By AFP 04 May 2024   |   7:22 am The social media chief of India’s opposition Congress party has been arrested over accusations he misleadingly doctored a widely shared…

Nepal’s Supreme Court has ordered the government to limit the number of mountaineering permits issued for Everest and other peaks, a lawyer confirmed Friday, just as expeditions prepare for the…

A second week of sometimes heated witness testimony wraps up Friday in the New York trial of Donald Trump, accused of covering up hush money payments to adult film star…

A top Hamas official accused Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu Friday of issuing statements intended to torpedo prospects for a truce in the nearly seven-month war in Gaza. Hossam Badran…

A record-breaking heatwave is broiling parts of Asia, helping drive surging demand for cooling options, including air-conditioning. AC exhaust units are a common feature of urban landscapes in many parts…

The National Health Service (NHS) has made available a new “life-changing” treatment for people living with sickle cell disease. Sky News on Friday reported that thousands of sickle cell patients…

The death toll from flood-related incidents in Kenya has crossed 200 since March, the interior ministry said Friday, as a cyclone barrelled towards the Tanzanian coast. Torrential rains have lashed…

Thai police have raided a massive illegal bitcoin mining operation in the country, seizing almost $2 million worth of equipment, officers said Friday. Huge amounts of electricity are needed to…

At least 20 people were killed on Friday when a bus plunged into a deep valley in Pakistan’s mountainous northern region, police said…

Germany on Friday blamed Russian state-sponsored hackers for an “intolerable” cyber attack on members of the Social Democratic Party and warned there would be consequences. Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock said…