Iranian authorities in Tehran have arrested 30 suspects accused of public order offences, the news agency Tasnim reported Thursday, after days of protests against high prices that have at times turned deadly.
Zohran Mamdani was sworn in as New York City's mayor on Thursday, becoming the city's 112th mayor and making history in the process. The ceremony took place on the steps of City Hall, where hundreds gathered to witness the moment.
President Donald Trump said he's dropping for now his push to deploy National Guard troops in Chicago, Los Angeles and Portland, Oregon, a move that comes after legal roadblocks held up the effort.
Widening demonstrations sparked by Iran's ailing economy spread Thursday into the Islamic Republic's rural provinces, with at least six people being killed in the first fatalities reported among security forces and protesters, authorities said.
About 40 people were killed and another 115 injured in a massive fire at a bar in Switzerland's Crans Montana. The blaze ripped through a bar called Le Constellation in the luxury Alpine ski resort town during New Year's celebrations.
The devastated wife of a minority Hindu man, who was attacked with sharp weapons and set afire in Bangladesh, is at a loss for words.
Brazil's Supreme Court has rejected former president Jair Bolsonaro's request to convert his prison sentence for plotting a coup to house arrest, according to a ruling published Thursday.
The breakaway region of Somaliland on Thursday denied allegations by the Somali president that it would take resettled Palestinians or host an Israeli military base in exchange for Israel recognising its independence.
Russia accused Ukraine on Thursday of killing at least 24 people, including a child, in a drone strike on a hotel and cafe where civilians were seeing in the New Year in a Russian-controlled part of Ukraine's southern Kherson region.
Ukraine staged the death of an anti-Kremlin Russian fighter to prevent his killing ordered by Moscow's special forces, Ukrainian military intelligence announced Thursday.
Protesters and security forces clashed in western Iran on Thursday, with three people reported killed, the first deaths since the cost-of-living demonstrations broke out.
An immigration attorney has thrown light on the fact that marrying a US citizen will no longer guarantee a Green Card.
Soon after midnight, a fire ripped through a bar's New Year celebration in a Swiss Alpine resort. Dozens of people are feared dead, and about 100 more are injured, most seriously, police said.
Russia said on Thursday it had extracted and decoded a file from a Ukrainian drone downed earlier this week that it said shows it had been targeting a Russian presidential residence.
US President Donald Trump said in an interview with the Wall Street Journal that he is taking a larger daily dose of aspirin than his doctors recommend.
Khokon Das, another Hindu man, was attacked by a violent group in Bangladesh. The 50-year-old was injured after the attack and set on fire. The incident took place on December 31 in the Shariatpur district of the country.
NASA's largest library at the Goddard Space Flight Center will close permanently on Jan 2 under the Trump administration's reorganisation plans.
Saudi authorities executed 356 people in 2025, according to an AFP tally, setting a new record for the number of inmates put to death in the kingdom in a single year.
A huge inferno destroyed a 19th-century Amsterdam church Thursday, as the Netherlands endured an unsettled New Year's Eve with two dead from fireworks and "unprecedented" violence against police.
Under provisions of the bilateral Agreement on Consular Access 2008, India and Pakistan on Thursday exchanged, through diplomatic channels, simultaneously in New Delhi and Islamabad, the lists of civil prisoners and fishermen in each other's custody.
The Neo-Gothic Vondelkerk, a 19th-century Roman Catholic church, has been used for other purposes since the 1970s.
Iranian president seeks to calm tensions, acknowledging protesters' 'legitimate' grievances over inflation.
Health authorities are warning of yet another potential health threat in Gaza: leptospirosis.
Bolsonaro's latest petition, one in a series, comes after he spent the week in hospital for a hernia and hiccups.
The tariff pause comes as Trump's Republican Party faces questions of affordability going into the midterm elections.
Ban could cut hundreds of thousands of Palestinians in Gaza off from essential care, Doctors Without Borders warns.
Thousands flee to Kosti as Sudan war rages, only to find overcrowded camps and aid cuts.
Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang and one other played banned after Gabon eliminated from Africa Cup of Nations group stage.
Somalia’s president says Somaliland has agreed to accept displaced Palestinians in exchange of Israel's recognition.
Maresca exits the club midway through a turbulent season with the team winning just one Premier League game in December.
Russia says those killed were celebrating in a cafe located in an area of southern Ukraine controlled by Moscow.
Move comes nearly two decades after it entered the EU as hope for stability clashes with fear of rising prices.
Four activists from the proscribed Palestine Action group in the UK are still on hunger strikes in prison.
ICE operations and their impact on US residents
More than a month after floods hit Indonesia, survivors are still living in ruins and desperately trying to get by.
Breakaway region dismisses Somalia's allegations as attempt to undermine diplomatic progress.
Demonstrators in Turkiye demand global pressure on Israel, calling the so-called ceasefire 'a slow-motion genocide'.
“They're [Israel] asking us to accept political and ideological conditions that are unrelated to our humanitarian work.”
As the Africa Cup of Nations enters the knockout phase, Al Jazeera previews the last-16 matchups in Morocco.
Israel is revoking the licenses of 37 international organisations, forcing them to stop operations in Gaza.
Israel currently occupies the Palestinian side of the crossing, choking Gaza of a vital humanitarian entry point.
Protesters in Istanbul march after morning prayers, calling for an end to Israel's genocidal war in Gaza.
STC to maintain presence, but agrees to deployment of Riyadh-backed National Shield government forces in the areas.
New Year's Eve fire in a Swiss resort in Crans-Montana has injured more than 100 people.
Luciano Zaccara on the UAE’s decision to withdraw its forces from Yemen, which could alter its regional influence.