A man who repeatedly burnt the Koran in 2023 in Sweden, sparking outrage in Muslim countries, has been shot dead south of ...

Israel and Hamas were set to carry out their third hostage-prisoner exchange on Thursday, with three Israelis and five Thai ...

MANILA: Philippine authorities are pushing for tougher anti-espionage laws, after the recent arrest of a suspected Chinese spy raised concerns over foreign intelligence threats to national security.

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NBA commissioner Adam Silver raised the possibility that the US basketball league could someday switch from 12-minute to ...

Islamic State terrorists could escape from camps and prisons in north-east Syria as a result of Donald Trump’s sweeping and ...

After a crowd crush killed dozens of people at the world's largest religious gathering, questions have been raised about ...

Artificial intelligence is able to identify women who have an elevated risk of developing breast cancer several years before it is diagnosed, the Norwegian Institute of Public Health (FHI) said on ...

The rapper and fashion icon is accused of shooting an acquaintance and faces felony assault charges in Los Angeles.

A Stockholm court was due to rule on Thursday whether Salwan Momika, a Christian Iraqi who burned Qurans at multiple protests, was guilty of inciting ethnic hatred.

WASHINGTON: An American Airlines regional passenger jet and a US Army Black Hawk helicopter crashed into the Potomac River after a midair collision near Reagan Washington National Airport on Wednesday ...

Asian equities were mixed in another holiday-thinned trading day Thursday, with investors digesting broadly positive tech ...