forum suspended nine years ago. The three-day forum, designed to facilitate party-t...
Malaysiaâs tourism minister has urged the public to be more friendly to visitors and take cleanliness seriously as the country ramps up preparations for Visit Malaysia 2026, after several government a...
Protests in Tehran have entered their 13th day, with severe internet shutdowns limiting communication amid what have become the biggest anti-government demonstrations in years. Euronews outlines the d...
'We are at war against drug trafficking organizations, it's not a war against Venezuela,' Secretary of State Marco Rubio told NBC News. His comments come a day after US military forces captured Presid...
Videos verified by the Observers team show Iranian security forces attacking a hospital in Ilam, Iran, on the night of 3-4 January. The footage shows security forces firing shotguns and tear gas as th...
The energy is contagious, and that passion is driving the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations. Groups A and B returned to action yesterday for the first day of the second round with the host nation Morocco als...
According to Trump, his administration was in talks to set up a meeting with Tehran, but he cautioned that he may have to act first as reports of the death toll in Iran mount and the government contin...