The Indian government has confidentially ordered companies including Apple, Samsung and Xiaomi to preload their phones with an app called Sanchar Saathi.

About 82% of this year's mass killings involved a firearm. Since 2006, 3,234 people have died in mass killings and 81% of them were shooting victims.

Hong Kong has a legal mechanism to set up "commissions of inquiry", which in the past were usually led by judges to undertake complex fact-finding exercises -- a practice left over from British colonial rule.

The report released Tuesday likens the situation to the "Great Divergence" of the industrial revolution, when many Western countries saw rapid modernization while others fell behind.

The fire burned for more than 40 hours, and during that time Hong Kong social media was flooded with posts from worried pet lovers.

A man living with HIV has been declared AIDS-free after receiving a stem cell transplant to treat blood cancer. He becomes the seventh person in the world to be declared HIV-free

Europe may well even have to accept a growing economic partnership between Washington, its traditional protector in the NATO alliance, and Moscow, which most European governments - and NATO itself - say is the greatest threat to European security.

One suspect is accused of hacking 63,000 cameras and making 545 sexually exploitative videos, which he sold for 35 million won (about Rs 21 lakh).

New high-resolution satellite imagery with NDTV indicates that Pakistan has cleared out debris of a hangar at its airbase in Sukkur, struck by the Indian Air Force during Operation Sindoor on May 10 this year.

Since 2007, more than 200 gang-related homicides in British Columbia alone have been linked to rival Punjabi-Canadian gangs fighting for control of the lucrative cross-border drug trade

Vladimir Putin is protected by an inner circle of highly trained guards, selected through strict criteria including age, height, physical and psychological fitness, loyalty, and extensive background checks.

Melania Trump on Monday unveiled the holiday decorations for her family's first Christmas back at the White House and her theme is "Home Is Where the Heart Is."

Captain Sean Barbabella, Trump's White House physician, who said the president underwent a "comprehensive executive physical" including advanced MRI imaging, which showed his cardiovascular and abdominal systems were "perfectly normal."

The Kazakhstan couple arrived in Australia in October via Sydney, where they immediately applied for casino membership.

Arun Subramanya will report to Apple's software chief Craig Federighi, who oversees key areas, including foundation models, machine-learning research, search and knowledge and AI infrastructure.

The Japanese-administered Senkaku Islands, known as the Diaoyu in China, have been a regular flashpoint between the two nations over the decades.

The zoo was closed temporarily for investigation, and authorities have ruled out euthanising the lion.

Amid continued rumours about the death of former Pakistan PM Imran Khan and fears of unrest, the government has imposed Section 144 in Rawalpindi, banning public gatherings. The move comes amid planned protests by Khan's PTI demanding access to him.

Venezuela's National Assembly on Monday suspended an extraordinary session to debate forming a commission to investigate deadly attacks ordered by the US administration against vessels suspected of drug trafficking off Venezuela's coast.

Apple on Monday named veteran researcher Amar Subramanya as its vice president of AI, replacing John Giannandrea.