Israel's far-right Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich on Thursday expressed regret for what he called his "unfortunate" remarks about Saudi Arabia.

The World Health Organisation said Thursday there had been little improvement in the amount of aid going into Gaza since a ceasefire took hold, and no observable reduction in hunger.

French magistrates this summer issued a new arrest warrant against ousted Syrian president Bashar al-Assad over deadly chemical attacks in 2013, a judicial source said on Thursday.

Border closures between Pakistan and Afghanistan have pushed up prices of essential goods in both nations, with tomatoes now costing five times more in Pakistan since fighting broke out between the two South Asian neighbours this month.

Doctors have long known that heat puts a strain on the heart, kidneys and other organs. Those risks are exacerbated for pregnant people, as the body's processes for staying cool are altered.

An 18-year-old Indian student, recipient of the UAE Golden Visa, died of cardiac arrest in Dubai during Diwali celebrations, local media reported.

Chief Justice BR Gavai recalled a 2013 Bollywood movie - 'The Lunchbox', starring Irrfan Khan, Nawazuddin Siddiqui, and Nimrat Kaur - on his four-day official visit to Bhutan, widely recognised as one of the 'happiest' countries in the world.

Thieves entered Paris' Louvre earlier this week and left within minutes with priceless Napoleonic jewels, leaving behind a $60 million diamond that is the largest of its kind in Europe and was found in India hundreds of years ago.

A 39-year-old Indian-origin man was charged on Thursday for lighting fireworks in Singapore as part of Diwali celebrations, despite a ban on fireworks by the city-state, local media reported.

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Several people in the US were left sweating overnight as their smart mattress covers became overheated and stuck in awkward positions after the Amazon Web Services outage.

Saudi Arabia has appointed a conservative cleric in his nineties as its top religious leader, state media said, sticking with tradition even as rapid social changes upend the previously cloistered kingdom.

The sight of King Charles praying with Pope Leo at the Vatican's Sistine Chapel signalled the latest step in a historic reconciliation between the Catholic Church and the Anglican Communion, five centuries after they split.

A former British paratrooper who was the only soldier ever charged in the 1972 Bloody Sunday massacre in Northern Ireland was acquitted Thursday of murder charges.

The peak of Japan's Mount Fuji was capped with snow for the first time this winter on Thursday, reaching the milestone 21 days later than the average since records began in 1894, the meteorological agency said.

Tech firms battling for supremacy in artificial intelligence are out to transform how people search the web, challenging the dominance of the Chrome browser at the heart of Google's empire.

Nokia's CEO Justin Hotard said artificial intelligence is driving a long-term growth trend that resembles the internet boom of the 1990s, but downplayed concerns about a potential bubble.

A surfer in distress and a friend who tried to rescue him both died in stormy weather off the coast of the Australian city of Melbourne, police said Thursday.

Heralding a new chapter of friendship and cultural exchange between India and South Korea, the inland city of Miryang, hosted a memorable performance of India's iconic classical dance form Kathakali on Thursday.

EU leaders on Thursday look set to give a preliminary green light to a mammoth new "reparations loan" for Ukraine funded by Russian frozen assets.

A Piper PA-31T1 aircraft (registration YV 1443) crashed moments after take-off from Paramillo Airport in Tachira, Venezuela, killing both onboard and prompting an investigation by aviation authorities into possible mechanical failure or human error.

With three weekly services, China Eastern Airlines will resume direct flights between Shanghai and Delhi from November 9.

Zohran Mamdani was attacked over his thin resume, Republican Curtis Sliwa strove to prove his seriousness, and former Gov. Andrew Cuomo was pressed on the sexual harassment allegations in a contentious final debate in New York City's mayoral race.

The life of a 17-year-old rising senior at Miguel Contreras Learning Complex in Los Angeles took an abrupt turn after she and her mother were detained by US immigration authorities and deported to Guatemala.

When rebels toppled the Bashar al-Assad regime in Syria ten months ago, the country's citizenry hoped for an end to decades of dictatorship and sectarian violence. The sweeping atrocities in Suwayda, though, paint a grim picture.