Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic said Friday that he would resign on Sept. 25 or 26 and then campaign as an ordinary citizen for prime minister in the snap parliamentary elections due on Oct. 25.

The French government has cut its 2026 economic growth forecast to 0.5 percent from 0.7 percent previously, the country's Economy and Finance Minister Roland Lescure said Friday.Lescure announced the forecast at a press conference on the government's updated macroeconomic outlook, adding that the

Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian said on Friday the upcoming 18th BRICS Summit in India provides an important opportunity to promote multilateralism.He made the remarks before departing for New Delhi to attend the summit, scheduled for Sept. 12-13, according to a statement published on the

California Governor Gavin Newsom on Thursday signed 13 bills to strengthen protections for children against online risks, particularly those involving social media and artificial intelligence (AI) companion chatbots.The measures prohibit covered platforms from providing users under 16 with

A woman takes photos of the Waves of Flags at Pepperdine University in Malibu, California, the United States, on Sept. 10, 2026.

A giant panda cub born in South Korea made its first public appearance on Friday at Everland, the country's largest theme park in Yongin, about 40 km south of the capital Seoul.Everland also announced the 100-day-old cub's name on the same day, naming it "Shu Bao."Kang Cheol-won, a giant panda

Malaysia is targeting zero fatal accidents in commercial aviation by 2028, Malaysian Transport Ministry Secretary-General Jana Santhiran Muniayan said on Thursday.This will be paired with an International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) Effective Implementation score of at least 90 percent by

The South Korean government saw its solid economic recovery due to strong exports and improved consumption despite lingering external uncertainties, a finance ministry report said Friday.The Ministry of Finance and Economy said in its monthly report, called Green Book, that the Asian economy

Japan should not tell the victors of World War II what monuments to install on their own territory or what they should depict, Russia's presidential aide Vladimir Medinsky said in an article published Thursday on his personal website.Commenting on Japan's demand that Russia remove a monument in the

South Korea's fiscal deficit through July narrowed to a five-year low, driven by solid tax revenues, government data showed Friday.

Police say five people have died and 40 others were injured after a Dutch tour bus slammed into a roadside crash barrier and overturned in eastern Switzerland.The bus, with 45 people on board, overturned Thursday afternoon in a construction zone between the villages of Susch and Zernez in the

Japanese Defense Minister Shinjiro Koizumi said Friday that Japan would "not rule out any options" in discussions and studies on whether to acquire nuclear-powered submarines as part of a revision of the country's key security documents, Kyodo News reported.Koizumi made the remarks at a press

Chinese humanoid robots staged a high-tech "steel showdown" in Riyadh on Wednesday, with two teams of humanoid robots battling in the ring in what organizers described as the Middle East's first humanoid robot combat event.

Egyptian Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty said Thursday that Egypt is ready to deepen cooperation with China in trade, investment, industrial localization and clean energy.At a press conference in Egypt's New Administrative Capital, Abdelatty said Chinese President Xi Jinping's recent state visit to

Southeast Asia's economy has proved more resilient than expected this year, supported by an artificial intelligence (AI)-driven boom in exports and investment, although mounting external risks could weigh on the outlook, Moody's Analytics said on Thursday.The AI boom is lifting the region unevenly,