Aspiring prime minister and political heavyweight Tarique Rahman was welcomed back to Bangladesh on Thursday by huge crowds of joyous supporters after 17 years in self-imposed exile. Rahman, the son o...
With less than a week to go until a presidential summit, China’s top diplomat has used talks with his South Korean counterpart to reassert Beijing’s stand on Taiwan and take aim at Tokyo. In a phone c...
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...
Australian police are investigating a “suspicious fire” after a car carrying a sign celebrating the Jewish festival of Hanukkah was set ablaze on Thursday in Melbourne. The empty car, which had a “Hap...
📋 Key Facts ✓ The Council of the European Union endorsed the launch of the digital euro. ✓ The digital euro is developed by the Europea...
Two men arrested over a 1 billion yen (US$6.4 million) robbery in Hong Kong were remanded in custody after appearing at Fanling Court on Friday. Lee Wan-kwong, 36, and Lee Chun-wa, 28, were each charg...
The search for the missing Malaysia Airlines plane has been restarted again. Supian Ahmad/NurPhoto via Getty Images Malaysia has resumed the search for MH370, the plane that disappeared mysteriously i...
📋 Key Facts ✓ Parts of Britain’s rail network will close for engineering work. ✓ Closures are scheduled over the festive period. ...
📋 Key Facts ✓ The Srebrenica genocide took place in Bosnia and Herzegovina. ✓ It is associated with profound horrors during the Bosnian...
📋 Key Facts ✓ Parliament passed the Virtual Asset Service Providers Bill, 2025, legalizing bitcoin and crypto trading. ✓ The Bank of Gh...
📋 Key Facts ✓ iRobot filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy on December 14 and will be acquired by Picea Robotics. ✓ Founded in 1990 by Colin ...
Moscow has made a "proposal" to France concerning the case of researcher Laurent Vinatier, who has been imprisoned in Russia since June 2024, the Kremlin said Thursday. Vinatier was sentenced by a Rus...
📋 Key Facts ✓ Grenades are used in close-quarters trench combat and dropped from drones in Ukraine's war. ✓ US provided over 500,00...
Ivory Coast delivered a thrilling spectacle on the final Group F day at the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations. Trailing 2-0 after just 21 minutes against already-eliminated Gabon, the Elephants turned the ga...
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 ...
At least seven people were killed on Wednesday when an explosion tore through a crowded mosque in the northeastern Nigerian city of Maiduguri during evening prayers, according to witnesses and securit...
First fatalities follow days of demonstrations over economic distress...
2026 will test his limits and the extent of America’s pushback...
Talks expected to address the most sensitive parts of US peace plan...
China has warned that the rapid expansion of internet satellite constellations such as SpaceX’s Starlink presented “pronounced safety and security challenges”. Addressing an informal United Nations Se...