Ein kurdischer Hungerstreiker berichtet über die psychischen Schäden durch Zwangsfütterung in US-Einwanderungshaft.
Zurich Insurance Group posted a record $633 million business operating profit in its Asia Pacific operations for 2025, up 8 percent from the previous year. The Swiss insurer also reported total gross premiums of $7.5 billion, an 8 percent increase across its three main business segments.
Baker Hughes has secured a nationwide preferred provider agreement with Marathon Petroleum Corporation. The deal covers the US refining network of the oil major.
Armed operatives rearrested former Kaduna State Governor Nasir El-Rufai on Wednesday night immediately after the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission released him on bail. Witnesses said the agents ambushed him at the EFCC headquarters in Abuja.
A US-Iran military confrontation could erupt in days and stretch into a multi-week campaign, sources close to the matter said Wednesday. The assessment comes even as Washington and Tehran held a second round of nuclear talks in Geneva on Tuesday.
Australian police declared a Canberra bar a crime scene and seized posters showing Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, U.S. President Donald Trump and others in Nazi uniforms. The action came under new federal hate symbol laws enacted after the December 14 Bondi Beach shooting that targeted a Jewish event.
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un inspected 50 new 600mm-caliber multiple rocket launchers on Wednesday, calling them the world's most powerful focused strike weapons. The display came days before a rare Workers' Party congress set to outline the nation's five-year policy agenda.
Peru's Congress will select the country's eighth president in a decade on Wednesday, hours after lawmakers impeached Jose Jeri on corruption charges just four months into his term. The 39-year-old leader fell amid allegations of improper government hires and dealings with a Chinese businessman.
A popular Guyana column demands a strict 175cc cap on motorcycles allowed on public roads, citing safety risks from high-powered bikes tearing through city streets. Riders with engines larger than that threshold should park them or find a proper track, the piece argues.
The Sri Lankan Navy arrested 22 fishermen from Tamil Nadu's Ramanathapuram district early Thursday near Katchatheevu islet after they allegedly crossed into Sri Lankan waters. Four mechanized boats were also confiscated.
A funeral wreath appeared outside the home of writer V.S. Anilkumar in Kannapuram, Kerala, on Thursday morning, raising alarms of political intimidation. The incident follows Anilkumar's public criticism of CPI(M) leaders and his role in launching a dissident's book.
Gombe State Governor Muhammad Inuwa Yahaya commissioned the Ngalda Modern Market in Fika Local Government Area on Thursday. Yobe State Governor Mai Mala Buni oversaw the reconstruction of the facility and named it after his Gombe counterpart.
Residents and soldiers on Vietnam's remote Bach Long Vi island in Hai Phong city's special administrative zone celebrated a serene Lunar New Year on Thursday with shared meals and festive traditions. Fishing boats flew red national flags in the calm harbor as peach blossoms and kumquat trees brightened homes.
A deadly bus crash in Nepal's Trishuli River claimed 19 lives, including three foreigners, revealing a persistent danger in the region's mountainous terrain.
In March 2022, Israel deployed a 80-person medical team to western Ukraine to establish a fully functioning field hospital near the Polish border, marking a significant humanitarian response to the ongoing war.
Jammu and Kashmir's Director General of Police, Nalin Prabhat, has called for sustained and relentless operations against Pakistani-backed terrorists during a high-level security review meeting in Bandipora.