Former Envoy Kananathan accompanied the former President of the Maldives, His Excellency Mohamed Nasheed, to the African Union (AU) Annual Summit convened in Addis Ababa.

At least 21 people have died after a passenger boat sank in River Nile state in northern Sudan, a medical group has told the BBC.

China could launch investigations into French wines or impose ’’reciprocal tariffs’’ on EU products if the French government pushes for tariffs on Chinese goods, a social media account affiliated with Chinese broadcaster CCTV said on Wednesda

James Van Der Beek, the star of 1990s teen drama ’’Dawson’s Creek,’’ died on Wednesday at the age of 48 after a battle with cancer, his wife announced on social media.

Russia has ’’attempted to fully block’’ WhatsApp in the country, the company said, as the Kremlin continues to tighten restrictions on messaging apps.

New Delhi is committed to greater indigenization of their supply chain. So, Indian firms would be doing the lion’s share of creating components and assembling a majority of the jets in India.

Wearing military fatigues with rifles slung over their shoulders, Yasma Baloch and her husband Waseem smile into the camera for a picture released by Pakistani insurgents after their final mission: detonating suicide bombs.

Asuspect has been identified in the mass shooting in a remote British Columbia town that left nine people dead, including the person believed to be the attacker.

New Zealand recently appointed its first resident defense advisor to India, highlighting the nations’ burgeoning partnership.

An airport in Texas has now grounded all flights for ten days following a national security threat.

A British woman who was shot dead by her father while visiting his home in Texas had argued with him about US President Donald Trump earlier that day, an inquest has heard.

Two Chinese nationals are set to appear in court on Feb 11, after Australian police charged them with foreign interference on grounds of covertly collecting information about a Buddhist group, on behalf of a Chinese government security agency.

A passenger plane in Somalia carrying 55 people on board crash-landed in shallow water on a seashore near the international airport on Tuesday. No one was injured in the incident.

The Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) said that 10 people, including the suspected shooter, have been killed in a shooting at a high school in the province of British Columbia, with more people injured.

Bangladesh has secured exemptions for some clothes and textiles that are made with US-produced materials, as part of a new agreement announced on Monday.

The Philippine Supreme Court in a landmark decision has ruled that same-sex couples can be considered co-owners of property.

A Greek Air Force colonel held since Thursday for allegedly selling NATO military secrets to China was under surveillance for a year and a half before his arrest, officials told Kathimerini.

India is making rapid progress towards establishing its own space station while simultaneously advancing the Gaganyaan human spaceflight mission, ISRO Programme Director Imtiyaz Ahmed said on Monday.

The world’s largest social media companies have been accused of creating ’’addiction machines’’ as a landmark trial began in California examining the mental health effects of Instagram and YouTube.

If you’re used to sharing selectively on Instagram, WhatsApp may soon let you do the same. The platform is working on a ’Close Friends”’ feature that could change how Status updates are shared.

Pakistan’s trade deficit with nine neighbouring countries widened sharply by 44.42% to $7.683 billion in the first half of fiscal year 2025-2026 (July—December), compared to $5.320 billion during the same period last year, according to the latest

Nobel Peace Prize winner Narges Mohammadi has been handed further prison sentences of seven-and-a-half years by an Iranian court, her lawyer has said.

Eight people were killed after an explosion struck a biotechnology company in northern China, triggering arrests and an ongoing official investigation.

Hong ‍Kong media tycoon Jimmy ​Lai was sentenced ‌on Monday (February 9, 2026) ​to a total of 20 years in jail on three charges comprising two counts ​of conspiracy to ⁠collude with foreign forces and one count of ​publishing ⁠seditio

China was not on the ballot in the Japanese snap election on Sunday, but it loomed large.

Japan’s ruling party, led by Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi, is set to seal a decisive win in Sunday’s snap election, exit polls suggest.

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has departed from New Delhi for his two day official visit to Malaysia.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky says the US wants the war with Russia to end by June, adding that both sides had been invited to the US for talks next week.

Democratic US senators have reportedly urged the Pentagon to conduct an immediate review of SpaceX amid allegations that Chinese investors have secretly acquired stakes in the closely held rocket maker.

Canada opened its first diplomatic outpost in Greenland in a significant show of solidarity following US President Donald Trump’s threats to take control of the territory.