The United Nations has allocated 3 million US dollars for emergency aid to Madagascar following devastating Tropical Cyclone Gezani, UN humanitarians said Thursday.

Namibia on Thursday marked the official handover of a China-aided Satellite Ground Data Receiving Station, a milestone project aimed at strengthening the country's space science capacity, disaster response and innovation-driven development.

The UN General Assembly appointed 40 members to the Independent International Scientific Panel on Artificial Intelligence on Thursday.

Chairman of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) Tarique Rahman said that his party is set to secure a "historic victory" in the country's national parliament election, local media reported Friday.

US President Donald Trump on Thursday announced the revocation of a key 2009 climate determination that has served as the legal foundation for federal climate regulations, including rules on greenhouse gas emissions from motor vehicles and mandates supporting electric vehicle adoption.

Instagram CEO Adam Mosseri on Wednesday rejected the notion that users could be clinically addicted to social media, as he testified in a landmark California trial over whether his company knowingly hooked children on its platform for profit.Meta -- the parent company of Instagram and Facebook --

A U.S. Navy destroyer and a supply ship collided in the Caribbean, injuring two U.S. Navy sailors, Fox News reported on Thursday, citing a U.S. Southern Command spokesperson.

People shop at market for Lunar New Year holiday in Seoul

Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Store on Thursday warned that current developments in the United States under the Trump administration are creating "great uncertainty" and a "highly demanding" environment for Norway.In a security policy address to Norway's parliament, the Storting, Store

An opening ceremony of the annual Orchid Festival was held on Wednesday at the Royal Botanic Gardens in London, gathering botanic experts and cultural enthusiasts from both the UK and China.

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz praised China's economic growth and efficiency while urging the European Union to implement sweeping deregulation to boost the EU economy at the European Industry Summit in Antwerp, Belgium on Wednesday.Stressing only an economically powerful Europe will be a

The Saudi leadership has issued a royal decree dismissing the country's investment minister, Khalid bin Abdulaziz Al-Falih, multiple media outlets reported Thursday.The leadership has appointed Fahad bin Abduljalil Al-Saif as the new investment minister, according to the reports.Al-Falih had been

Russian airline Aeroflot on Wednesday announced that it would begin repatriating Russian citizens stranded in Cuba amid the island nation's fuel shortage.Flights from Varadero to Moscow are scheduled for February 12, 14, 17, 19 and 21, while a Havana-Moscow flight is scheduled for February 16,

A federal immigration operation in the U.S. city of Saint Paul in the state of Minnesota ended in a car crash on Wednesday that injured several people.The Saint Paul Police Department said federal agents were pursuing a person in a vehicle when it crashed into other cars in the city's Cathedral

Palestinian factions would not give up their weapons unless Israel fully adheres to the ceasefire agreement in the Gaza Strip, senior Hamas official Mahmoud Mardawi said Thursday.Mardawi said in a press conference that "any progress on the weapons issue is contingent upon the occupation's

U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi on Wednesday clashed with Democratic lawmakers at a Congressional hearing on the oversight of the Department of Justice, as they questioned her over the administration's handling of the Jeffrey Epstein files.When Representative Ted Lieu of California asked