Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu took the stand on Monday for the first time since asking the country's president for a pardon in his long-running corruption trial.

South Africa, Eswatini and Zambia on Monday began administering a groundbreaking new HIV-prevention injection in the drug's first public rollouts in Africa, which has the world's highest HIV burden.

European plane-maker Airbus said Monday it had detected a "quality issue" affecting metal panels on its popular A320 passenger jet but the problem was "contained".

Revenues from sales of arms and military services by the 100 largest weapons-producing companies worldwide rose by 5.9 per cent last year, with demand boosted by the wars in Ukraine and Gaza.

This exercise comes shortly after Pakistan's Navy Chief Admiral Naveed Ashraf met and held talks with his Bangladesh counterpart Admiral M Nazmul Hassan.

The death count in deadly flooding and landslides across parts of Asia climbed past 1,100 on Monday as hardest-hit Sri Lanka and Indonesia deployed military personnel to help survivors.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu appeared in court on Monday for the first time since asking the country's president for a pardon in his long-running corruption trial, a move backed by close ally U.S. President Donald Trump.

The Awami League on Monday rejected the verdict by a Dhaka court against former Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and her family members in a case filed by the country's Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC).

In the videos, a specially created birthday track plays in the background, repeating the line, "Happy birthday, Lalit. King of smiles".

Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan, referred to as 'Fitna-al-Khawarij' by the Pakistani state, is a banned group.

During a visit to Nagasaki with Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako, the sound of her name being screamed by well-wishers along the roads overwhelmed the cheers for her parents.

The number of first-time H-1B visa applications approved for major Indian IT companies has fallen drastically to just 4,573 --the lowest in the last 10 years. As compared to 2015, the figure has gone down substantially by 70% and by 37%

In a continuation of the corruption cases against Sheikh Hasina and her family members, more trouble has emerged for the former Prime Minister, her sister, and her niece, British Member of Parliament Tulip Siddiq.

Billionaire Elon Musk might not have a tattoo, but he has revealed what he may get when he decides to get inked.

Switzerland voted to reject a 50% inheritance tax on super-rich residents after wealthy entrepreneurs threatened to leave the country. The plan was opposed by 78.3% of the electorate, according to government data on Sunday.

Karly Rae, 37, pleaded guilty to sexually abusing a teenage boy, possessing child abuse material, grooming a child for unlawful sexual activity, and committing an act with the intention of perverting the course of justice.

Mia Bannister's skin is inked with a eulogy to her teenage son Ollie, whose suicide after a battle with anorexia and online bullying pushed her to fight for world-first laws in Australia to get children off social media.

As governments crack down on online platforms from social networks to porn sites, business is booming for one sector offering AI age checks based on selfies.

Shivon Zilis met Elon Musk during her time at OpenAI and later became involved with his other ventures, including Neuralink and Tesla.

Notorious Nazi doctor Josef Mengele, the physician known as the "Angel of Death" for his barbaric experiments and selections for the gas chambers, lived openly and comfortably in Argentina for years despite authorities knowing his true identity.