
Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has launched economic-governance reforms to address the vulnerabilities identified in the International Monetary Fund’s ...

Multiple United Nations (UN) humanitarian agencies and international organisations jointly issued a statement, calling on Israel to revoke its ban on ...

The U.S. military said Wednesday it struck five alleged drug-smuggling boats over two days, killing a total of eight people while others jumped overbo...

Zohran Mamdani became mayor of New York City just after midnight Thursday, taking the oath of office at a historic, decommissioned subway station in M...

Incoming Mayor Zohran Mamdani will take his oath of office on a centuries-old Quran, marking the first time a mayor of New York City has used Islam’s ...

A day after Russia claimed that a barrage of Ukrainian drones hit Moscow and several parts of Crimea, a chilling video showing repeated strikes on Pre...

A 6.0-magnitude earthquake struck off the coast near Japan’s Noda region on Wednesday, according to the United States Geological Survey (USGS). The qu...

Major General Ahmad Vahidi has been appointed as the new Deputy Commander-in-Chief of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) by Iran’s Supreme Lea...

As the world prepares to turn the calendar page, New Zealand once again becomes one of the first countries to welcome the New Year. The celebrati...

Dubai will welcome the New Year 2026 with its largest-ever fireworks programme, staging 48 displays across 40 locations on Wednesday night, December 3...

Thailand on Wednesday released 18 Cambodian prisoners of war held for five months, fulfilling the terms of a ceasefire agreement the two countries sig...

Zohran Mamdani will become mayor of New York City as the clock ticks over into 2026 — but the celebrations are set to last through New Year’s Day.The ...

Poland's government approved a bill on Tuesday introducing "cohabitation contracts" for couples living together, a measure of recognition for same-sex...

Israel warned on Tuesday that it would suspend from January several aid organisations operating in Gaza for failing to provide details about their Pal...

Denmark's state-run postal service, PostNord, delivered its final letter on Tuesday, bringing an end to more than 400 years of traditional mail delive...

Thieves stole tens of millions of euros worth of property from safety deposit boxes inside a German bank vault that they drilled into Monday during th...

South Korea said it will formally end its dwindling yet much-criticized bear bile farming industry this week, though about 200 bears are still kept in...

Saudi Arabia bombed Yemen's port city of Mukalla on Tuesday over what it described as a shipment of weapons for a separatist force there that arrived ...

In a first, UN chief has issued his New Year’s message for the year 2026 in Hindi, among other languages, calling on world leaders today to invest in ...

The Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) on Tuesday declared seven days of official mourning following the death of its chairperson and former prime min...

US President Donald Trump has repeated his claim of resolving the India-Pakistan conflict during his bilateral meeting with visiting Israeli Prime Min...

Bangladesh's first female prime minister Khaleda Zia has died at the age of 80 after suffering from prolonged illness.Zia became Bangladesh's first fe...

Russia on Monday accused Ukraine of attempting to attack President Vladimir Putin’s residence in northern Russia, a claim Kyiv strongly denied, callin...

China on Monday said it firmly opposes Israel’s formal recognition of Somaliland as an “independent sovereign state” and its agreement to “establish d...

A fire at an Indonesian old age home killed 16 older people on Sunday evening, police said.The fire in the single-story house in Manado, Indonesia’s N...

Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari has reportedly said that he refused to take shelter in a bunker after India launched Operation Sindoor in May this...

Pakistani security forces have killed four terrorists in the Kalat district of the Balochistan province.According to the Inter-Services Public Relatio...

US President Donald Trump said Sunday he believed the leaders of Ukraine and Russia were serious about peace as he spoke with them both in what he cal...

Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum said 13 people died and another 98 were injured when a train derailed on a rail line connecting the Pacific Ocean ...

Two helicopters crashed midair in New Jersey on Sunday, killing one person and critically injuring another, authorities say. Hammonton Police Chi...
Can Lionel Messi's visit boost Indian football?