Russia has held at least 6,000 Ukrainian children - likely many more - in sites in Russian-held Crimea and Russia whose primary purpose appears to be political re-education, according to a US-backed report published on Tuesday.

An Israeli firm sought to influence more than 30 elections around the world for clients by hacking, sabotage and spreading disinformation, according to an undercover media investigation published yesterday.

The boat carrying 80 people had departed from Qasr al-Akhyar, east of the capital Tripoli, and was heading to Europe when it ran into trouble on Tuesday, the UN's IOM said

During the meeting, the gulf country showed interest in hiring professionals, technologists, nurses and caregivers from Bangladesh

Most of the campaigns -- two-thirds -- were in Africa, claimed Tal Anan.

Dozens of migrants are believed to have died in a shipwreck off Libya, with only seven survivors found so far, the United Nations said Wednesday

The two countries should provide full reparations to the Chagossian people, including their right to return to live in their homeland in the Chagos Archipelago in the Indian Ocean, HRW urged.

The income tax authorities' survey was carried out to investigate issues related to international taxation and transfer pricing of BBC's subsidiary companies, income tax officials said. The BBC had been served notices in the past but was "non-compliant" and had significantly diverted its profits, they alleged.

The deceased were identified as Shahriar Khan, Angela Barai and Aryan Dipta while Kumar Nibir, son of singer Kumar Biswajit, was injured in the same incident. All four of them are students of Humber College

More than seven million children have been affected by the massive earthquake and a major aftershock that devastated Turkey and Syria last week, the United Nations said yesterday, voicing fear that “many thousands” more had died.

The Amazon subsidiary Zoox has said its self-driving vehicles with no manual controls took to California public roads over the weekend, calling it a major breakthrough for the robotaxi industry.

The foreign ministers of five Western powers said yesterday they were “deeply troubled” by the Israeli government’s decision to legalise nine West Bank settlements and build thousands of new units.

A life-long bachelor mayor in the Philippines has declared to give single staff extra pay yesterday for Valentine’s Day, to show gratitude for the extra hours they work and show that “someone loves them”.

Russian forces bombarded Ukrainian positions along the frontlines in eastern Donetsk region yesterday in what appeared to be early salvoes of a new offensive as Nato allies met in Brussels to plan stepped-up supplies to the Kyiv government.

Three people were killed and five others wounded Monday when a gunman opened fire on a university campus in the United States, before fleeing the scene, local police said.

Former U.S. ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley on Tuesday kicked off her campaign for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination, a tough challenge as her former boss Donald Trump holds a strong lead in a new Reuters/Ipsos poll

US authorities thus far haven't seen any indication or anything that points specifically to the idea that these three objects were part of the PRC's spy balloon program or that they were definitely involved in external intelligence collection efforts.

Ten of the injured were in serious condition and have been transported to hospital.

There is no longer a threat to campus. We believe there to be only one suspect in this incident

"Crews have been able to recover significant debris from the site, including all of the priority sensor and electronics pieces identified as well as large sections of the structure," the US military's Northern Command said in a statement