Saudi Arabia has quietly expanded access to its only store that sells alcohol, allowing wealthy foreign residents to buy booze in the latest step in the once-ultraconservative kingdom's experiment in liberalization.

Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk's net worth rose to nearly $750 billion after a US court reinstated Tesla stock options worth $139 billion.

At least 12 unknown suspects were behind the mass shooting near Johannesburg in South Africa - in which nine people died, and nine others were injured.

There is no direct evidence that Dipu Chandra Das, the Hindu man lynched in Bangladesh's Mymensingh for alleged blasphemy, actually made any remark hurting anyone's religious sentiment, investigation into the chilling murder has found.

Unknown gunmen killed 10 people and wounded 10 others in an attack at a township outside Johannesburg, police said Sunday, in the second mass shooting in South Africa this month.

Victims of convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein on Saturday expressed anger after a long-awaited cache of records from cases against him were released with many pages blacked-out and photos censored.

The Justice Department's much-anticipated release of records tied to Jeffrey Epstein arrived in a flood of documents that did little to quell the long-simmering intrigue, largely because some of the most consequential records were nowhere to be found

Sharif Osman Hadi, a polarising figure known for his strong anti-India rhetoric, gained prominence during Bangladesh's 2024 student uprising that led to the ouster of former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina last year.

Ten individuals have been arrested in connection with the brutal murder of Dipu Chandra Das, a 25-year-old Hindu youth, in Mymensingh, Bangladesh. The Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) apprehended seven suspects, while the police arrested three others.

A German woman engineer on Saturday became the first wheelchair user to blast into space, taking a brief ride on a Blue Origin flight.

Amid escalating violence in Bangladesh, a child was killed and three others critically injured on Saturday after the house of a BNP leader was allegedly locked from the outside and set on fire in Lakshmipur Sadar upazila.

The newly released Epstein files have references to what they described as "massage techniques" and Ayurveda from India.

From dawn, groups of people arrived towards Manik Mia Avenue, quickly filling the area outside the Parliament complex. Many draped themselves in the national flag, while others shouted demands for accountability over Hadi's killing.

A video being widely shared on social media shows Dipu Chandra Das, 25, in conversation with some men wearing what appears to be a police uniform shortly before he was lynched by a radical mob in Mymensingh, Bangladesh.

The White House said it was investigating after a video of a YouTube livestream about investments appeared on its website. The White House is aware of the incident and looking into the matter, a White House official said.

US tech giant Google has warned some employees not to travel abroad after learning that US visa re-entry processing at American embassies and consulates is facing "significant" delays that can stretch up to 12 months.

Gary Winnick, once ranked the wealthiest man in Los Angeles, built a reputation for extraordinary affluence during the dot-com boom. But court filings and lender actions following his death have revealed a sharply contrasting financial reality.

A Hindu man's lynching by an Islamist mob has renewed concerns for minorities as fresh violence grips Bangladesh after the death of a prominent anti-India radical leader.

The Irish government has allowed Santa Claus to deliver gifts to children on Christmas Eve. Ireland's Prime Minister Micheal Martin, in the Dail (the Parliament), said that Santa has received an"official clearance".

According to public records from the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner's Office, his death was officially ruled a suicide.

Seven people have been arrested in connection with the lynching of a Hindu man in Bangladesh, the interim government announced on Saturday.

A Pakistan accountability court on Saturday sentenced jailed former Pakistan prime minister Imran Khan and his wife Bushra Bibi to 17 years imprisonment each in the Toshakhana 2 corruption case.

Exiled Bangladeshi author and human rights activist Taslima Nasreen on Saturday claimed that Hindu youth Dipu Chandra Das, who was brutally killed in a mob lynching in Bangladesh, had been falsely accused of blasphemy by a Muslim coworker

Dipu Chandra Das was lynched to death by a mob in Bangladesh's Mymensingh city on Thursday night following allegations of blasphemy, in an incident that has sparked widespread outrage.

Attackers looted more than 150 computers and laptops, multiple lockers for storing money, cash, and personal belongings from the employees' desks at Prothom Alo.