The northern division of the Coast Guard Administration (CGA) announced late on Friday night that they apprehended two Chinese individuals who entered Taiwan unlawfully via a rubber boat that morning, landing at Guanyin Beach in Taoyuan, as reported by Taipei Times.
A Russian court has sentenced Australian national Oscar Jenkins to 13 years in a maximum-security prison for fighting alongside Ukrainian forces, state prosecutors in the Russian-controlled parts of eastern Ukraine said on Friday.
India's Parul Chaudhary began her 2025 athletics season on a high note, setting a new national record in the women's 3000m steeplechase at the Doha Diamond League 2025 in Qatar on Friday, according to Olympics.com.
Kristen Stewart's feature directorial debut, 'The Chronology of Water', premiered at the Cannes Film Festival on Friday night, receiving a standing ovation for 6.5 minutes.
Acting on specific intelligence, officers of the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) in Mumbai intercepted a male passenger, a Chadian national, who arrived from Addis Ababa on Friday, May 16, 2025, said officials.
All-rounder Roston Chase has been appointed as the new captain of the West Indies Test team, with Jomel Warrican named his deputy, Cricket West Indies (CWI) announced on Friday, according to the International Cricket Council (ICC).
Bangalore (Karnataka) [India], May 17: TECHgium®, India's largest innovation platform for engineering students, hosted by L&T Technology Services Limited (BSE: 540115, NSE: LTTS), marked the remarkable conclusion of its eighth edition on Friday.
In yet another incident of crackdown on people, leading Baloch human rights body, Baloch Yakjehti Committee (BYC) shared that excessive police force was deployed in Lasbela region to disrupt a peaceful corner meeting on Friday.
India's star javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra finished second at the Doha Diamond League 2025 but finally crossed the long-awaited 90-metre mark on Friday.
Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami on Saturday led the 'Tiranga Shaurya Samman Yatra' rally on Friday in honour of the Indian Armed Forces and the success of Operation Sindoor.
The 17th Digital Transformation Conclave, jointly organised by the Department of ICT, Government of Mizoram, GovConnect, Google Cloud, and Ilouge Media, was inaugurated by Mizoram Chief Minister Lalduhoma at the Dawrpui Multipurpose Hall, Aizawl, on Friday.