US President Donald Trump on Monday announced a 25 percent tariff on any country trading with Iran, ramping up pressure on Tehran over its violent crackdown on a wave of protests.
Meta plans to cut around 10% of the employees in its Reality Labs division who work on products including the metaverse, the New York Times reported on Monday, citing three people with knowledge of the discussions.
Some Iranians are still using Elon Musk's Starlink satellite internet service despite a nationwide communications blackout, three people inside the country said, the latest example of Starlink being used to counter internet shutdowns in geopolitical
Venezuela's interim president Delcy Rodriguez on Monday added a former bodyguard of her ousted predecessor Nicolas Maduro to her cabinet in one of the first ministerial changes of her administration.
US President Donald Trump will host Venezuelan opposition leader and Nobel Peace Prize laureate Maria Corina Machado on Thursday at the White House, a senior administration official told AFP.
A violent crackdown on a wave of protests in Iran has killed at least 648 people, a rights group said on Monday, as Iranian authorities sought to regain control of the streets with mass nationwide rallies.
United Nations monitors recorded more civilian deaths in Ukraine in 2025 than in any other year except 2022, as hostilities flared along the frontline and Russia expanded its use of long-range weapons, the UN's top rights body said Monday.
US-based astronomer Professor Shrinivas Kulkarni has been awarded the prestigious Gold Medal by the Royal Astronomical Society (RAS) in London for his "field-defining" discoveries in time-domain astronomy.
Jharkhand's millennia-old megalithic culture is set to be presented on the global stage.
Facebook owner Meta has named Dina Powell McCormick, a former Trump administration adviser and longtime finance executive, as president and vice chairman of the tech giant.
Tech giants Apple and Google announced Monday a multi-year partnership that will see Apple's next-generation artificial intelligence features, including its Siri chatbot, powered by Google's Gemini technology.
Greenland's government on Monday said it could not accept a US takeover of the Arctic island under "any circumstance", while stressing it would work to develop the island's defence under NATO.
It would be the end of NATO if the U.S. took Greenland by force and European Union member states are under obligation to come to Denmark's assistance if it was faced with military aggression, the European Commissioner for Defence and Space said.
US President Donald Trump has said that he is "inclined" to keep ExxonMobil out of Venezuela after its top executive described conditions in the South American nation as "uninvestable".
The European Parliament has banned all Iranian diplomats and representatives from the assembly's premises over a deadly crackdown on protests in Iran, the body's president, Roberta Metsola, announced on Monday.
A Hindu auto driver, Samir Das, was beaten to death in Bangladesh, the latest in the series of attacks on Hindu minorities in the country, say local media reports.
The jamming of Elon Musk's Starlink satellite internet used by some Iranian opposition members has led to an information blackout in the crisis-hit nation.
Barham Salih has known torture and the wrenching loss of exile. Four decades after his own ordeal, he has taken the helm of the UN refugee agency as it grapples with a funding shortfall and ever-rising needs.
A channel of communication is open between Iran and US President Donald Trump's special envoy for the Middle East despite the lack of diplomatic relations, the Iranian foreign ministry spokesman said Monday.
NDTV went to the houses of both Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, and the religious leader who overthrew him, Ruhollah Khomeini, in Iran's capital Tehran.
Nearly 15,000 nurses walked off their jobs at major New York City hospitals in a health care strike.
The White House says that US could carry out air strikes against Iran but would prefer diplomatic solution.
US Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said the new investigation is a pretext to undermine the bank’s independence.
Foreign minister says he hopes Washington will choose ‘wise option’ of dialogue after Trump threatens US intervention.
Former fed chairs called the indictment an 'unprecedented attempt' to undermine the independence of the US central bank.
Seven-year-old Toulin Al-Hindi faces the threat of sniper fire each day to reach her tented school in northern Gaza.
Donald Trump's seizure threats unnerve islanders, Denmark, European Union and NATO.
Xabi Alonso splits from the club a day after their Super Cup loss to Barcelona, with Alvaro Arbeloa named in his place.
Pressure on after Starmer said Musk's X needs to 'get a grip' on Grok; Downing Street has threatened to leave platform.
Portugal’s global trading empire - from fortified ports to faith-fuelled profits - across Africa, Brazil, and Asia.
Thousands of Iranians showed up at Tehran’s Enghelab Square to show their support for the government.
The Venezuelan opposition figure has been largely frozen out of US discussions over the country's future.
Self-governed Danish territory says NATO is in charge of defence of the island and that it will not accept US takeover.
Mogadishu accuses Abu Dhabi of undermining national unity as rift deepens over breakaway regions.
An increase in the use of long-range weapons by Russia has led to more casualties in Ukraine, according to a UN monitor.
Sudan's army is redeploying forces to regain territory in Kordofan and Darfur from the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces
Diaz-Canel rejects Trump’s threats, emphasising Cuba's independence and commitment to defending its sovereignty.
Israeli municipal authorities are discussing plans to advance an illegal settlement in occupied East Jerusalem.
Penitentiary Services Ministry says those freed had been 'deprived of their liberty' for disruptive acts.
Pre-tournament favourites Senegal face AFCON's most successful team in Wednesday's eagerly awaited first semifinal.
LAPD say they are looking into “assault with a deadly weapon” charges after a drove truck through Iran protesters.
Violent protests and a fierce security crackdown have killed hundreds of people in Iran.
Crackdown on protests in Iran has resulted in multiple deaths and an internet blackout.
Residents start returning to areas previously controlled by SDF fighters after their withdrawal from the city.
PLC takes control of southern Yemen, but challenges for a united Yemen remain amid Houthi control of Sanaa.