The European Commission has ordered social media platform X to retain all internal documents and data related to its built-in artificial intelligence chatbot Grok until the end of 2026, a commission spokesperson said on Thursday.The bloc's tech spokesperson, Thomas Regnier, told reporters that

Iran is prepared for war if forced into confrontation but does not seek one, Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said on Thursday, while stressing Tehran remains open to negotiations based on mutual respect."We are prepared for any scenario. We do not want war, but we are fully ready for it,"

China on Thursday voiced support for Venezuela in safeguarding its sovereignty, security and legitimate rights and interests.

Zambia has abandoned its earlier plan to seek a one-year extension of an extended credit facility (ECF) program supported by the International Monetary Fund (IMF), and has instead opted to pursue a new full program, a senior government official said on Thursday.Minister of Finance and National

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Türkiye will assist the Syrian army if requested, the country's Defense Ministry said on Thursday, as fighting between the Syrian government forces and the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) entered its third day."Our country supports Syria's struggle against terrorist organizations on the

Decades after local extinction, Uganda has reintroduced rhinos into the wild, a move conservationists have described as historic.Four southern white rhinos were released into Ajai Wildlife Reserve in Madi-Okollo District, northwestern Uganda, the Uganda Wildlife Authority (UWA), a state-run

Thailand's consumer confidence fell for the first time in four months in December 2025 as the dissolution of parliament and the conflict along the border with Cambodia weighed on sentiment, a survey showed on Thursday.According to a survey of 2,242 respondents conducted by the University of the

The Syrian army on Thursday launched intense shelling targeting positions of the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) in the Sheikh Maqsoud and Ashrafieh neighborhoods of Aleppo, the state-run SANA news agency reported.SANA, citing a military source, reported that the strikes were directed at previously

Afghanistan's state-owned power company, Da Afghanistan Breshna Sherkat (DABS), has signed contracts for 1,250 megawatts of electricity generation from domestic sources during 2025, the company announced on Thursday.The agreements encompass power production from coal, wind, hydropower, natural gas,

Eight major infrastructure projects, valued at over 205 million afghanis (approximately 3.15 million U.S. dollars), are currently underway in northern Afghanistan's Baghlan province, the official Bakhtar news agency reported Thursday.The projects include the concreting of 13.5 km of roads and the

At least one person was dead and five others were injured after a landslide hit a landfill in a village in the central Philippine city of Cebu on Thursday afternoon, local media reported.Five patients have so far been transported to a local hospital following the collapse of the landfill in

Mongolia's measles tally surged to 13,861 after 8 new local infections were reported in the past 24 hours, the country's National Center for Communicable Diseases (NCCD) said on Thursday.More than half of new measles infections were among school-age children who have had only one shot of the

China is ready to work with the international community to uphold the authority of international law, jointly promote multilateralism and safeguard world peace and stability, a foreign ministry spokesperson said in Beijing on Thursday.Photo: Chinese foreign ministryIt was reported that United

Sri Lanka's economy is expected to grow by around 4 to 5 percent in 2026, supported by low inflation, improved foreign exchange reserves, and strengthened macroeconomic buffers, the Central Bank of Sri Lanka (CBSL) announced Thursday.Presenting the Central Bank's policy agenda for 2026 and beyond,