At least 20 people have been killed by a wild elephant in nine days in the eastern Indian state of Jharkhand, officials have said, adding that the animal is yet to be captured.

About 550,000 accounts were blocked by Meta during the first days of Australia’s landmark social media ban for kids.

India’s Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) mission on Monday encountered an anomaly after launch, with the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) confirming that a deviation was observed during the rocket’s third stage.

In his Truth Social post, US President Donald Trump recognises himself as the ’Acting President of Venezuela’. Credit: Screen grab/Reuters

Chalamet, 30, continued his pursuit of greatness, and an Oscar, by beating stars including Leonardo DiCaprio and George Clooney to the award for best actor in a musical or comedy for table tennis caper Marty Supreme.

Malaysia and Indonesia have blocked access to Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot Grok over its ability to produce sexually explicit deepfakes.

Donald Trump has urged Cuba to ’’make a deal’’ or face consequences, warning that the flow of Venezuelan oil and money would now stop.

Danish shipping company Maersk (MAERSKb.CO), opens new tab is looking at increasing its use of ethanol as a fuel, which could reduce its dependence on China and boost the industry’s decarbonisation efforts, the Financial Times reported on Sunday, c

China is ramping up objections to what it sees as Japan’s desire to acquire nuclear weapons, despite Tokyo’s long-standing renunciation of such arms, deepening another fissure in the two neighbors’ increasingly tense ties.

The U.S. government issued a new security alert Saturday urging Americans in Venezuela to leave the country immediately, citing security concerns and the U.S. government’s inability to provide emergency assistance, according to the U.S. Embassy Car

Bob Weir, the guitarist who co-founded the Grateful Dead, has died aged 78. Weir, a cornerstone of the California psychedelic rock group and many of its offshoots, passed away after a battle with cancer and lung issues, according to a post on his Ins

Some Chinese online users are calling for a lightning Venezuela-style snatch of Taiwan’s leaders in a prelude to taking over the island, but analysts, scholars and security officials say China’s modernising military is still far from ready.

U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said Australia and several other countries would join a meeting of finance ministers from the Group of Seven advanced economies that he is hosting in Washington on Monday to discuss critical minerals.

United States President Donald Trump says Iran is in “big trouble” and again warned he could order military strikes as videos showed antigovernment protests raging across the country, and authorities blacked out the internet to restrain growing u

US President Donald Trump has asked for at least $100bn (£75bn) in oil industry spending for Venezuela, but received a lukewarm response at the White House as one executive warned the South American country was currently ’’uninvestable’’.

President Donald Trump says the US needs to ’’own’’ Greenland to prevent Russia and China from doing so.

US forces have seized another tanker in the Caribbean Sea, officials said, as Washington continues its efforts to control exports of Venezuelan oil.

Major airlines have canceled dozens of flights to and from Iranian cities as a result of widespread protests throughout Iran, fueled by economic hardship.

India’s finance ministry plans to scrap five-year-old restrictions on Chinese firms bidding for government contracts, two government sources said, as New Delhi seeks to revive commercial ties in an environment of reduced border tensions.

The German Government and naval shipbuilder TKMS are planning to enter into discussions with counterparts in India regarding the latter country’s potential acquisition of six new diesel-electric submarines.

ObituariesThere are moments when evidence speaks louder than official denials, and dossiers, despite their technical language, reveal a deeper political truth. In the case of Pakistan, the material that has emerged does not document isolated incident

(This Jan 7 story has been refiled to fix the last name of Venezuela’s interim president to Rodriguez, from Rodriquez, in paragraph 4)

The Indian arm of Oxford University Press (OUP) has issued an apology over the controversial portrayal of a Hindu warrior king in a book published more than two decades ago.

In an unprecedented action that has sent shockwaves through the international system, the arrest of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro marks a decisive rupture in the norms that have governed state sovereignty and diplomatic conduct for decades.

The worldwide release of Indian film star Vijay’s much-anticipated movie Jana Nayagan has been postponed, disappointing fans in Singapore who had queued for advance tickets to what is widely thought to be the actor’s final film.

Bangladesh’s flag carrier will resume direct flights between Dhaka and Pakistan’s largest city Karachi from January 29, restoring non-stop air connectivity between the two countries after over a decade, officials said on Wednesday (January 7, 202

Access to justice has emerged as a defining pillar of India’s constitutional democracy, with legal aid and pro bono services increasingly structured as enforceable rights rather than discretionary support.

A prominent tycoon wanted by United States federal prosecutors for allegedly running one of Asia’s largest transnational criminal networks has been arrested and extradited to China, Cambodian authorities said Wednesday.

United States President Donald Trump has announced that he plans to withdraw the US from 66 United Nations and international organisations, including major forums for cooperation on climate change, peace and democracy.

US President Donald Trump has been discussing ’’a range of options’’ to acquire Greenland, including use of the military, the White House said.