Tesla shareholders on Thursday overwhelmingly endorsed a massive pay package for CEO Elon Musk that could reach $1 trillion.
Kazakhstan said Thursday it expects to join the Abraham Accords between Israel and mainly Muslim nations, in a largely symbolic move aimed at boosting US President Donald Trump's push for Middle East peace.
Donald Trump loves few things more than tackling a new political foe. But has he met his match in New York's incoming mayor Zohran Mamdani?
Ukraine is engaged in "positive" talks about buying Tomahawk missiles and other long-range weaponry with the United States, Ukraine's ambassador to the US, Olha Stefanishyna, told Bloomberg News on Thursday.
World leaders attending a climate summit in Brazil launched a fund Thursday to save the world's forests, quickly raking in over $5 billion in pledges to reward tropical countries for not chopping down trees.
The Supreme Court on Thursday allowed President Donald Trump's administration to enforce a policy blocking transgender and nonbinary people from choosing passport sex markers that align with their gender identity.
The United Nations Security Council removed sanctions on Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa, who is due to meet US President Donald Trump at the White House on Monday.
US President Donald Trump on Thursday praised Prime Minister Narendra Modi, calling him "a great man" and "a friend," while hinting that he may visit India next year as part of ongoing efforts to strengthen trade relations between the two nations.
US President Donald Trump on Thursday called leading Democratic opponent Nancy Pelosi an "evil woman" after she announced that she would step down from Congress at the next election.
Five people were killed and six were wounded in brief cross-border fire between Afghanistan and Pakistan on Thursday, a hospital official on the Afghan side told AFP, in an incident both countries blamed on each other.
A Virginia school teacher who was shot by her 6-year-old student in 2023 was awarded $10 million in damages by a jury on Thursday, concluding a negligence lawsuit she brought against a school administrator.
A court in western Germany has sentenced a palliative care nurse to life in prison for murdering 10 of his patients and trying to kill 27 others.
President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva of COP30 host Brazil said Thursday that "extremist forces" were condemning future generations to life on a planet forever altered by global warming.
Zohran Mamdani will be the city’s first Muslim mayor, the first of South Asian heritage, the first born in Africa, and the youngest in more than a century.
Chinese President Xi Jinping is not usually associated with an ecstatic smile. That is because the country's government, along with the state media, has worked hard to build a reputation of seriousness.
A short clip of New York City's newly elected mayor, Zohran Mamdani, casually munching on Rajnigandha mouth freshener during a street chat with content creator Nicolas Nuvan has taken social media by storm.
The Israeli military carried out heavy airstrikes on southern Lebanon on Thursday after issuing evacuation orders for several locations, saying Lebanese armed group Hezbollah was trying to rebuild its military capabilities there.
Two people died and three sustained injuries after they were hit by a suburban train near Sandhurst Road railway station in south Mumbai on Thursday, officials said.
Bangladesh's government approved a draft ordinance prescribing the death penalty for perpetrators of "enforced disappearance", amidthe ongoing trial of ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina and 15 serving military officers over crimes against humanity.
A recently freed Israeli hostage was the first man who publicly claimed that he was sexually assaulted while being held captive in Gaza.
Abby Zwerner, 28, was shot in 2023 as she sat in a first-grade classroom and sustained life-threatening injuries.
Making history as the first Muslim elected New York mayor, Mamdani pledges to serve all communities and challenge Trump.
Here are the key events from day 1,352 of Russia’s war on Ukraine.
The federal government shutdown is now the longest in US history.
Fourteen members of the UN Security Council voted in favour of the US-drafted resolution. China abstained.
The Central Asian country, which established formal ties with Israel in 1992, says being part of the deals is 'natural'.
Israa al-Areer's searches through bodies returned by Israel for husband and brother missing since start of war on Gaza.
At COP, Brazil is presenting itself as an Amazon defender. But a key measure to slow deforestation is in grave peril.
Shareholders approved the pay package with as much as 75 percent support on Thursday.
Marshawn Kneeland, a second-year player, had scored his first career touchdown Monday.
US president says the surprise Israeli assault that killed Iranian generals and scientists was a 'great day for Israel'.
The truce talks are aimed at finalising a ceasefire reached in Qatar last month following deadly clashes.
Italy is welcoming 19 children who were evacuated from Gaza by the World Health Organization.
Hague Court of Appeal says gov't has 'considerable discretion' to determine foreign policy, national security issues.
The deal, which includes Eli Lilly and Novo Nordisk, will slash prices for Medicare and Medicaid programme recipients.
Video shows an attendee collapsing during an Oval Office with pharmacy executives. Medical staff responded immediately.
SOAS University, of which Hamdi is an alumnus, urge 'US authorities to ensure full transparency and due process'.
Paramilitary says it will accept a ceasefire proposed by the Quad mediators - the US, Saudi Arabia, Egypt and the UAE.
Video shows Israeli drones launching airstrikes in southern Lebanon Thursday. At least one person was killed in Toura.
AJ defense editor Alex Gatopoulos breaks down the latest developments in Sudan.
The DOJ had argued that the federal judge did not have the authority to make the decision.
UN chief Antonio Guterres says the inability to limit the rise in global temperatures is a 'moral failure'.
Zohran Mamdani’s landmark win in the New York City mayoral race marks a major shift - and a few false claims.
Heavy flooding in Talisay City, Cebu has destroyed homes after Typhoon Kalmaegi dumped a month’s worth of rain.
The IMF says global public debt could exceed 100% of GDP by the end of the decade.