A sleep-deprived and off-duty pilot, who was reportedly "high on magic mushrooms", has been accused of trying to crash an Alaska Airlines plane packed with 83 other passengers and crew on board, flying from Seattle to San Francisco.
Jiang Hui remembers his mother waving him goodbye as she left for her Malaysia Airlines flight, a bag slung across her shoulder and promising to return with souvenirs from her trip.
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella said the world is entering a new era where the "frontier of what is possible" is rapidly expanding, driven by advances in artificial intelligence. The CEO shared this during his address at the Microsoft AI Tour in Mumbai.
US President Donald Trump is reportedly exploring a new elite 'C5', or 'Core Five', forum of world powers that would bring together America, Russia, China, India and Japan, sidelining the existing Europe-dominated G7 and other traditional groupings.
A Pakistan minister has warned that the government may consider banning social media platforms if they do not cooperate with authorities.
Many artefacts from India dating back to the British Colonial era are among more than 600 "high value" items that were stolen during a burglary at a museum in Bristol.
Mark Mitchell, a leading US commentator and pollster, stirred a row after suggesting that major US firms should "de-Indianise" themselves.
The White House said Thursday the high volume of handshakes by President Donald Trump explains the adhesive bandages he has worn on the back of his right hand in recent days.
China will soon start collecting a value-added tax on contraceptive drugs and products for the first time in over three decades, a move aligned with Beijing's effort to get families to have more children after decades of limiting most to one child.
The 34-year-old's Terraform Labs created a cryptocurrency called TerraUSD that was marketed as a "stablecoin," a token that is pegged to stable assets such as the US dollar to prevent drastic fluctuations.
US strategic bombers joined a fleet of Japanese fighter jets in a joint military exercise meant to demonstrate their military cooperation around Japan's airspace, defense officials said Thursday, as tensions with China escalate.
The Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA), upgrading its initial estimated magnitude of 6.5, also warned that tsunami waves of up to one metre (three feet) could hit the northern Pacific coastline.
Kilmar Abrego Garcia was freed from immigration detention on a judge's order while he fights to stay in the US, handing a major victory to the immigrant whose wrongful deportation made him a flashpoint of Trump administration's immigration crackdown.
Walt Disney and OpenAI announced a three-year licensing deal Thursday that will allow users to create short videos featuring beloved Disney characters through artificial intelligence.
Thailand's Prime Minister dissolved parliament on Friday after three months in office, a royal decree showed, paving the way for general elections early next year.
El Salvador will use Grok, the alleged "Holocaust-denying" AI chatbot of social platform X, in public school education in a world first, President Nayib Bukele and X boss Elon Musk announced Thursday.
A new analysis by the World Health Organization reaffirmed there is no link between vaccines and autism -- contrary to theories being propagated in the United States.
After the United States, Mexico has decided to impose tariffs as high as 50 per cent on the import of select goods from India and other Asian nations that do not have a trade deal with Mexico City.
The estate of an 83-year-old Connecticut woman filed a wrongful death lawsuit Thursday against OpenAI and Microsoft, alleging the ChatGPT chatbot fueled her son's paranoid delusions and contributed to her murder.
The seizure of an oil tanker off Venezuela's coast this week comes after long-standing tensions between Washington and Caracas, starting with US sanctions in 2006 and most recently strikes against alleged drug-smuggling boats.
Storm Byron has caused a number of houses, walls and tents to collapse across the war-ravaged Gaza Strip.
Report finds paramilitary group responsible for vast majority of attacks as conflict devastates civilian population.
The 156-day trial, the most high-profile use of Beijing's draconian national security law, is set to come to a close.
Trump’s violent new tactics build on years of US sanctions and intervention that have devastated ordinary Venezuelans.
Vessels targeted by the US are supertankers that recently loaded crude oil in Venezuela.
Study finds Africa’s forests, responsible for one-fifth of global carbon removal, are now generating carbon instead.
Families in Gaza tent camps suffer soaked belongings, knee-deep water and severe hardship after torrential rains.
Cambodia rejects claims of preparing to launch Chinese-made missiles and using foreign fighters in border clashes.
For 1.5 million Palestinians living under plastic sheets, Storm Byron means more than bad weather.
Two 20cm waves were observed in locations off the northeast coast of Japan before the advisory was lifted.
Intense downpours were swept into the region this week by an 'atmospheric river' storm system from the Pacific Ocean.
North Korea’s Kim Jong Un tells key party meeting that fighting with Russia demonstrates the 'prestige of our army'.
The Midwestern state bucks a nationwide trend to embrace more partisan-leaning maps ahead of the 2026 midterm elections.
These are the key developments from day 1,387 of Russia’s war on Ukraine.
The court has been investigating the government of President Nicolas Maduro for crimes against humanity since 2023.
Twenty states had challenged the end of the programme, meant to make localities more resilient to natural disasters.
The case, filed in a California court, is the first suit linking the chatbot to murder.
Displaced Palestinians in dire need of tents, blankets, warm clothing in harsh winter climate.
Diplomatic efforts intensify with Trump impatient for a deal.
Detectives are appealing for help after hundreds of artefacts documenting British colonial history were stolen.
Ukraine leader says US wants zone as buffer between armies, underlining that referendum needed for any land schemes.
Experts are worried that Paramount-Skydance might undercut the editorial independence of CNN, among other issues.
Storm Byron is set to hit Gaza as nearly 1.5 million Palestinians shelter in flood-prone camps with little protection.
Palestine were appearing in the quarterfinals of the FIFA Arab Cup for the first time at Qatar 2025, but Saudi win 2-1.
We compare and contrast the US Coast Guard’s seizure of a Venezuelan oil tanker with US condemnation of maritime piracy.