A woman on an evening walk in Macau was briefly hospitalised after a humanoid robot startled her and left her feeling unwell, police told AFP on Wednesday.
Iraq announced on Wednesday it had resumed limited oil exports of 250,000 bpd through the Turkish port of Ceyhan after the country's output plunged due to disruptions in the Strait of Hormuz.
Iran's security chief Ali Larijani's killing deals a major blow to Tehran's power structure as it retaliates to US-Israeli attacks amid a war that has pushed the Middle East into fresh chaos.
China condemned Australia and New Zealand on Wednesday for "colonial-style arrogance" and poor treatment of Indigenous people after a joint statement by the two nations raised concerns over Beijing's rights record.
The United States' March 7 strike on Iran's Qeshm Island - on a desalination plant supplying water to 30 villages - underlined the island's importance in controlling the Strait of Hormuz.
Israel's Defence Minister Israel Katz said on Wednesday that they "eliminated" Iran's Intelligence Minister Esmail Khatib in a strike overnight.
A UK report links falling birth rates to delayed maturity among men, warning that hundreds of thousands of women may miss out on motherhood.
A helicopter en route from Kathmandu to Nepal's Khotang district crashed on Wednesday while attempting a landing on a farm.
Ukraine has begun deploying dozens of its drone-defence specialists across the Middle East and Gulf, responding to requests from partner nations seeking help against Iran-made Shahed drones.
The United States is turning to tankers linked to Iran to help move oil. This is the Donald Trump administration's effort to deal with rising oil prices as the US-Israeli war on Iran rages on.
Around 180people, most of them children, were killed in a missile strike on a school in Iran's Minab on the first day of the joint US-Israel military operations. US President Donald Trump was quick to blame Iran for the tragedy.
Iran will hold a funeral Wednesday for its security chief Ali Larijani as it vowed revenge, firing off a wave of missiles at Israel after it killed the powerful figure in an air strike.
The ongoing tensions between Iran and Israel have impacted the entire Gulf region, including the United Arab Emirates (UAE).
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's new "I am alive" video to quell his death rumours has invited scrutiny after X's artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot, Grok, flagged it as "not a real meeting clip".
Iranian authorities have executed a man convicted of spying for Israel, the judiciary said on Wednesday, in the first such execution announced since the war with Israel and the United States broke out.
The Lebanese Health Ministry said that the strikes on the Basta and Zuqaq al-Blat neighbourhoods in central Beirut killed at least 12 people and wounded 41.
Everyone knows that Israel has a huge lobby in the US. It is the Saudi influence that is less evident.
The United States on Tuesday dropped 5,000-pound GBU-72 'bunker buster' bombs on Iran missile launch sites along the Strait of Hormuz, marking a significant escalation in fighting in the Middle East.
A powerful artificial intelligence model that appeared anonymously on a developer platform last week has sparked speculation that Chinese startup DeepSeek may be quietly testing its next-generation system ahead of an official launch.
The leaders of Colombia and Ecuador sparred Tuesday over allegations that the Ecuadoran bombing of suspected criminal hideouts near their shared border had spilled into Colombian territory.
Israel’s Defence Minister Israel Katz said an overnight strike killed Iran’s Intelligence Minister Esmail Khatib.
Hundreds have been arrested as Iran cracks down on 'traitors' following killing of Larijani, Soleimani.
Rains have begun in Kenya, but the north remains parched. Catherine Soi reports from Turkana.
Iranians have attended funeral processions for senior security officials Ali Larijani and Gholamreza Soleimani.
Alexander Butyagin, an academic with Russia's Hermitage Museum, is accused of illegal excavations in occupied Crimea.
Millions have been plunged into darkness in Cuba as the US's total blockade has meant no fuel shipments in three months.
US counterterrorism chief Joe Kent has resigned over Washington’s war on Iran, saying he cannot support the conflict.
After Morocco were awarded 2025 AFCON title, Senegal will appeal CAF's decision - but how did we get here and what next?
A critical fertiliser shortage threatens global food security amid Iran war.
Disputed toll and competing accounts of strike deepen crisis between Islamabad and Kabul.
Japan will face Australia in the final of the 2026 AFC Women's Asian Cup after beating South Korea 2-1 in the semifinal.
Global sports leaders reached consensus on a new set of eligibility criteria for transgender athletes in February.
NATO to deploy a new Patriot missile defence unit to southern Turkiye's Incirlik Air Base.
The team is on last leg of its journey home from Australia after Asian Cup, which began before conflict in Middle East.
Trump has called on other navies to help open the strait, but countries are instead striking deals with Iran.
Israel gives military permission to strike Iranian leaders at will as Iran has yet to confirm death of Esmaeil Khatib.
Morocco were awarded the 2025 AFCON title following an appeal to CAF regarding Senegal's walk-off protest in final.
Dancing on a beach in Barcelona, members of the Iranian diaspora celebrated the Persian festival of Chaharshanbe Suri.
Colombian President Gustavo Petro says the war in Gaza was an “experiment” designed to intimidate the Global South.
A US counterterrorism official’s resignation raises uncomfortable questions about a war few are willing to challenge
‘US and Israel have taken the vast majority of Iran’s ballistic missile capability’
Lieutenant Governor Juliana Stratton, who took money from pro-Israel donors, won race to be Democratic Senate candidate.
Power supply slowly resuming in Havana; but the country's deeper crisis in relations with the US is endemic, long-term.
Amid digital nomads, a tourism boom and a housing crisis, can the people who built the city still afford to live in it?