A foreign tourist was facing a criminal probe for offending "the nation's moral values" for performing a pole dance on a Turkish flagpole in the tourist hotspot of Cappadocia.

For some people close to him, Raphael Graven was living "his best life" in the years before he died during a live-streamed event on Monday, watched by thousands.

Hurricane Erin battered North Carolina's Outer Banks with strong winds and waves that flooded part of the main highway as the monster storm slowly began to move away from the East Coast.

The creation of explicit deepfake content is a criminal offence in the Netherlands and punishable with up to one year in jail.

Most Americans believe that efforts to redraw US House of Representatives districts to maximise partisan gains, like those under way in Texas and California, are bad for democracy, a Reuters/Ipsos poll found.

One of the world's tallest and oldest trees has been burning for several days as firefighters race to preserve it. Oregon's Doerner Fir, a 450-year-old Douglas fir towering more than 325 feet, caught fire on August 17.

Fujiyuki Shindo, 51, was arrested on Tuesday in Daisen for allegedly stabbing his 93-year-old father, Fujiyoshi, to death at their home on Monday afternoon.

Russia's nuclear shield should be strengthened in coming years due to the "colossal threats" facing the world's biggest nuclear power, the head of Russia's state nuclear corporation said on Thursday.

Thailand's billionaire Shinawatra family is bracing for a series of high-stakes court decisions starting Friday that could test its political resilience, with the prospect of an early election and prolonged trouble for country's stuttering economy.

Iran launched its first military exercise since the end of its 12-day war with Israel, state television reported Thursday, with navy vessels launching missiles at targets at sea in the Gulf of Oman and the Indian Ocean.

In Louisiana, Thomas Allen McCartney, a 37-year-old repeat sex offender, has been sentenced to both surgical and chemical castration as part of a plea deal.

Indians abroad are facing a storm - a surge in racial hostility that is fuelled by envy, stereotypes and far-right paranoia. They are admired and resented, successful and scapegoated, celebrated in official speeches but vilified in everyday life.

The jet was seen performing touch-and-go manoeuvres before landing on runway 32 and taxiing to Hangar 18, the largest hangar in Area 51.

Lyle and Erik Menendez will appear before California's parole board to seek freedom this week, more than 35 years after the shotgun murders of their parents in the family's luxury Beverly Hills home.

North Korea has quietly built and operated a sprawling long-range missile base near the Chinese border that stores Kim Jong Un's most advanced strategic weapons, demonstrating the regime's ongoing efforts to advance its nuclear strike capabilities.

Frank Caprio, the retired municipal judge in Rhode Island, died at the age of 88 after a long battle with pancreatic cancer.

The United States' Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has arrested Cindy Rodriguez Singh, one of America's "Ten Most Wanted Fugitives" from India.

China is considering allowing the usage of yuan-backed stablecoins for the first time to boost wider adoption of its currency globally, sources familiar with the matter said, in a major reversal of its stance towards digital assets.

Mark Warren, a retired fire inspector for the Municipality of Anchorage, was presented with a brand-new olive-green Ural Gear Up motorcycle with a sidecar.

Shortly before his death, Frank Caprio posted a video on Instagram from his hospital bed asking his followers to pray for his health.

Police officers arrested 18 people at worker-led protests at Microsoft headquarters Wednesday as the tech company promises an "urgent" review of the Israeli military's use of its technology during the ongoing war in Gaza.

In a first, a team of Australian scientists has grown the world's first fully functioning lab-made human skin with its own blood supply. The advance may pave the way for better treatment of skin diseases, burns, and grafts.

Hurricane Erin strengthened on Wednesday and tracked northward, remaining a Category 2 storm while running parallel to the US East Coast. Forecasters warned the sprawling system, extensive in size, may intensify into a major hurricane by Thursday

A nationwide internet outage in Pakistan continues to disrupt businesses, financial services and daily life. Industry officials termed the internet outage as one of the most severe breakdowns in recent years.

When a Ukrainian-made drone attacked an ammunition depot in Russia last September, it showcased Kyiv's determination to strike deep behind enemy lines and the prowess of its defense industry.