BAGHDAD, Jan 24 - The alliance of Shi'ite political blocs that holds a majority in Iraq's parliament has picked former prime minister Nouri al-Maliki as its nominee for the post, it said on Saturday.
LONDON, Jan 24 - U.S. President Donald Trump on Saturday praised \"brave\" British soldiers, calling them warriors, a day after remarks he made about NATO troops in Afghanistan were described as \"insulting and appalling\" by Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer.
WASHINGTON, Jan 24 - U.S. President Donald Trump said on Saturday he would impose a 100% tariff on Canada if it follows through on a trade deal with China and warned Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney that a deal would endanger his country.
Imaan Mazari is a vocal critic of Pakistan’s powerful military.
WASHINGTON, Jan 24 - U.S. President Donald Trump on Saturday said he would impose a 100% tariff on Canada if it makes a trade deal with China and warned Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney that a deal would endanger his country.
Alex Honnold is attempting to scale one of the world's tallest buildings, Taipei 101 in Taiwan.
This comes after Thai forces destroyed a likeness of the Hindu deity Vishnu in a border region known to Thais as An Ma and to Cambodians as An Ses.
The heavy snow and rain also destroyed shops and killed livestock in different parts of the country.
The Thai army on Jan 24 accused Cambodia of “distortions”.
President Xi has been accused of using investigations to purge political rivals.
SANTIAGO, Jan 24 - Striking contract workers employed by machinery contractor Finning resumed on Saturday a blockade of the access road to Chile's Escondida and Zaldivar copper mines, according to industry sources.
Some areas of Japan have already seen twice as much snow as it usually gets at this time of the year.
LONDON, Jan 24 - Three men appeared in a London court on Saturday accused of being part of a conspiracy to target two opponents of the Pakistani government living in Britain and attack them on Christmas Eve last year.
General Zhang Youxia and PLA chief of joint staff Liu Zhenli are suspected of “serious violations of discipline and laws”.
A key Pentagon document says the aim is to shift more responsibility to South Korea.
Battery-swopping cabinets must be designed and appraised by qualified units.
The quake in March 2025 affected about 1.7 million people, according to the UN.
The entire palm and wrist area sustained devastating damage.
At least 10 cinemas have shut since 2024 as operators struggle to stay afloat.
DERA ISMAIL KHAN, Pakistan, Jan 24 - The death toll from a suicide bombing at a wedding near the Afghan border rose to seven on Saturday, police said, as Pakistan struggles to deal with a rising wave of militant attacks.
Police in several states now go door to door to warn people about this new scam tactic.
This marks the latest push in a sweeping drive to root out graft at all levels of the party.
Zhang, 74, and Liu, 61, are the vice-chairman and member of the Central Military Commission (CMC) respectively.
Zhang, 75, and Liu, 61, are the vice-chairman and member of the Central Military Commission (CMC) respectively.
After an initial period of wariness, China has thrown its backing behind the junta.
The landslide, triggered by heavy rainfall, struck a village in the region of West Bandung.
Some posts identified her grandfather as holding the rank of major in the former Japanese military.
The make-up of the Politburo signals who is in line for the other top posts.
He visited China at least three times in 2025 and in July met China’s commerce minister.
As the curtain fell on the Vietnamese Communist Party’s five-yearly 14th National Congress, international observers focused on the headlines: General To Lam’s unanimous re-election as general secretary and his ambitious 10% GDP growth target. The surface narrative was of
Police say they are not expecting to find any more survivors from the landslide, with six people still unaccounted for.
Both offenders - an Indonesian woman and a Bangladeshi man - had committed the offences in Johor Bahru on Jan 1.
KARACHI, Jan 24 - Muhammad Imran did not take the fire seriously at first, thinking it was another small spark at the Karachi mall that would be quickly extinguished by fellow shop owners.
Nico Antic was a 12 year old; the country's east coast saw 4 shark attacks in 2 days this week.
Donald Trump clearly doesn’t do irony. How else can we describe inviting Vladimir Putin to join his so-called “Board of Peace”? At least “mad Vlad” will be in good company. It’s not clear if Ukraine’s nemesis will take part, but plenty of other aspiring despots, authoritarians
SYDNEY, Jan 24 - An Australian boy had died in hospital after being bitten by a shark in Sydney Harbour, his family said on Saturday after a series of shark attacks along the country's east coast.
The landslide struck a village in West Bandung region.
Nico Antic was swimming in Sydney Harbour when he was attacked last Sunday.
The meeting and venue were the same, but the style and tone of the two most anticipated keynote speeches at the World Economic Forum in the Swiss town of Davos could not have been more different. On Tuesday, January 20, Canadian prime minister Mark Carney addressed the
The country will vote on Feb 12, over a year after Hasina's ouster from power.
WASHINGTON, Jan 23 - A federal judge ordered President Donald Trump's administration on Friday to delay its termination of the \"Temporary Protected Status,\" or TPS, for Myanmar while a lawsuit challenging the termination continued.
Donald Trump’s concern about the strategic positioning of Greenland is rational. But the way the US president has approached the issue is not – and could still rupture NATO and cause enduring harm to North Atlantic political and economic relations. The question for those
Noraseela Khalid's lawyer said that she has nothing to gain from filing the suit.
A new mall in Petaling Jaya faces criticism for allowing people to enter shops and dine with pets.
China is seen “controlling the dynamic through stillness”, a senior global business leader said.
The Indonesian influencer was reportedly found dead in her apartment, according to local media reports.
The military has ruled Myanmar by force for almost all of its post-independence history.