China’s state-run media report that a court in the country has sentenced a former agriculture and rural affairs minister to death with a two-year reprieve for receiving massive bribes.

An Argentinian man showed up to his own funeral, leaving mourners bewildered as to whose body they were burying.

At least four people have been killed and eight others injured after a gunman drove a vehicle into a Michigan church, opened fire and set the building ablaze, police say.

The India-European Free Trade Association’s (EFTA) Trade and Economic Partnership Agreement (TEPA) will officially become operational on October 1, with the four-nation bloc comprising Switzerland, Norway, Iceland and Liechtenstein.

On September 22, 2025, Taiwan’s Coast Guard Administration (CGA) made headlines with a chilling revelation: a Taiwan-flagged fishing vessel, YAMA68, was intercepted off the coast of Pingtung County carrying a staggering 718 kilograms of narcotics.

Goldman Sachs’ September list of top stock picks looks less like a vote of confidence in American dynamism than like insurance against its fragility.

Kenyan President President William Ruto has once again put Africa at the center of global conversation. In a powerful speech delivered at the United Nations

The world’s highest bridge opened to traffic in China on Sept 28, state media said, capping an engineering feat three years in the making and snatching the record from another bridge in the same province.

Iran has recalled its envoys to the United Kingdom, France and Germany for consultations, according to state media, after the three European countries triggered a mechanism reinstating the United Nations’ sanctions on the Islamic Republic for the f

A healthy mix of targeted schemes, region-specific incentives, and intensive connectivity projects has translated into faster improvements of human development indicators in Northeast India, driving fresh momentum for the local economy. The past ten

Thirty-one people, including women and children, are feared dead after a stampede broke out during Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) chief Vijay’s campaign rally in Tamil Nadu’s Karur on Saturday. The incident forced the actor-turned-politician to t

Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Friday, highlighting the human rights violations in Kashmir and Palestine and condemning terrorism, reiterated Pakistan’s commitment to peace and dialogue but vowed to resolutely defend the nation against any extern

Shock and sadness has swept across Jamaica and the wider Caribbean after the death of 26-year-old model and former Miss Universe contestant Tyra Spaulding.

Digital ID will be mandatory in order to work in the UK, as part of plans to tackle illegal migration.

A federal grand jury in the US state of Virginia has formally charged former FBI Director James Comey with two offences related to testimony he gave to Congress.

A fire broke out Friday morning at a clothing factory in northern Egypt, killing at least eight people and injuring 35 others, the Egyptian Health Ministry said.

President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Thursday declaring that his plan to sell Chinese-owned TikTok’s U.S. operations to U.S. and global investors will address the national security requirements in a 2024 law.

South Korea has legalised tattoo artistry by non-medical professionals for the first time in more than 30 years, following a campaign by members of the profession to work without fear of prosecution or harassment.

China operates the world’s largest distant-water fishing (DWF) fleet, and its dominance in global fisheries has come at an increasingly unsustainable cost. With more than 16,000 active vessels—far exceeding the government’s official cap of 3,00

Police believe the friends were tricked into going to a house at night, having been invited to a fake event.

More than 1,000 children have fallen ill from free school lunches in Indonesia this week, according to authorities – the latest in a string of mass food poisoning events linked to President Prabowo Subianto’s multi-billion-dollar nutritious meals

Indian security forces have imposed a curfew in Leh, the capital of the Himalayan region of Ladakh, after at least four people were killed in violent clashes between police and protesters demanding statehood for the federal territory.

Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy has been found guilty of criminal conspiracy in a case related to taking millions of euros of illicit funds from the late Libyan leader Col Muammar Gaddafi.

YANGWANG, the luxury sub-brand of global new-energy vehicle (NEV) leader BYD, has set a new global production-car top-speed record of 496.22km/h at the ATP Automotive Testing Papenburg test track in Germany.

Malawi’s former President Peter Mutharika has been declared the winner of last week’s elections, in a huge comeback for the 85-year-old.

Denmark’s Aalborg airport in the country’s north has been closed after unauthorised drones were seen in its airspace, according to local authorities.

The World Uyghur Congress (WUC) has strongly condemned a recent wave of false allegations directed at its Executive Committee Chair, Rushan Abbas, calling the claims part of a coordinated effort to undermine Uyghur human rights advocacy.

The UN, human rights groups and media freedom watchdogs have condemned reports that Zhang Zhan, a Chinese citizen journalist, was sentenced to jail for the second time last week.

US President Donald Trump criticised the United Nations after facing a broken escalator and a malfunctioning teleprompter at its New York headquarters.

The tiger handler who was fatally mauled in Oklahoma recently was killed as horrified onlookers – including his wife and daughter – watched during the end of a big cat show, local officials said Monday.