The Taliban’s acting deputy foreign minister called on his senior leadership to open schools for Afghan girls, among the strongest public rebukes of a policy that has contributed to the international isolation of its rulers.

South Korea’s impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol yesterday refused to be questioned by investigators under a probe into whether he committed insurrection, as dozens of his supporters faced being charged over a violent rampage on a court building.

US President Joe Biden yesterday issued pre-emptive pardons to former Covid-19 advisor Anthony Fauci and retired general Mark Milley to shield them from “politically motivated prosecutions” under the Trump administration.

The Myanmar military and the Myanmar National Democratic Alliance Army (MNDAA) signed a formal agreement for a ceasefire that began on Saturday, China’s foreign ministry said, halting fighting near the border of both countries.

Yemen’s Houthis will limit their attacks on commercial vessels to Israeli-linked ships after the Gaza ceasefire came into effect, according to the Yemen-based Humanitarian Operations Coordination Center (HOCC).

About 90 Palestinian prisoners have been released in exchange for three Israeli hostages handed over by Hamas to Israel, as part of Israel-Hamas ceasefire deal aimed at ending 15 months of offensive.

At a shopping mall in Beijing, Zhang Yachun murmurs quietly to her closest confidant, a fluffy AI-powered robot whose soothing chirps remind her that she is not alone.

Donald Trump’s second presidential term could have huge implications for US trade policy, climate change, the war in Ukraine, electric vehicles, Americans’ taxes and illegal immigration.

A fragile ceasefire in the Israel-Hamas war was holding yesterday, following the dramatic exchange of three hostages for 90 Palestinian prisoners in an agreement aimed at ending more than 15 months of offensive in Gaza.

Donald Trump vowed a new US “golden age” as he took the oath for a historic second presidential term yesterday, but focused most of his dark inaugural speech on touting hardline policies to reverse what he called “American decline”.

Global tourism fully recovered from the Covid-19 pandemic in 2024 with 1.4 billion international tourist arrivals recorded worldwide due to "robust" demand from key markets, UN Tourism said Monday

"Our top priority will be to create a nation that is proud, prosperous and free."

US President Joe Biden welcomed his successor Donald Trump to the White House for a courtesy visit on Monday, ahead of the latter's inauguration

"The golden age of America begins right now," he said after the inauguration.

Donald Trump has vowed to investigate or prosecute political rivals, former intelligence officials, the country's former military chief, prosecutors and judges, tech moguls, members of Congress and left-wing Americans after he becomes president on Monday..Here is a list of some of his pote

The Republican vowed to unleash a blitz of executive orders undoing Joe Biden's legacy upon his return to the White House, and to launch immediate deportations of undocumented migrants

He deliberately drove a small SUV through crowds of people exercising outside a sports complex

Yoon was arrested in a dawn raid last week

Across China, a growing number of people are turning to AI to combat social isolation

Here is a look at his sensational but frequently vague promises for a second term