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.
An 18-year-old was arrested in North Carolina for plotting an ISIS-inspired attack at a local grocery store on New Year's Eve.
A turboprop passenger aircraft of Buddha Air veered off the runway while landing in Nepal's Bhadrapur today, the airline said.
The FBI said on Friday it foiled a potential ISIS-inspired attack in North Carolina planned for New Year's Eve and arrested an 18-year-old plotting it.
Israeli former hostage Romi Gonen has said in a television interview that four Hamas militants sexually assaulted her during her 15 months in captivity in the Gaza Strip.
Swiss investigators said Friday that they believe sparkling flares atop Champagne bottles ignited the fatal fire at a ski resort when they came too close to a crowded bar's ceiling.
Tesla lost its crown as the world's bestselling electric vehicle maker on Friday as a customer revolt over Elon Musk's right-wing politics and stiff overseas competition pushed sales down for a second year in a row.
A strong earthquake rattled southern and central Mexico on Friday, interrupting President Claudia Sheinbaum's first press briefing of the new year as seismic alarms sounded.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Friday named military intelligence chief Kyrylo Budanov as the new head of his office, after his previous top aide resigned in November over a corruption scandal.
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.
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.
Saudi Arabia bombed separatist STC positions in Yemen amid a push to take back control from the UAE-backed group.
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Families face agonising wait as investigators work to identify at least 40 people killed, many others wounded in blaze.
Crash kills two men and injures British boxer Anthony Joshua in Nigeria.
Court sentences journalists in absentia over alleged links to violent unrest after ex-PM Imran Khan's May 2023 arrest.
Military intelligence chief credited with series of daring operations against Russia since it launched its invasion.
Government files suggest former UK prime minister pressured officials to prevent soldiers being tried in civil courts.
Revelations about Trump's use of the blood thinner emerge during a newspaper interview.
Saudi-backed coalition forces in Yemen have launched air strikes targeting southern separatists.
War-ravaged Sudan have defied the odds to reach the last 16, but, face their toughest test against heavyweights Senegal.
Separatist Southern Transitional Council accuses Saudi Arabia of bombing its forces near the border.
United States tennis legend Venus Williams returns to the Australian Open for the first time since 2021.
Mass death in Gaza continues and yet the world no longer pays attention, convinced the genocide is over.
In the Pal Action detainees, I see my own story. I see clear evidence that Guantánamo did not end; it spread.
Nathaniel Raymond of Yale School of Public Health warns of mass deaths in Sudan as UN visits el-Fasher
Sina Azodi on escalating protests in Iran and how sanctions and corruption are deepening the country’s economic crisis.
US president says Washington will intervene if Tehran violently suppresses protests over high prices.
The separatist Southern Transitional Council (STC) says it wants to hold a vote on independence from the north.
For many in Belfast, the pro-Palestine hunger strikes are a reminder of what Irish republicans endured 44 years ago.
Ukraine’s General Staff estimated the tally - but Russian President Vladimir Putin appears bent on avoiding peace talks.
Investigators warn that with some of the bodies badly burned, the identification process could take weeks.
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