Dec 1 - The surviving National Guardsman shot by a gunman last week near the White House gave medical personnel a thumbs up when asked if he could hear them and also wiggled his toes in response, West Virginia Governor Patrick Morrisey said on Monday.
TEL AVIV, Dec 1 - U.S. President Donald Trump has invited Israel's Benjamin Netanyahu to the White House in the \"near future,\" the prime minister's office said on Monday, shortly after Trump said Israel should maintain a strong and true dialogue with Syria.
Australia is banning social media for everyone under the age 16 - but will it actually work? Here's everything you need to know.
North Korea cemented its status as one of the dominant forces in women’s youth football in early November, defeating the Netherlands 3-0 in the under-17 World Cup final. They returned from the tournament victorious for a record extending fourth time, having won the past two
A short video of a private wedding went viral in Iran recently, tearing away the country’s veil of piety and exposing hypocrisy and a seeming disregard for the rules by which the theocratic regime requires that most Iranians live their lives. The wedding in question was that of
The US Navy has canceled the Constellation-class frigate program and will only complete two ships already under construction. Before the cancellation, the frigate program was delayed by 36 months, with the first construction to be completed in 2029. Then the new frigates were
ANKARA, Dec 1 - Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said on Monday that attacks on commercial ships in the Black Sea were unacceptable, issuing a warning to \"all related sides\" after an unmanned vessel reportedly struck a tanker off Turkey's northern coast.
Hat Yai has entered full recovery and clean-up mode nine days after massive flooding.
BEIJING, Dec 1 - China's first crewed spacecraft to be ruled unfit to fly in mid-mission will be sent back to Earth for experts to assess the damage it sustained more closely, state broadcaster CCTV reported on Monday.
Vijay Kumar, 30, died from serious injuries after he was found on Barbourne Road, Worcester.
DNIPRO, Ukraine, Dec 1 - Four people were killed and 40 wounded in a Russian missile attack on the eastern-central Ukrainian city of Dnipro on Monday, Ukrainian officials said.
The US has sanctioned units of the winning bidder over their role in building China’s outposts in the South China Sea.
Advocacy groups criticised the raid for privacy violations as the media filmed partially clothed men in towels.
KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 30 - Law-enforcement authorities in Malaysia will review procedures after the release without charge of 171 people arrested during a raid last week on suspicion of same-sex activities, state media reported on Monday, citing a top official.
ALMATY, Dec 1 - Five Chinese nationals have been killed and five more injured in Tajikistan in attacks launched from neighbouring Afghanistan over the past week, Tajik authorities and China's embassy in the Central Asian country said on Monday.
A missing tumbler on a commuter train sparked a social media frenzy in Indonesia, upending careers and turning a misstep into national drama.
MOSCOW, Dec 1 - Russia said on Monday that remarks by NATO's most senior military officer that the U.S.-led military alliance could consider a \"pre-emptive strike\" to be extremely irresponsible and an attempt to move towards escalation.
Ms Rhodora Alcaraz stayed with her employer’s baby and elderly mum till firefighters could rescue them.
Officials race to contain both economic losses and criticism of the government’s response.
The Chinese authorities have started a national campaign to inspect and rectify the hazards in such buildings.
SEOUL, Dec 1 - South Korean nationals have been arrested in Iran on suspicion of smuggling, South Korea's foreign ministry said in a statement on Monday, but declined to confirm the number of people arrested.
BANGKOK, Dec 1 - Thailand’s Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul is facing mounting criticism over his government’s slow response to deadly floods in the south, threatening to derail his party’s ambitions ahead of a snap election.
Nearly 600 people have been killed and hundreds remain missing.
BISHKEK, Dec 1 - OSCE election observers said on Monday that a weekend parliamentary election in Kyrgyzstan had been efficiently run, but stifled by a restrictive campaign environment and that fundamental freedoms were increasingly limited.
Japan's organ donation numbers remain low, compared to other countries.
Another 500 people are missing, while thousands more have been injured after a cyclone hit the region.
Researchers have tied the problem to widespread over-extraction of groundwater, particularly in lower-income neighbourhoods where piped water is scarce.
SEOUL, Dec 1 - The trial of the head of South Korea's Unification Church started on Monday, with prosecutors portraying Han Hak-ja as keen to exert political influence and accusing her of using Chanel bags to bribe former First Lady Kim Keon Hee.
HONG KONG, Dec 1 - Hong Kong authorities said on Monday they had detained 13 people for suspected manslaughter in a probe into the city's deadliest fire in decades, pointing to substandard renovation materials for fuelling a blaze that has claimed at least 146 lives.
Tests show the green mesh that blanketed the buildings failed to meet fire safety standards.
Clinton Fernandes has established himself as one of the most original and insightful analysts of Australian security policy. An early career with the Australian Army Intelligence Corps no doubt gave him an inside view of the ideas that influence security policy in this country.
Initial tests had suggested the netting was up to standard, but investigators had not been able to check all of it earlier due to the fire.
The former leader allegedly sent the drones to goad North Korea into retaliatory action.
The AI assistant is powered by ByteDance’s popular Doubao large language model.
Officials said train and flight services resumed after being disrupted last week, although schools stayed closed.
However, Taipei warned of “very serious delays” in delivery.
GENEVA, Dec 1 - Deaths and injuries from landmines and unexploded ordnance hit a four-year high in 2024, driven by conflicts in Syria and Myanmar as well as European countries moving to withdraw from the treaty banning their use, a new report showed on Monday.
PALEMBAYAN, Indonesia, Dec 1 - Rescue teams in western Indonesia were battling on Monday to clear roads cut off by cyclone-induced landslides and floods, as improved weather revealed more of the scale of a disaster that has killed close to 700 people in Southeast Asia.
Millions are now sifting through the massive destruction wrought by a rare tropical storm.
Currently, the nationality of buyers must be registered for farmland acquisitions but not for condos.
MOSCOW, Dec 1 - President Vladimir Putin on Monday signed a decree granting visa-free access to Russia for up to 30 days for many categories of Chinese citizens, including tourists, business people, academics, artists and sports people.
China’s drive to build a modern, high-tech military is increasingly undermined by a widening corruption crisis that is raising doubts about its true strength. This month, the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) released a report mentioning that China’s
The rate of ocean warming has more than doubled since 1993.
Coupang said the breach did not expose customers' payment details or login credentials.
Recent reports about the role of Donald Trump’s special envoy, American businessman Steve Witkoff, in the Ukraine peace negotiations have raised wider questions about why political leaders turn to business figures in high-stakes diplomacy – and whether this can ever work. A