China said on Saturday the senior vice chairman of its powerful Central Military Commission (CMC) and another high-ranking official were under investigation for suspected "serious violations of discipline", a common euphemism for corruption.

A tragedy dawned upon an Indian family living in the US yesterday, with a family dispute turning deadly. An Indian woman and her three Indian-origin relatives were shot dead, allegedly by her husband, Vijay Kumar, in the state of Georgia.

TikTok has at last finalized a deal to keep the popular video sharing platform operating in the US after years of uncertainty, but questions remain about whether users' experience will change and whether the changes actually address security concerns

The US has finalised its withdrawal from the World Health Organization, one year after President Donald Trump announced America was ending its 78-year-old commitment, federal officials said.

The co-owner of the Swiss bar hit by a deadly fire during New Year celebrations was released from custody on Friday after bail was paid on his behalf, dismaying victims' families.

France's health minister sought to reassure consumers that all suspicious infant formula had been withdrawn, as an investigation began into the deaths of two babies who drank possibly contaminated powdered milk.

During the protests that ripped through Iran in January, one person who gained attention was Reza Pahlavi. Pahlavi, who lives in a suburb of Washington, D.C., is the son of the late shah of Iran

Philip Young, who is also reportedly a former Conservative councillor, denied charges of possession of indecent images of children and extreme images.

An Indian-origin man has been arrested for allegedly killing his wife and three relatives in Lawrenceville, Georgia.Vijay Kumar, 51, is said to have shot his wife, an Indian national, and three other adults following a domestic dispute, police said.

Scott Bessent said that Indian refinery purchases of Russian oil have "collapsed" due to US tariffs, hinting that, while tariffs remain in place, a diplomatic "path" exists to remove them.

An Australian boy had died in hospital after being bitten by a shark in Sydney Harbour, his family said on Saturday after a series of shark attacks along the country's east coast.

A decade ago, on February 2, 2016, a Somali suicide bomber triggered a blast inside Daallo Airlines Flight 159, heading from Mogadishu to Djibouti. In what was nothing short of a miracle, only the bomber was killed.

The Pentagon has been sending US military assets into the Middle East this week, including an aircraft carrier group and its thousands of troops.

The US military said that it has carried out a deadly strike on a vessel accused of trafficking drugs in the eastern Pacific Ocean, the first known attack since the raid that captured Venezuelan President Nicols Maduro earlier this month.

India and Europe hope to strike the "mother of all deals" when EU chiefs meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi in New Delhi next week, as the two economic behemoths seek to forge closer ties.

Meta Platforms said it will suspend teenagers' access to its existing AI characters across all of its apps worldwide, as it builds an updated iteration of those for teen users.

A report by former special counsel Jack Smith on his investigation into President Donald Trump's hoarding of classified documents belongs in the "dustbin of history" and should remain sealed, the Justice Department said.

With the Jamaat-e-Islami expected to get its biggest-ever win in the upcoming elections, the US is stepping up engagement with Bangladesh's largest Islamist party.

Kyiv, a city of about 3 million people, is dominated by tower blocks, many from the Soviet era, now left without power for most of the day.

Iran will treat any attack "as an all-out war against us," a senior Iranian official said on Friday, ahead of the arrival of a U.S. military aircraft carrier strike group and other assets in the Middle East in the coming days.