Iran has seized an oil tanker in the Gulf of Oman, Iranian media said overnight Friday to Saturday, adding that 18 crew members from India, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh were on board.
Imran Khan's detention has become a focal point of Pakistan's deep political divisions following his removal from office in April 2022 and the subsequent crackdown on his Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party.
The Trump administration diverted more than $2 billion from US military funds in 2025 to support immigration enforcement operations, weakening military readiness and straining servicemembers, according to a report released by Democratic lawmakers.
Washington has the leverage needed to convince leaders opposed to Ukraine's membership to change their stance, Zelensky told journalists on Thursday.
A US special operations team in the Indian Ocean raided a ship headed to Iran from China last month and seized military-related articles, the Wall Street Journal reported on Friday, citing US officials.
Shehbaz Sharif met Vladimir Putin and Recep Tayyip Erdogan on the sidelines of the International Forum dedicated to the International Year of Peace and Trust in Turkmenistan.
Twenty US states filed a lawsuit challenging the Trump Administration's decision to impose a $100,000 fee on new H-1B visa petitions, arguing the policy is unlawful and threatens essential public services.
Iranian security forces on Friday detained the 2023 Nobel Peace Prize winner Narges Mohammadi along with at least eight other activists in an arrest condemned as "brutal" by the Norwegian Nobel committee.
Following a week of deadly border clashes that have killed at least 20 and displaced around half a million people, US President Donald Trump on Friday announced that Thailand and Cambodia agreed to immediately renew their ceasefire agreement.
Three members of the US House of Representatives on Friday introduced a resolution aimed at terminating President Donald Trump's national emergency declaration that imposed tariffs of up to 50 per cent on imports from India.
Americans are deeply skeptical of President Donald Trump's handling of the Jeffrey Epstein scandal, though he is shoring up support among his core Republican followers who have long focused on the case, a new Reuters/Ipsos poll found.
King Charles said on Friday his treatment for cancer can be reduced in the next year as he talked about his experience living with the disease in a televised address.
Fighter jets, bombers and surveillance drones: the United States military has flown a variety of aircraft along Venezuela's coast in recent weeks, an AFP analysis shows, amid growing fears of conflict between the countries.
An Indian-origin millionaire, Vikram Beri, was arrested in the United States for allegedly trying to set fire to a winery in California. While trying to flee, he intentionally crashed into two parked cars.
YouTube has hit pause on a dating show that whisked eight men and women from deeply conservative Pakistan to a sun-soaked Istanbul villa, where the strangers mingled, flirted and searched for chemistry.
Germany on Friday accused Russia of a cyberattack targeting its air traffic control and spreading disinformation ahead of February's general election, charges dismissed by Russia as "absurd" and "baseless".
Rains drenched Gaza's tent camps, and dropping temperatures chilled Palestinians huddling inside them Thursday as winter storm Byron descended on the war-battered territory.
The European Union looked set on Friday to indefinitely freeze Russian central bank assets held in Europe, removing a big obstacle to using the cash to help Ukraine defend itself against Moscow's invasion.
Ukraine's special forces said on Friday they had conducted an operation alongside what they described as a local resistance movement to hit two Russian ships transporting weapons and military equipment in the Caspian sea.
A moving scene unfolded in the European Parliament in Brussels when an interpreter broke down mid-sentence while translating the testimony of an 11-year-old Ukrainian boy who survived a Russian missile strike on a children's hospital in Vinnytsia.
Cambodia's Ministry of Defence said Thai F-16 fighter jets continued to bomb targets inside country.
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Journalist told late financier he should 'get ahead' of bad publicity as he faced sex abuse allegations, emails reveal.
'I am thoroughly disillusioned with the so-called international community': East Timor's President Jose Ramos-Horta.
Incident in November latest reported instance of Trump administration's increasingly aggressive maritime tactics.
UN member states endorsed the ICJ’s findings and pressed Israel to meet its legal obligations as an occupying power.
Dozens of opposition figures being targeted in nation once seen as beacon for democracy after sparking the Arab Spring.
A North America trade deal helped Mexico get into aeroplane manufacturing. Now that is under threat with Trump.
Palestinian officials warn Israel’s new settlement plan accelerates annexation, deepens violence across occupied area.
Spain detected bird flu outbreaks among wild birds in the Madrid region after hundreds of dead storks were found.
Kilmar Abrego Garcia walked out of a US courthouse without being arrested by immigration authorities.
We look at the sectarianism that persists in Lebanon, undermining the country's unity.
Desperate Gaza families already displaced by Israel’s war face deadly collapses and freezing conditions as storm hits.
Politicians say ECHR out of date while opponents argue human rights at risk.
Families of South Africans allegedly lured into joining Russia’s military say their loved ones are stranded in Ukraine.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy thanked soldiers on the frontlines for retaking northern districts of Kupiansk.
Singer's statement follows walkout by 5 countries after organisers cleared Israel to participate in next year's contest.
How the acquisition of the legendary Hollywood studio Warner Bros could reshape the media landscape.
Trump has championed 90,000-square-foot addition, as critics say his has circumvented legally required approvals.
Athletics Integrity Unit Chair David Howman delivered the warning about the system's inability to outsmart cheats.
House Democrats urge White House to end 'cover-up' of Jeffry Epstein case and bring justice to sex abuse victims.
We compare and contrast Putin’s call for elections in Ukraine with criticism that Russia’s own elections are unfair.
Neither side has independently confirmed agreement, which comes amid five-day flare-up of cross-border fighting.
Football, under French colonial rule, was built to exclude them. So Algerians built their own club.
Salih, who fled Saddam Hussein's regime, campaigned for job on basis that he knows what it is like to be a refugee.