The United Kingdom has walked back plans to make its upcoming digital ID scheme a mandatory requirement for working adults. While the UK government remains "committed to mandatory digital right-to-wor...
A jailed activist has lost a judicial review against a Hong Kong Correctional Services Department rule that prohibits female inmates from wearing shorts in summer, with the court ruling that the women...
New Zealand Foreign Affairs Minister Winston Peters rebuked the country’s new Reserve Bank governor, Anna Breman, for wading into US domestic politics after she signed a statement with other global ce...
A Republican congressman from Florida introduced a bill on Monday to annex Greenland and make it the 51st US state as President Donald Trump threatens to seize the autonomous Danish territory. Trump h...
Ugandan authorities shut down internet access nationwide on Tuesday, two days ahead of elections in which President Yoweri Museveni has overseen a crackdown on the opposition as he seeks to extend his...
US President Donald Trump is expected to get a briefing over sanction options against Iran, as Washington has been threatening to act against the country. But according to US newspaper Wall Street Jou...
Less than two weeks into office, Zohran Mamdani said ”no” when questioned whether he held any crypto or planned to invest in a former New York City mayor's memecoin project....
Pakistan’s Ministry of Finance has signed an MOU with an affiliate of the Trump-backed DeFi project to target cross-border payments....
The Trump administration plans to replace the US ambassador to Vietnam with a nominee set on addressing “imbalanced” trade relations, as Hanoi’s goods trade surplus with Washington surpassed China’s...
Tensions continue in Minneapolis after the fatal shooting of Renee Good by an ICE agent....
Move is part of an effort to limit entries from foreigners who rely on government welfare...
Addis Ababa's renewed calls for sea access threaten an already fragile relationship with Eritrea, drawing anger from Asmara....
The UK is weighing an Australia‑style ban on social media for under‑16s, as regulators ramp up enforcement of the Online Safety Act....
The Washington Post says FBI agents have searched a reporter’s home as part of an investigation into a government contractor accused of sharing government secrets...
Former Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko was charged on Wednesday amid an anti-corruption investigation for allegedly offering bribes to members of the Ukrainian parliament....
Pakistan has signed an agreement with SC Financial Technologies, a firm linked to Trump-backed World Liberty Financial, to explore using its USD1 stablecoin for payments....
The State Department is freezing immigrant visa processing for 75 countries in an effort to clamp down on applicants it deems likely to become a public charge....
An appeals court says a judge had no jurisdiction to order pro-Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil released from ICE detention, a ruling that could lead to his re-arrest....
FBI agents searched Hannah Natanson's home as part of an investigation into sharing secret government information. The paper said investigators told her she was not a focus of the probe....
A court in South Korea confirms that an independent counsel has demanded a death sentence for former President Yoon Suk Yeol on rebellion charges in connection with his martial law imposition in Decem...