Rescuers trying to find the orca-sized submersible that vanished on its way to visit the wreck of the Titanic are facing a gargantuan task that will test the limits of technical know-how, experts say

Four people have died after lithium batteries for e-bikes sparked a fire in a New York building, officials said Tuesday, sounding the alarm over the skyrocketing number of such incidents

At least 41 people were killed Tuesday at a women's prison in Honduras, where violent clashes between rival gangs sparked a fire that tore through part of the facility, police said

Himalayan glaciers providing critical water to nearly two billion people are melting faster than ever before due to climate change, exposing communities to unpredictable and costly disasters, scientists warned yesterday.

Russia attacked military and infrastructure targets across Ukraine early yesterday, including in the capital Kyiv and the western city of Lviv, Ukrainian officials said.

Rescuers were in a race against time to find a missing submersible yesterday, two days after it lost communication while taking wealthy tourists to see the wreckage of the Titanic in deep waters off Canada’s coast.

South Korea will drop so-called “killer questions” from its notoriously tough college entrance exam in a bid to reduce reliance on private cram schools, the education ministry said yesterday.

An Iranian intelligence officer has claimed that the United States and France are among some 20 countries involved in nationwide protests last year sparked by the death of Mahsa Amini.

The head of the UN’s refugee agency Filippo Grandi said yesterday that the number of people who have fled the fighting in Sudan was now more than 500,000 while two million are internally displaced.

US President Joe Biden’s son Hunter has agreed to plead guilty to two counts of failure to pay federal income tax, and admitted to illegally owning a gun, prosecutors said yesterday.

Pakistan and China yesterday signed a $4.8 billion deal to build a 1,200-MW nuclear power plant, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif said, hailing the investment by a country that Pakistan views as its most dependable ally. Work on Chashma 5 project would begin immediately, Sharif said on PTV following the signing of MOU between China National Nuclear Cooperation and Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission.

A submersible taking wealthy tourists to visit the site of the Titanic wreckage in deep waters off the coast of Canada was missing for a third day on Tuesday, as US and Canadian ships and planes swept a huge area trying to find the vessel

A Chinese national was charged Tuesday after allegedly attacking diners with an axe-like weapon at three restaurants in New Zealand's largest city, injuring four.

Chinese tech giant Alibaba announced on Tuesday that it will replace chairman and CEO Daniel Zhang with current executive vice chairman Joseph Tsai in September

China and the United States agreed on Monday to stabilise their intense rivalry so it does not veer into conflict, but failed to produce any major breakthrough during a rare visit to Beijing by US Secretary of State Antony Blinken

US and Canadian coast guard teams were racing Monday to locate a submersible vessel with five people aboard, including a billionaire tourist, that went missing on a dive to the Titanic's wreckage in the North Atlantic

Europe should brace for more deadly heatwaves driven by climate change, said a sweeping report yesterday, noting the world’s fastest-warming continent was some 2.3 degrees Celsius hotter last year than in pre-industrial times.

The world’s first international treaty to protect the high seas was adopted yesterday at the United Nations, a landmark environmental accord designed to protect remote ecosystems vital to humanity.

A boat that capsized off the coast of Greece last week was carrying around 800 people, according to an initial investigation by police in Pakistan, which declared a national day of mourning yesterday.

Sudan is descending into death and destruction at an unprecedented speed, UN chief Antonio Guterres said yesterday as he urged donors to step in and curb the unfolding catastrophe.