TikTok’s Chinese owner, ByteDance, on Thursday said it has finalized a deal to establish a majority American-owned joint venture that will secure U.S. data, to avoid a U.S. ban on the short video app used by over 200 million Americans.

Japan has suspended operations at the world’s largest nuclear power plant, hours after its restart, its operator has said.

Bangladesh have reiterated their stance on not travelling to India for the T20 World Cup and will, once again, request the International Cricket Council (ICC) to relocate their games to Sri Lanka despite the global cricket body’s refusal to change

The death toll from a fire at a shopping centre in Karachi has risen to at least 60, after at least 30 bodies were found in a single burned shop, Pakistani officials have said.

Pakistan expects to sign an agreement with Russia on the restoration and modernization of the Karachi steel plant during Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif’s visit to Moscow, scheduled for March, Pakistani Ambassador to Russia Faisal Niaz Tirmi

The U.S. is due to officially exit the World Health Organization on Thursday, in the face of warnings it will hit both U.S. health and global health and also in violation of a U.S. law that requires Washington to pay the U.N. health agency $260 milli

Three people have died after a reported shooting in a small town in New South Wales, Australia, police say.

Days before the European Union’s top leadership arrives in India as chief guests for the Republic Day celebrations and for the 16th EU-India Summit on January 27, the bloc’s High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Kaja Kallas

A fire tore through a crowded mall in Karachi this past weekend, leaving at least 23 people dead and dozens missing on Monday in the latest tragedy that urban planners and shopkeepers have blamed on chronic mismanagement in Pakistan’s largest city.

China’s population has shrunk for the fourth straight year as birthrates hit a record low, national data shows.

A Japanese court has sentenced the killer of former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to life in prison.

A sightseeing helicopter carrying three people has gone missing near Mount Aso, one of Japan’s most active volcanoes.

US President Donald Trump on Tuesday criticised the UK’s deal to hand sovereignty of the Chagos Islands to Mauritius, calling it an ’’act of great stupidity’’ and ’’total weakness.’’

A lifelong snowboard enthusiast, Mr. Yan spent years chasing fresh powder across China’s growing network of ski resorts. This year, he took a different leap: he launched his own snowboarding company, SnowRidge, turning a personal passion into a com

U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday threatened to impose 200% tariffs on French wines and champagne after French President Emmanuel Macron was reported to be unwilling to join his “Board of Peace” on Gaza.

Topping the National Corruption Perception Survey again in 2025 has reinforced the wider and deeply rooted perception that the police department is the most corrupt institution in Pakistan. About a quarter of people interviewed by Transparency Intern

US President Donald Trump insists his country needs to acquire Greenland for national security reasons and has not ruled out using military force.

Italian fashion designer Valentino Garavani, known as Valentino, has died at the age of 93.

An earthquake of magnitude 5.7 struck Ladakh’s Leh on Monday. The tremors were also felt in Jammu and Kashmir, Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK), and nearby regions of India’s neighbouring countries in the north.

On a cold winter night, around 200km (125 miles) from the Indian capital Delhi, dozens of people huddle around telescopes, waiting for darkness to settle over the landscape.

At least 21 people have been killed after a crash involving high-speed trains in southern Spain, as authorities warn the death toll could rise overnight.

A massive fire that tore through a shopping centre in Pakistan’s largest city has killed eight people, including a firefighter, and rescuers are racing to find dozens more still missing.

England’s cricketers will be subject to a midnight curfew for the rest of the winter following their ill-discipline during the Ashes and the New Zealand tour that preceded it.

The European Union is moving to force the phase-out of Chinese‑made equipment from critical infrastructure, barring companies such as Huawei and ZTE (000063.SZ), opens new tab from telecom networks and solar energy systems, the Financial Times repo

Indonesian authorities have found the wreckage of a surveillance aircraft that went missing in South Sulawesi, but all 11 people on board are still unaccounted for.

President Donald Trump on Saturday vowed to implement a wave of increasing tariffs on European allies until the United States is allowed to buy Greenland, escalating a row over the future of Denmark’s vast Arctic island.

A Chinese reconnaissance drone briefly flew over the Taiwan-controlled Pratas Islands at the top end of the South China Sea on Saturday, in what Taiwan’s Defense Ministry called a ’’provocative and irresponsible’’ move.

India plans to make it much easier for foreign firms to invest in defence companies, two government sources with knowledge of the matter said - a move that would align with efforts to boost domestic manufacturing after last year’s conflict with Pak

Veteran President Yoweri Museveni was the landslide winner of Uganda’s presidential election, the chief of the electoral commission said on Saturday.

Seven people were killed and three others wounded in a suspected extortion-linked mass shooting in Marikana near Cape Town, with police launching a manhunt for the gunmen