Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado confirmed her safety after her aides reported she was "intercepted" during a protest in Caracas, just ahead of President Nicolas Maduro's inauguration, according to a report by CNN.
US President-elect Donald Trump said on Thursday that a meeting is being set up between him and the Russian President Vladimir Putin, Reuters reported.
China is increasingly using various tactics under its "united front" strategy to influence Taiwan, according to Taiwan's Mainland Affairs Council (MAC) Deputy Minister Shen You-chung, the Taipei Times reported.
The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) is facing a deepening financial crisis as employees at the central secretariat in Islamabad have not been paid their salaries for the past three months, ARY News reported on Thursday.
The US House of Representatives on Thursday passed a bill to impose sanctions on the International Criminal Court (ICC) in response to arrest warrants issued for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and former Defence Minister Yoav Gallant, Al Jazeera reported.
US President-elect Donald Trump has faced severe backlash from several German politicians over his recent suggestion that NATO's European members increase their defence spending to 5 per cent of GDP, more than double the current target, Euronews reported.
Senior Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leader Salman Akram Raja on Thursday stated that PTI Chairman Imran Khan has demanded the federal government to release party leaders and workers currently in custody, as reported by ARY News.
While addressing concerns, Health and Family Welfare Minister Dhaniram Shandil stated that there is no imminent threat from the virus and assured the public that it is a common respiratory virus primarily affecting young children and the elderly.
Lebanon's parliament elected Army Chief Joseph Aoun as the country's new president on Thursday, bringing an end to a prolonged political deadlock and presidential vacancy, CNN reported.
Pakistan's passport has been ranked among the weakest in the world, securing the 103rd spot in the Henley Passport Index 2025, a significant drop from its position in the previous year, as reported by The News International.
IT services major Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) has reported a 12 per cent jump in net profit in the just-concluded October-December quarter, its earnings released Thursday showed.
Jailed Hong Kong rights lawyer and prominent Tiananmen massacre vigil organizer, Chow Hang-tung, has sharply criticized the city's highest-ranking judges, accusing them of complicity in what she described as a "police state" under the current government, as reported by Radio Free Asia (RFA)