In cash-strapped Pakistan, the punishment for the theft of a manhole cover could be 10 years in prison and a fine of up to 50 lakh Pakistani rupees.

At least 5 people were killed and many were injured after a suicide bomber detonated himself inside a shrine in Pakistan's capital, Islamabad. The explosion occurred at Tarlai Imambargah, situated in the Shehzad Town area of the city.

Amazon will spend $200 billion in 2026, over 50 per cent higher than last year, ramping up investment in artificial intelligence and robotics, the tech giant said.

A UK woman narrowly survived after using a counterfeit Ozempic pen bought on Facebook, prompting warnings over fake weight loss drugs and online scams.

A newly discovered comet has astronomers excited, with the potential to be a spectacular sight in early April. C/2026 A1 (MAPS) was spotted by a team of four amateur astronomers with a remotely operated telescope in the Atacama desert on January 13.

A high-profile general in Russia's military was reportedly wounded after being shot several times in Moscow.

European governments are stepping up military planning amid rising fears that Russia may move against NATO or European Union countries sooner than expected. Europe may not be fully prepared to respond to such a threat, a recent wargame has revealed.

Anthropic has launched Claude Opus 4.6, its most advanced artificial intelligence model. The company says the model is better at coding, can handle longer and more complex tasks, and produces more professional work outputs.

It is 85 seconds to midnight on the Doomsday Clock in Chicago and, amid multiple conflicts in West Asia and in Ukraine, humanity has never before been so close to nuclear war, and the US-Russia nuclear arms control treaty, New START, has ended.

United Nations human rights experts have sounded the alarm over what they describe as a deeply troubling assault on the rule of law in Pakistan.

Bangladesh is preparing for a historic general election on February 12, and Jamaat-e-Islami (JI), a hardline Islamist party, is back in the spotlight. Once banned and politically weak, the party is now emerging as a strong contender.

A Pennsylvania Olive Garden employee died from severe burn injuries after jumping into a deep fryer in a suicide attempt.

Detectives searching for the kidnapped mother of a top US TV news anchor said Thursday blood discovered on her doorstep belonged to the missing 84-year-old woman, in the latest twist in a case that has gripped America.

Japan will switch the world's largest nuclear power plant back on next week, after a glitch with an alarm forced the suspension of its first restart since the 2011 Fukushima disaster.

About 22,900 Indians were deported from countries around the world in 2025 due to invalid visas or improper documentation, according to data provided by the Ministry of External Affairs.

Social media users called for scrutinising immigration systems without stoking fear of newcomers who are, for many cities, now central to economic growth.

In Cowork, once you give Claude access to a folder on your computer, it can read, edit, or create files.

From royals to intellectuals, politicians to sport moguls, tech magnates and CEOs, the latest tranche of published documents from the investigation into convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein has spotlighted a staggering global web of influence.

Amid trade wars and tariff barriers paralysing global trade, the Gulf nations are emerging as a premier strategic market for India.

Elon Musk used a common two-step merger process in SpaceX's purchase of xAI that had the dual benefit of avoiding the repayment of billions of dollars in debt while giving shareholders a tax advantage.

Tarique Rahman is the son of former Bangladesh President Ziaur Rahman and three-time Prime Minister Khaleda Zia.

Bitcoin plunged on Thursday, its decline accelerating amid weakening risk sentiment driven in part by volatility in precious metals and a broad selloff in tech shares.

After pushing the United Arab Emirates out of Yemen late last year, Saudi Arabia is deploying political capital and billions of dollars in a bid to bring its southern neighbor more firmly under its control.

The "historic" India-US trade agreement is in the final stages of detailing that will be completed "very soon", External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said on Thursday after holding wide-ranging talks with US Secretary of State Marco Rubio.

Pakistan's annual attempt to project itself as a champion of Kashmir collapsed into an international embarrassment after Kashmiris and Pakistani dissidents across Europe denounced Islamabad's so-called "Kashmir Solidarity Day" as propaganda.