Pakistan and Afghanistan have agreed to temporarily suspend fighting during the Muslim holiday of Eid al-Fitr, both countries announced days after dozens were killed at a Kabul drug rehabilitation hospital.

Japan’s super-popular prime minister, Sanae Takaichi, will visit the White House on Thursday, as President Donald Trump looks to allies for military help against Iran.

The latest World Happiness Report 2026 says that heavy social media use has contributed to a stark decline in well-being among young people, with the effects particularly worrying in teenage girls

Anutin becomes the first Thai premier to be voted back to office in two decades, underlining the upheaval that has dogged Southeast Asia's second-largest economy.

Saudi Arabia's Red ​Sea port ‌of Yanbu, currently the only ​export ​outlet for its crude, ⁠was targeted ​in an ​aerial attack on Thursday, an industry ​source said, ​adding there was minimal ‌impact.

China, which has not ruled out the use of force against the Beijing-claimed island democracy, prefers to achieve unification without it, U.S. intelligence agencies said.

President Emmanuel Macron on Wednesday named the nation’s next aircraft carrier “Free France,” in a homage to the World War II resistance movement as the nuclear power moves to bolster its naval capabilities.

Venezuela’s acting President Delcy Rodríguez announced a major Cabinet shake-up Wednesday with the appointment of a new defense minister to replace