Canadian aviation authorities have asked Air India to take corrective steps and submit its response by January 26 after one of the airlines pilots was detained at Vancouver airport for allegedly being under the influence of alcohol

Saudi warplanes have reportedly struck on Friday forces in southern Yemen backed by the United Arab Emirates, a separatist leader says. There were no immediate reports of casualties.

The Ukrainian army said Friday it only hit "military targets", a day after Russia accused Kyiv of firing drones at a hotel and cafe in Ukraine's occupied south, killing 27.

Jalin White, 22, from Wisconsin, has been sentenced to 12 years in prison for throwing his 8-month-old son at a wall during a video game-related outburst.

US President Donald Trump and top Iranian officials exchanged duelling threats Friday as widening economic protests swept across parts of the Islamic Republic, further escalating tensions between the countries.

A Pakistani anti-terrorism court sentenced eight journalists and social media commentators on Friday to life imprisonment in absentia after convicting them of terrorism-related offences.

Japan's emperor is generally treated with hushed reverence, but one man stripped away all decorum -- quite literally -- during a New Year's event on Friday, local media reported.

Hundreds gathered at Birmingham's Centenary Square expecting a fireworks show on New Year's Eve following false online advertisements.

Syria has launched new currency notes replacing Assad-era imagery and dropping two zeros to ease everyday transactions.

A Disney cast member was injured while stopping a 180-kg prop from hitting the audience during an Indiana Jones stunt show at Hollywood Studios.

President Donald Trump said Friday that the United States is "locked and loaded" to respond if Iran kills protesters, after cost-of-living demonstrations in the country turned deadly.

The BJP on Friday pointed frantically at a 2024 meeting between Rahul Gandhi and US lawmaker Janice Schakowsky who this week joined seven others in asking the Indian government to release 2020 Delhi riots case accused Umar Khalid from prison.

From being targeted over 'dress codes' to resistance to women's work, Bangladesh's political reset has opened the door to forces openly hostile to women.

China has begun imposing a 13 percentsales tax on contraceptives such as condoms, birth control pills, and devices from January 1, 2026, while exempting childcare services from value-added tax (VAT).

At least 47 people were killed, and 112 others were injured in a massive fire that broke out at a luxury bar during New Year's Eve celebrations in the Swiss ski resort town of Crans-Montana, according to Italian Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani.

At least seven people have been reportedly killed in Iran as protesters and security forces clashed in several cities during demonstrations in the Islamic Republic's rural provinces over the ailing economy and rising cost of living.

Mir Yar Baloch, a leading Baloch leader and a human rights activist, has raised alarm over a deepening Beijing-Islamabad alliance, claiming China could deploy its military troops in Pakistan's Balochistan region within the next few months.

An Indian-origin cab driver who picked up a couple, including a pregnant woman, as passengers, delivered three people safely to a hospital on a cold winter night, with the female giving birth on board, local media reported.

S Jaishankar said that "nobody can tell us what we should or should not do", in an apparent reference to Operation Sindoor.

Zohran Mamdani, the Indian-origin mayor of New York City, courted controversy on social media after clips from his inaugural event went viral, showing the 34-year-old briefly extending his right arm and waving to the crowd.