Pope Leo ends first foreign trip with silent prayer at Beirut blast site
Pope Leo XIV will offer a silent prayer at the site of the 2020 Beirut port explosion as…
Revenues of 100 arms makers marked record high in 2024 due to Ukraine, Gaza wars: Report
The Stockholm International Peace Research Institute, or SIPRI, said the revenues of the 100 largest arms makers grew…
Anthony Albanese ties the knot, becomes first Australian PM to marry while in office
The Australian PM, who divorced his former wife in 2019 and has a son named Nathan, met Haydon…
Magnitude 6.6 earthquake hits western Indonesia amid massive floods, landslides
An earthquake of magnitude 6.6 hit Indonesia's Sumatra island near Aceh province on Thursday, even as the island…
Russian attacks kill at least 6 in Ukraine amid US peace plan discussion
Water, electricity and heat were knocked out in parts of the capital, Kyiv. Video footage posted to Telegram…
China says Japan ‘crossed red line’ with Taiwan military intervention remarks
Japan “crossed a red line” with comments by its new leader suggesting a potential military intervention over Taiwan,…
Donald Trump’s fake AI audio clip about blocking ‘Epstein files’ goes viral
In recent weeks, renewed public furore over the so-called Epstein files has consumed US politics, spurring a showdown…
17 killed in boiler explosion at glue factory in Pakistan’s Punjab
The cause of the explosion at the industrial facility in Faisalabad, a city in Punjab province, was not…
China’s state-owned firms urge staff to avoid Japan trips as tensions rise
China has advised several employees of state-owned enterprises to cancel their immediate travel plans to Japan, amid no…
Gold toilet ‘America’ made from 18-karat solid gold and weighing 101 kg
A striking piece of contemporary art, a fully usable toilet made of 18-carat gold, has sold for $12.1…