A Russian court has rejected a lawsuit by late Russian opposition leader Alexey Navalny's mother, Lyudmila Navalnaya, alleging that the Kremlin critic had received "inadequate medical care" in the Arctic penal colony where he died, Al Jazeera reported.
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken met Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi and other Arab leaders while reiterating the call for a truce in the Gaza war and support for the two-state solution, Al Jazeera reported.
Russia plundered Kyiv with a barrage of missiles on Thursday, injuring at least 13 people and damaging several residential buildings and industrial facilities, in what was the biggest assault on the Ukrainian capital in weeks, the New York Times reported citing local officials.
The Taiwan government on Thursday warned its people to keep their safety in mind while visiting Hong Kong after the Beijing-controlled Legislative Council passed a new national security law two days ago in the special administrative region (SAR), Central News Agency Focus Taiwan reported.
Taiwan's agency handling relations with China on Thursday expressed hope that the Beijing authorities will expedite the return of two anglers from Kinmen who they confirmed were rescued in waters off the Fujian coast, Central News Agency Focus Taiwan reported.
Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif said on Thursday that the financially beleaguered nation needed another long-term bailout from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to stabilise its fragile economy, ARY News reported.
Pakistan's Foreign Office on Thursday said that concerns raised over the February 8 general elections during a US Congressional hearing "reflected a misunderstanding" of the country's domestic situation and electoral laws, Dawn reported.
The United States Department of Justice (DOJ) has filed a landmark civil antitrust lawsuit against the tech giant Apple, accusing the company of "stifling" competition to boost its revenues and "illegally monopolising" the US smartphone market, Al Jazeera reported.
The New York attorney general's office has filed judgments in Westchester County, which is being considered the first indication that the state is preparing to seize Trump's golf course and private estate north of Manhattan, known as Seven Springs, CNN reported.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has told US Republican Senators that 'Israel's war on Gaza will continue', despite increasing criticism from Democratic leaders over the escalating humanitarian crisis in the 'besieged' Palestinian enclave, Aljazeera reported.
A suicide bombing in Afghanistan on Thursday claimed 3 lives and injured at least 12 people in Kandahar, TOLOnews reported citing the local authorities.