Australia batter Smith passes 10,000 Test runs
Australia batter Steve Smith passed the 10,000-run mark in Test cricket as he scored a century on the first day of his side’s opening match in Sri Lanka. The 35-year-old…
Trump offers incentives to US federal workers to quit jobs
US President Donald Trump has offered incentives to federal workers has offered federal workers the option to resign and receive pay for eight months, in a major effort to shrink…
Serbian PM quits after months of mass protests
Serbian Prime Minister Milos Vucevic has resigned, following nationwide protests over the deadly collapse of a railway station canopy. Vucevic said he had taken the decision “in order to avoid…
Microsoft in talks to buy TikTok, Trump says
US President Donald Trump has said Microsoft is in discussions to acquire TikTok and that he would like to see a “bidding war” over the sale of the social media…
DeepSeek a ‘wake-up call’ for US tech firms, Trump says
US President Donald Trump has called the rise of Chinese company DeepSeek “a wake-up call” for the US tech industry, after the emergence of its artificial intelligence (AI) model triggered…
US orders immediate pause to foreign aid
The US State Department has issued a halt to nearly all existing foreign assistance and paused new aid, according to an internal memo sent to officials and US embassies abroad.…
Ukraine claims drone strike on Russian oil refinery
Ukraine reportedly hit a Russian oil refinery and targeted Moscow during an attack involving a wave of at least 121 drones, one of the largest single operations of its kind…
ICC prosecutor seeks arrest of Taliban leaders for ‘persecuting Afghan girls and women’
The top prosecutor at the International Criminal Court (ICC) says he will seek arrest warrants against senior leaders of the Taliban government in Afghanistan over the persecution of women and…
Saudi crown prince says kingdom intends to invest $600 billion in U.S. during call with Trump
Saudi Arabia’s crown prince says the kingdom wants to invest $600 billion in the United States over the next four years, comments that came after President Donald Trump mused about…
Thousands of Afghan Prisoners Released from Pakistani Jails
Abdul Jabbar Takhari, the Consul General of the Islamic Emirate in Karachi, stated that these Afghan citizens had been arrested for various reasons, including the lack of legal documents. A…