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Vietnam will release nearly 10,000 prisoners, including foreign nationals, under an amnesty programme marking the recent National Assembly elections and the Communist Party Congress

The Philippines remains under a severe threat from China despite a recent easing of tensions between Washington and Beijing, Defence Secretary Gilberto Teodoro Jr. said.

WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus arrived in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo as authorities stepped up efforts to contain a rapidly spreading Ebola outbreak.

The U.S. Secretary of War Pete Hegseth said both India and Pakistan would continue to view each other through the prism of security concerns

The groups representing the plaintiffs in a joint statement called the ruling disappointing and said they will continue to fight against this abhorrent and blatantly illegal law

Since the ceasefire went into effect, more than 900 people have been killed in Gaza dozens of those close to or over the yellow line, according to Gaza's Health Ministry

Parikh beat the previous spell-off record set in 2024 after he spelt 32 of the 35 words correctly in 90 seconds; of the nine finalists this year, five were of Indian origin

In Washington, a six-member Lebanese military delegation met with Israeli military officials in the first direct military talks between the two countries in decades

The U.S. government has released a new batch of documents detailing various cases of Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena (UAPs), commonly known as UFOs, including photos and videos of unexplained aerial events.

Being added to the list does not automatically carry specific punitive measures such as sanctions, although public naming and shaming can cause significant reputational damage for the states involved

Military officers from Lebanon and Israel are expected to meet in Washington as Israeli strikes continue amid heightened regional tensions

An average of 11 children were killed or injured every 24 hours in Lebanon over the past week, according to UNICEF

The President of Guatemala denied reports suggesting the country had reached an agreement with the United States on anti-drug trafficking strikes.

We have seen disruptions in several industries that rely heavily on gas consumption, says Transport Corporation of India MD Vineet Agarwal

In his first encyclical, the pope has warned against algorithmic dehumanisation, but Frank Herbert already gave that genre of personality a name sixty years ago

The meeting has historically offered rare opportunities for senior officials to hold face-to-face talks, and will be attended by U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth this year.

Tensions in West Asia escalated again after Kuwait said it intercepted incoming missiles and drones, with the U.S. blaming Iran for breaching a ceasefire

Mathew Perry became a major TV star along with Courteney Cox, Jennifer Aniston, Matt LeBlanc, David Schwimmer and Lisa Kudrow on Friends, NBC's megahit sitcom that ran from 1994 to 2004

Iran and the U.S. have traded threats for weeks while negotiating through Pakistani mediation

The Ministry said it received intelligence that the U.S. and Israel would seek to intensify economic pressure, create divisions in the country among religious and ethnic groups and carry out sabotage and other errorist operations.

Neighbouring Uganda, which has recorded seven cases of the Bundibugyo strain of Ebola responsible for the outbreak, announced it was shutting its border with the DRC with immediate effect.

More than half of the Cubans deported had a criminal record, but only 16% were for violent crimes, according to the researchers and one-fourth had no criminal history