Over the past six weeks, ICE agents have made about 3,000 arrests, with one of the latest being a five-year-old boy who was taken into custody with his father. JD Vance argued that agents were protect...
Look for the US and Canada to move farther apart on China policy, even in areas where they were previously aligned, analysts say, days after Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney announced a multifacete...
Did Trump back down because Europe was tough, or was it because of Europe's willingness to negotiate? FRANCE 24's Brussels correspondent Dave Keating explains that 'EU leaders are not in agreement abo...
Japan is entering one of its most unpredictable election cycles in decades after the surprise formation of a new centrist political alliance that could redefine the balance of power and potentially re...
In 2025, India approved a number of major defence packages, together worth US$30 billion. Such rapid procurement approvals are relatively rare by Indian standards. However, what they signal to the reg...
Bahram Salih, the new head of the UN's refugee agency says that he knows the pain of being ripped from all one knows. The former Iraqi president has just taken over the UNHCR and headed to Kakuma refu...
Jean-Philippe Riopy at his piano Courtesy of Greg Williams At 18, Jean-Philippe Rio-Py escaped a brutal cult that wrecked his childhood. He suffered hardship in his 20s and early 30s, but was determin...
Oprah Winfrey at the American Ballet Theatre Gala on October 22, 2025. Lanna Apisukh/WWD via Getty Images Oprah Winfrey has been a weight-loss icon for decades and has always carried some shame &mdash...
Indonesian police have dismantled an alleged baby trafficking ring that used social media to sell newborns in Medan after neighbours reported suspicious activity at a rented house. Medan police chief ...
Ugandans voted in a tense national election on Thursday after an often violent campaign and internet shutdown, with President Yoweri Museveni seeking to extend his rule into a fifth decade. Museveni ...
A train travelling from Thailand’s capital to the country’s northeast was derailed on Wednesday after a construction crane fell on top of one of its carriages, killing at least 22 people and injuri...
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A Chinese national suspected of running a Cambodia-based scam operation linked to the killing of a South Korean university student has been arrested during a raid on a luxury house in Thailand, author...
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Hong Kong air travellers are being advised to leave their power banks at home and bring charging cables as a group of South Korean airlines becomes the latest to ban the use of the portable batteries ...
A 26-year-old Malaysian has been deported from Australia after border authorities found over 100 images of child sexual abuse material (CSAM) on his mobile phone. The man arrived in Sydney and was sel...
There was moderate relief after US President Donald Trump walked back his threat to take Greenland by force on Wednesday at the World Economic Forum in Switzerland, but also concern among critics and ...
A jungle temple in Thailand hailed as a “hidden gem” has urged tourists to stop “inappropriate behaviour” after they were spotted doing gymnastics and wearing revealing clothing at the site. The Wat P...
Passenger trips at the Hong Kong International Airport reached 61 million in 2025, marking a 15 per cent year-on-year increase, after a full year of operation with the facility’s third runway. The Air...
Far-right leader Marine Le Pen, who needs to have a graft conviction overturned to seize her best chance at the French presidency, risks seeing her life's work upended if she loses her appeal. It come...